Patent ID: 8016670

Claim:
A gaming machine configured to accept wagers and grant monetary awards, comprising: a master gaming controller configured to process gaming machine state information and event commands; a main display device; at least one virtual glass; a first host configured to transmit video content to the at least one virtual glass, each said at least one virtual glass being separate from the main display device, and the first host; and at least one host storage unit being separate form said at least one virtual glass, the at least one host storage unit configured to communicate with said first host, each said at least one host storage unit having a video content capacity that stores the video content; wherein: the at least one virtual glass is configured to communicate with said first host, said at least one virtual glass comprising at least one virtual glass storage unit, a display device, and at least one logic device configured to process the video content transmitted by said first host, each said at least one virtual glass storage unit having a capacity; a combined capacity of all said at least one virtual glass storage units within said virtual glass is substantially less than a combined video content capacity of all said at least one host storage units; and said at least one virtual glass is an exclusively media-driven device configured to operate without receiving communications of the gaming machine state information and the event commands.