Patent ID: 8025569

Claim:
A gaming machine comprising: a display device; and a gaming controller, wherein said gaming controller is configured to: receive data, said data including visual data associated with a person; provide a virtual gaming environment, wherein said virtual gaming environment is configured to facilitate playing a wagering game with said person in said virtual gaming environment, simulate a real gaming environment with said virtual gaming environment, wherein said virtual gaming environment includes a representation of said person based on said visual data, and control said display device to: display a view of said virtual gaming environment which is movable between a plurality of viewpoints, said plurality of viewpoints including a first viewpoint and a second viewpoint, zoom said view to said representation of said person when said view is from said first viewpoint, zoom said view elsewhere than said representation of said person when said view is from said second viewpoint, and present said visual data used in said representation of said person in said virtual gaming environment with a higher frame rate or higher resolution when said view is from said first viewpoint than when said view is from said second viewpoint.