The Next Level <\/strong><\/h2>\nVirtual reality can allow you to step inside a game \u2013 to be inside the \u201cuniverse\u201d of a slot machine, for example \u2013 or to stand among professional esports players\u2019 avatars as they play (and bet on them, of course).<\/p>\n
VR will take audience engagement in esports and esports betting to wild new levels, precluding even the need for physical arenas.<\/p>\n
In the future, gambling will be more about gladiatorial spectacle and excitement. VR and esports have the disruptive power to transform gambling in exciting new ways, and in ways that, today, we can only speculate about.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Slot machine giant IGT has teamed up with virtual reality hardware developers HTC Vive to bring a glimpse of the casino games of the future to the gaming floor. HTC is providing the immersive headgear for IGTs Virtual Zone, a virtual reality competition arena that pits casino patrons against one another in a series of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":73669,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,3313,3312,16693],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
IGT Teams Up with HTC Vive for VR Casino Gaming Experience<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n