Patent ID: 8182339

Claim:
A method of conducting a wagering game on a gaming system, the gaming system including one or more display devices, one or more processors, and at least one memory device, the method comprising: executing, via the one or more processors, instructions stored on the at least one memory device that cause the gaming system to initiate the wagering game upon which monetary value may be wagered, the wagering game defining a plurality of three-dimensional graphical objects; rendering, in real time via the one or more processors, the plurality of three-dimensional graphical objects to produce a first image; displaying the first image on the one or more display devices; postprocessing the first image, in real time via the one or more processors, to provide a graphical effect for a wagering game function of the wagering game, the postprocessing including inserting a live video image into the first image by projecting the live video image onto a surface of at least one of the three-dimensional graphical objects of the plurality to produce a final image; and displaying the final image on the one or more display devices.