Future slot technology

I dunno, some folks might find this interesting.

[Someone I know] is a managing engineer for [a high tech glass company]. We were talking last night, and he was telling me about something they're working on: glass for slot machines with the circuitry directly in the glass. The display, the programming, the tracking of the player, everything. An example he gave was, a player might be sitting at a station playing Outback Jack, and decide that she wants to play Jailbird Mr Cashman: she can change the station to Mr Cashman.

I'm fascinated by this, in more ways than one. It is cutting edge. But, isn't it almost silly that people would think of incorporation it into gaming technology? There are so many amazing possibilities, and instead of using it to change the world, it understands that the world can't change.

I'm sure that there are uses beyond what I can think of... things AP guys might not like. Facial recognition, for one, up close and personal. But there are also more sublime uses, like personalized displays, personalized sounds, directional sound, etc.

He says that it is a few years away still. Think 2020. Fascinating, as Spock would say.

Sounds like using a sledgehammer to kill a fly.

Quote: tringlomane

Sounds like using a sledgehammer to kill a fly.

That takes skill

What would Jeff Goldbloom say about this?
"You spent so much time wondering if you could, you forgot to ask if you should."
The facial recognition part I just hate and we're past due on laws for this stuff. I'd rather have anarchy then just one way with no room for choice for individuals'

I think the commercial application goes where the money is. If they can press the circuitry into the glass, then instead of a huge console 5x3x3, they can have slot equivalent of flat-screen TV's, with vertical components for card-reading and TITO/cash transactions. They can buy one console for universal offerings of just about any slot machine, then just pay for the use of the software/rights on an as-accessed basis. And put in twice as many machines/sqft of floor space. Combine those with touch-screen mapping, and they can check your fingerprint every time you press "play". Or use a mini webcam from just inside the glass to take your picture and do facial recognition. Don't know why they'd WANT to, but they could.

It's all evil and the work of satan. We need to go back to these: