Gaming machine having display with sensory feedback
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1. A wagering game machine, comprising:
- a display device;
a haptic device configured to provide a plurality of different haptic outputs to a wagering game machine input device; and
a controller, operatively coupled to the display device and the haptic device, configured to, upon execution of associated instructions in association with a wagering game;
register a player input via the wagering game machine input device,display on the display device a wagering game feature selected from a plurality of different wagering game features;
trigger a first haptic output from the haptic device to the wagering game machine input device responsive to a first random event, in a first wagering game feature of the wagering game; and
trigger a second haptic output from the haptic device to the wagering game machine input device responsive to a second random event in a second wagering game feature of the wagering game, the second haptic output being different from the first haptic output.
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Abstract
A method of conducting a wagering game on a gaming machine includes the steps of displaying a selectable game element on a display and associating each potential outcome associated with the selectable game element with a predetermined haptic output selected from a plurality of predetermined haptic device outputs. The method also includes the steps of selecting the selectable game element to reveal an outcome associated therewith and causing a haptic device to output the predetermined haptic output corresponding to the outcome of the selectable game element.
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1. A wagering game machine, comprising:
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a display device; a haptic device configured to provide a plurality of different haptic outputs to a wagering game machine input device; and a controller, operatively coupled to the display device and the haptic device, configured to, upon execution of associated instructions in association with a wagering game; register a player input via the wagering game machine input device, display on the display device a wagering game feature selected from a plurality of different wagering game features; trigger a first haptic output from the haptic device to the wagering game machine input device responsive to a first random event, in a first wagering game feature of the wagering game; and trigger a second haptic output from the haptic device to the wagering game machine input device responsive to a second random event in a second wagering game feature of the wagering game, the second haptic output being different from the first haptic output. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of conducting a wagering game on a wagering game machine having a haptic player-input device, comprising the acts of:
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storing, in a physical memory device operatively associated with the wagering game machine, an assignment of a different haptic output for each of a plurality of different wagering game features, the plurality of wagering game features including one or more of a randomly-determined wagering game outcome, a subpart of a randomly-determined wagering game outcome, a player-selectable element, or an eligibility requirement; displaying, on a display device of the wagering game machine, a wagering game feature in association with a wagering game; and responsive to one of a player input to the haptic player-input device or a display of the wagering game feature on the display device, retrieving from the physical memory device and synchronously outputting a haptic output to the haptic player-input device, the haptic output corresponding directly to the assigned and displayed wagering game feature. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A physical computer-readable medium bearing executable instructions configured, upon execution by one or more processors, to cause a connected wagering game system comprising a wagering game machine, to perform acts comprising:
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storing, in a physical memory device operatively associated with the wagering game machine, an assignment of a unique haptic output for each of a plurality of different wagering game features; displaying, on a display device of the wagering game machine, a wagering game feature in association with a wagering game, the wagering game feature comprising a wagering game outcome including an array of randomly-determined symbols, a wagering game element forming a part of a wagering game outcome, a player-selectable element, or an eligibility requirement; and responsive to one of a display of the wagering game feature on the display device or a player interaction with the wagering game feature using a haptic player-input device, retrieving from the physical memory device and synchronously outputting a haptic output to the haptic player-input device corresponding to the assigned haptic output for the displayed wagering game feature.
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