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US – GTECH launches glasses-free 3D Sphinx

By Phil - 30 September 2013

The Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas saw GTECH bring its gaming product brand, SPIELO to life with the launch of Sphinx 3D, a thrilling Egyptian adventure featuring glasses-free True 3D on the brand new AXXIS cabinet.

Sphinx 3D is the first title in GTECH’s new True 3D product line, which uses a glasses-free 3D display designed exclusively for GTECH for the gaming industry by SeeFront. It uses a unique, patented autostereoscopic technology with integrated eye-tracking to make images jump off the screen or stretch into infinity in high resolution. Without wearing special or additional glasses, players can explore the on-screen vistas, change viewing angles without disrupting the 3D experience, and be amazed by wilds stacked on the z-axis that seem to rotate toward and jump out at them.

A five-reel, 30-line game, Sphinx 3D features an action-packed base game and a total of seven bonuses: two in the base game and five dedicated bonuses that players can select as part of the Sphinx  Bonus selection.

The wow factor isn’t limited to the industry-unique 3D experience. The new AXXIS cabinet is designed to create a sense of personal space, maximize player comfort, and immerse the player in the game with a state-of-the-art multimedia chair including rumble, surround-sound, and sliding mechanism for easy entry and adjustable player seating position for ultimate comfort.

Also on show was GTECH new Poker Platform, along with its Mobile Poker for iPad tablets, featuring ergonomic thumb-based game play.

The industry-first, thumb-controlled tablet game play delivers a comfortable experience for gamers that can only be achieved through GTECH’s new poker solution. Simply put, GTECH’s app allows all of the poker playing functions to be carried out by the player’s thumbs, to accommodate the landscape position gamers typically prefer when playing on their iPads. GTECH’s tablet solution features a user-friendly touch interface that utilizes swipes, taps, and gestures, mimicking natural tablet handling and providing easy access to exciting game actions.

GTECH Senior Vice President of iGaming, Matteo Monteverdi, said: “GTECH’s new thumb-based tablet features and rebuilt Poker Platform provide tangible proof of the Company’s commitment to making all of our games available for mobile. We arguably have the widest in-house-built mobile portfolio in the gaming space, with an offering that includes casino, bingo, poker, sports betting, and lottery, with the technology to drive them all from a single player account management system. GTECH has a content strategy and technology roadmap that will continue to fill the mobile space and ‘open up’ the content development market, building on device innovations and the Lottery Developer Network that we launched to promote development of compelling third-party content.”