Patent ID: 9646453
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: A63F,G02B,G07F

Claim:
1. A method of operating a gaming system comprising: detecting a request to present different virtual wagering game play symbols via an autostereoscopic display device capable of stereoscopic, three-dimensional visual effects, wherein each distinct symbol from the different virtual wagering game play symbols has a potential payout value that corresponds to each of a plurality of different non-zero, potential payout values specified in a pay table for a wagering game; determining, via one or more electronic processing devices of the gaming system, a plurality of different, non-zero, virtual three-dimensional depth values for the different virtual wagering game play symbols, wherein each of the plurality of different, non-zero, virtual three-dimensional depth values corresponds proportionally in three-dimensional stereoscopic depth to each one of the plurality of different non-zero, potential payout values; electronically rendering, via one or more graphics processing devices, stereoscopic images to one or more graphics buffers, wherein the stereoscopic images depict the different virtual wagering game play symbols having different, non-zero, levels of three-dimensional stereoscopic depth effect that correspond to the plurality of different, non-zero, virtual three-dimensional depth values; and before presentation of a completed winning outcome set of game play symbols for a game play round of the wagering game, presenting, via the one or more electronic processing devices, the stereoscopic images for the different virtual wagering game play symbols via the autostereoscopic display device, wherein the different, non-zero, levels of three-dimensional stereoscopic depth effect depict the plurality of different non-zero, potential payout values that the each of the different virtual wagering game play symbols would pay out if included in the completed winning outcome set of game play symbols.