Patent ID: 8357033

Claim:
A gaming machine comprising: a cabinet defining an interior region of the gaming machine, the cabinet adapted to house a plurality of gaming machine components within or about the interior region; a first video display device, disposed within or about the interior region, configured to output a visual image in response to a control signal and including one or more controllably transparent portions; a second video display device, arranged relative to the first video display device such that a video reel portion of the second video display device is visible through a portion of the first video display device; and at least one processor configured to execute instructions, from memory, that a) display video data for multiple video reels on the second video display device, wherein the video data for each of the multiple video reels depicts a reel strip with multiple reel game symbols, b) permit game play of a reel game of chance that uses the multiple video reels displayed by the second video display device, and c) display video data, on the second video display device, that includes a first video data adaptation to the video data for the multiple video reels, wherein the first video data adaptation provides, in two dimensions, a simulated three dimensional visual effect associated with viewing a mechanical reel in a gaming machine, wherein the first video data adaptation includes virtual 3D graphics data causing the video displayed on the second video display to appear at least partially three dimensional and wherein the first video data adaptation includes perspective video data that outwardly bows and provides curvature at a central portion of both lateral sides of a video reel strip or a video reel displayed on a substantially planar surface, resulting in the video reel strip or the video reel having a central portion that is wider than a top portion and a bottom portion of the video reel strip or the video reel.