Interactive VIRTUAL REALITY GAMING
Are your ready to experience VR?
How close are we to seeing the use of Virtual Reality in gaming environments and how will operators capitalise on this development? G3 speaks to BetConstruct’s Rafayel Badalyan about the prospects and possibilities of VR
WHAT DOES VIRTUAL REALITY ADD TO THE GAMING EXPERIENCE?
Rafayel Badalyan VR Casino Product Owner BetConstruct
In virtual reality everything is different – from the play-style to the emotions players feel. Once you start playing in virtual reality, you become part of that new world. Your previously static experience turns into one of physical movements, making redundant the usual sitting posture of an online player. You enjoy real experiences and feelings – adrenaline and joy. Most importantly, you are able to socialise and interact as you would in a live dealer casino.
IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT OF VR GOING TO BE THE LIVE DEALER EXPERIENCE?
Once you start playing in virtual reality, you become part of that new world. The previously static mode turns into one of physical movements, making the usual sitting posture of gaming a thing of the past. You get real experience and feelings – adrenaline and joy. Most importantly, you are able to socialise and interact as smoothly as in a live dealer casino.
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Te live dealer experience is totally new in VR. We can call it one of the unique features in VR that we have created, but it’s not the most important aspect. Te list of advantages is quite long, but just to be more specific to our current product, I would highlight the realistic looking casino in VR. We give players a hitherto unreachable opportunity. Tis is a chance to travel, explore and experience things that they have always dreamed about. Tis is a new wave of opportunities, and the wave is growing every single minute.
HOW FAR INTO THE FUTURE WILL PEOPLE BE PLAYING IN VR AND AR CASINO?
Our target audience is the younger generation who are more familiar with high-end technologies and are eager to experience the latest innovations. Tis is the reason we are developing at the cutting edge - the integration of gambling into gaming. Te new generation prefers social gaming over standard casino
gaming. We deliver both, and we serve it to player the way they like – as a social network with gaming and betting.
HOW MUCH OF GIMMICK IS VR/AR NOW?
If we are talking about being gimmicky, let’s consider that all the products that are new in the market are a gimmick. A major selling point is their novelty, hence they must be a gimmick. Te issue is whether it remains a gimmick or if the idea shifts to its true purpose – progressive technologies, future and innovation. We strive to become part of the unlimited and boundless world of this new reality.
THE ADOPTION OF VR HAS BEEN FAIRLY SLOW, WITH RESULTS MUCH LOWER THAN FORECASTS FOR PLAYSTATION VR, OCULUS AND HTC. ARE WE STILL MISSING THE “KILLER-APPLICATION” THAT MAKES EVERYONE WANTS ONE?
Many companies have created prototypes of smartphones long before Apple became an industry leader. Te key thing they were missing was the fact that market was not ready at that time to adopt smartphones. Nowadays, current trends demonstrate that the market is ready for VR. However, there is a lack of products that are trying to solve the big problems. As a result, our
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