The Sphinx 4-D machine also has a chair that rumbles and vibrates. When a player hits a bonus round on the penny slot machine, a small panel located below the colorful curved screen emits air emulating a sense of being touched by orbs or coins while the chair vibrates and built-in speakers make whooshing sounds.
[toc]Slotsplayers across the country are being invited to enter a fourth dimension. IGT’s new 4-D Sphinx slot rolled out at Station Casinos properties across Las Vegas, Nevada last week. The leading slots manufacturer is promising to bring the new immersive slot machine technology to casinos across the country.
Now 3-D slots have been around for a while. In fact, IGT’s 3-D Sphinx slot debuted in US casinos back in 2014. The technology makes the objects in traditional slot reels appear as if they are floating in the air right in front of you. The new 4-D technology now makes it possible to interact with these objects.
The 4-D Sphinx slot
The 4-D Sphinx slot features 3-D images floating off the screen, much the same way they did in the 3-D version of the game. The difference with 4-D is that now players can almost feel, touch and move these floating images.
The game uses a technology that tracks the movement of a player’s hand. Ultimately, players can draw images with their fingers that have a slight impact on gameplay. Players can draw:
- Circles in the air to change the game background theme from night to day
- Figure eights that change into a butterflies
- Triangles that create a floating triangle and electrify the reels
- Hearts that causes flowers to bloom around the reels
- Crowns that instantly take players into the game’s Pharaoh mode
Through something called Haptic technology, players can also feel like they are touching the 3-D objects. Additionally, the chair in front of the 4-D Sphinx slot has built-in speakers. These actually shake, rattle, and roll in sync with in-game features.
Appealing to a new generation of slot players
IGT Chief Product Officer Dallas Orchardtold the Las Vegas Sun the company noticed players on the 3-D game reaching out to try to touch and move the 3-D objects in front of them. He said the new 4-D technology is about giving players that kind of control over the game.
However, all of this player and game interaction is just that. None of the technology employed will actually help a player get any closer to winning a jackpot.
From that perspective, the 4-D Sphinx is much different than many of the new, interactive skill-based games also being rolled out in casinos across the country.
However, both are meant to appeal to a younger generation of player. These players grew up playing video games featuring much more control than the average slot.
First Station Casinos, then Resorts World Catskills
IGT launched the 4-D Sphinx slot at Stations Casinos where players club members were given one free spin to try it out.
The game is also expected to be placed in the new Resorts World Catskills casino when it opens in Upstate New York in March 2018.
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Bells and flashing lights are so old school when it comes to slot machines. Now, with a sweep of your fingers and drawing a circle in front of the video screen, players can change the new Sphinx 4-D video slot machine at Pechanga Resort & Casino from day to night or reach out and touch floating coins and butterflies while trying to win a jackpot.
The Sphinx 4-D game — manufactured by International Game Technology — came to the casino floor in March. In addition to 3-D games, which allow players to reach out and interact with floating graphics, 4-D technology includes gesture recognition, enhanced surround sound and elevated high-definition graphics. The Sphinx 4-D machine also has a chair that rumbles and vibrates.
When a player hits a bonus round on the penny slot machine, a small panel located below the colorful curved screen emits air emulating a sense of being touched by orbs or coins while the chair vibrates and built-in speakers make whooshing sounds.
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For those looking to dial down the sensory intensity, there is a control that allows players to do so.
“The concept is that players will be able to feel what they are seeing on the screen,” said Anthony Zamora, slot director at Pechanga Resort & Casino. “Guests have reported the game is fun to play.”
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