New Multi-Touch Blackjack Table Hits the Casinos

A multi-touch blackjack table has been developed by MOTO, and you might soon find one in your local casino.

A new kind of electronic blackjack table has been resealed by MOTO, a company that specialises in multi-touch sensing equipment and machines that can be controlled using hand gestures.

Their blackjack table uses virtual cards and chips eliminating the need to set up, deal and clear the decks which eliminates any mistakes and allows more rapid and efficient game play.

The table uses what MOTO calls resistive touch. Cards are dealt face down and to see them it is necessary for the player hold his hand over them, shielding them with a cupped hand so that they are invisible to other players. They then show themselves to the player.

Dealing can be carried out automatically, or there can be a dealer who carries out a gesture which results in virtual cards sliding across the table.

Betting involves moving virtual chips to the centre of the table using a dragging motion.

Revealing the cards is carried out by a gesture that involves similar movements to viewing followed by raising the hand.

This multi-player gesture oriented blackjack table is far more satisfying than playing a conventional blackjack gaming machine. The fact that the participants are engaging in playing in a group rather than individually creates a social setting similar to that of a conventional live blackjack table.

Although the current table is still a prototype, MOTO is keen for it to be taken up by live casinos. The company is also investigating other games that lend themselves to gesture control. No doubt we will be seeing them in the real world before too long.

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