System and Method for Augmented Reality Gaming

A method of enabling an augmented reality interaction system and a mobile device to overlay a virtual 3D component over a physical 3D component with which the virtual 3D component interacts, the method comprising:

• controlling a camera on the mobile device using the augmented reality interaction system;
• enabling a user to capture a live camera image of a gaming machine cabinet via the camera;
• determining if there are image tags on the gaming machine cabinet in the live camera image;
• in response to identifying images tags on the gaming machine cabinet, producing a virtual rendering of the gaming machine cabinet;
• determining virtual 3D components to be displayed over an image of a virtual gaming machine cabinet, wherein the virtual 3D components include a plurality of elements each having a depth value and the virtual gaming machine cabinet includes a plurality of elements each having a depth value;
• comparing a virtual depth rendering of the virtual 3D components to a virtual depth rendering of the virtual gaming machine cabinet;
• in response to the comparison, subtracting the elements of the virtual 3D components that have a lower depth value than elements of the virtual gaming machine cabinet at corresponding spatial positions;
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• overlaying virtual 3D components without the subtracted elements onto a live camera image of the virtual gaming machine cabinet on a display of the mobile device.