Decomposition of displayed elements using gaze detection

A method of operating an electronic gaming machine, comprising:

• detecting a gaze direction of an operator of the electronic gaming machine;
• identifying a location on the electronic gaming machine towards which the gaze of the operator is directed;
• identifying a first element of the electronic gaming machine corresponding to the location on a first display device of the electronic gaming machine towards which the gaze of the operator is directed, wherein the first display device comprises a first three-dimensional display device, and wherein the first element of the electronic gaming machine comprises a three-dimensional element displayed by the first three-dimensional display device as having an apparent spatial position;
• determining that additional information regarding the first element is available;
• detecting a location of at least a portion of a hand of the operator;
• determining that the location of the at least one portion of the hand of the operator corresponds to the apparent spatial position of the three-dimensional element;
• and
• displaying the additional information on a second display device that is separate from the first display device and visible to the operator in response to the location of the at least one portion of the hand of the operator corresponding to the apparent spatial position of the three-dimensional element.

A method of operating an electronic gaming machine, comprising:

• detecting a gaze direction of an operator of the electronic gaming machine;
• identifying a location on the electronic gaming machine towards which the gaze of the operator is directed;
• identifying a first element of the electronic gaming machine corresponding to the location on a first display device of the electronic gaming machine towards which the gaze of the operator is directed;
• determining that additional information regarding the first element is available;
• and
• displaying the additional information as a three-dimensional element having an apparent spatial position on a three-dimensional display device that is separate from the first display device and visible to the operator;
• detecting a location of at least a portion of a hand of the operator;
• determining that the location of the at least one portion of the hand of the operator corresponds to the apparent spatial position of the three-dimensional element;
• and
• removing the three-dimensional element that displays the additional information in response to the location of the at least one portion of the hand of the operator corresponding to the apparent spatial location of the three-dimensional element.

An electronic gaming machine, comprising:

• a processor;
• a three-dimensional display device;
• a display controller coupled to the processor and the three-dimensional display device;
• and
• a gaze detection unit coupled to the processor and configured to detect a gaze direction of the viewer,
• wherein the processor is configured to:
• detect a gaze direction of an operator of the electronic gaming machine;
• identify a location on the electronic gaming machine towards which the gaze of the operator is directed;
• identify a first three-dimensional object displayed by the three-dimensional display device corresponding to the location indicated by the gaze direction;
• determine that additional information regarding the first three-dimensional object is available;
• and
• responsive to identifying the first three-dimensional object and determining that additional information regarding the first three-dimensional object is available, displaying the additional information as a second three-dimensional object on the three-dimensional display device in front of the first three-dimensional object.

An electronic gaming machine, comprising:

• a processor;
• a three-dimensional display device;
• a display controller coupled to the processor and the display device;
• and
• a gaze detection unit coupled to the processor,
• wherein the processor is configured to:
• detect a gaze direction of an operator of the electronic gaming machine using the gaze detection unit;
• identify a first location on the three-dimensional display device towards which the gaze of the operator is directed;
• identify a first three-dimensional element displayed by the three-dimensional display device corresponding to the first location indicated by the gaze direction, the first three-dimensional element having an apparent spatial position;
• determine that additional information regarding the first three-dimensional element is available;
• detect a second location of at least a portion of a hand of the operator;
• determine that the second location corresponds to the apparent spatial position of the first three-dimensional element;
• responsive to determining that additional information regarding the first three-dimensional element is available and that the second location of the at least the portion of the hand of the operator corresponds to the apparent spatial position of the first three-dimensional element, display the additional information as a second three-dimensional element on the three-dimensional display device.