Controlling auto-stereo three-dimensional depth of a game symbol according to a determined position relative to a display area

One or more non-transitory, machine-readable storage media having instructions stored thereon, which when executed by a set of one or more electronic processing units of a gaming system cause the gaming system to perform operations comprising:

• presenting, via an auto-stereo electronic display device of the gaming system, auto-stereo images of virtual game symbols associated with a virtual surface of a virtual slot reel in a display area of the auto-stereo electronic display device, wherein the virtual game symbols and the virtual slot reel with an electronic wagering game;
• determining movement of a position of a game symbol of the virtual game symbols relative to the display area as the game symbol moves with a rotation of the virtual slot reel;
• and
• electronically rendering, by a graphics processor associated with the auto-stereo electronic display device, the auto-stereo images of the game symbol with an auto-stereo three-dimensional depth effect relative to the virtual surface of the virtual slot reel causing at least a portion of the game symbol to appear above the virtual surface of the virtual slot reel with a degree of auto-stereo three-dimensional depth that dynamically changes to correspond to the determined movement of the position of the game symbol relative to the display area.

A gaming system comprising:

• one or more electronic processing units comprising a graphics processing unit;
• an auto-stereo electronic display device;
• and
• a memory storage device configured to store instructions that, when executed by at least one of the one or more electronic processing units, cause the gaming system to perform operations to
• present, via the auto-stereo electronic display device, auto-stereo images of a game symbol on a virtual surface a virtual slot reel dimensional depth effect in a display area of the auto-stereo electronic display device, wherein the game symbol and the virtual slot reel is associated are associated with an electronic wagering game,
• determine a position of the game symbol relative to the display area, and
• electronically render, by the graphics processing unit, via the auto-stereo electronic display device, the auto-stereo images of the game symbol with an auto-stereo three-dimensional depth effect relative to the virtual surface of the virtual slot reel to cause at least a portion of the game symbol to appear above the virtual surface of the virtual slot reel with a degree of auto-stereo three-dimensional depth that corresponds to the determined position of the game symbol relative to the display area, and
• cause the degree of auto-stereo three-dimensional depth to change in value according to a change in the determined position of the game symbol as the virtual slot reel moves in the display area.