Wagering game system with stereoscopic 3-D graphics

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9007367-B2
Application number	US-201113822617-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 12, 2011
Priority date	Nov 12, 2010
Publication date	Apr 14, 2015
Grant date	Apr 14, 2015

Abstract

This document describes techniques for processing graphics in wagering game systems. Some embodiments of the inventive subject matter use stereoscopic 3-D graphics and 2-D graphics to present composite images including multiple views of a virtual 3-D wagering game environment. Such embodiments present the composite images on stereoscopic 3-D devices.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An apparatus comprising:
a stereoscopic three-dimensional display device;
a graphics unit in communication with the stereoscopic three-dimensional display device,
the graphics unit configured to
create a three-dimensional (3-D) wagering game space including a first group of objects;
create a second group of objects that are a copy of the first group of objects, wherein the second group of objects includes invisible objects;
capture a stereosco…

Assignees

• Aponte Peter J
• Irby Ii Michael J
• Kelly sean p
• Manning Brian D
• Prohl Anthony J W
• Sylla Craig J
• Walsh John L
• Wms Gaming Inc

Inventors

• Aponte Peter J
• Irby Ii Michael J
• Kelly sean p
• Manning Brian D
• Prohl Anthony J W
• Sylla Craig J
• Walsh John L

Classifications

• G07F17/3211 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06T15/503

  Physics · mapped topic