The Development of Gesture Control and Its Importance In Online Gaming
Over the past year or so gaming has changed dramatically. Button pressing has become a thing of the past and punching the air and waving at tablets has become an everyday occurrence.
Motion-controlled games make use of sensors, accelerometers and depth cameras to detect movements performed by the user, deeming the traditional game controller pretty much redundant. There’s no doubting the fact that these gesture controlled games and apps are almost certainly the future of gaming but they also have the potential to leak into other industries too.
Gesture control and online gaming
Arcade games and virtual reality experiences you may think are obvious users of gesture control but in actual fact it’s the likes of iGaming businesses including casinos, poker platforms and sports betting sites that have plunged head first into the mix.
Gambling apps are renowned for being behind in the interactive industry which is crazy when you consider the number of people using them (estimated 164 million people by 2018).
Nowadays, people would much rather sit with their phone in their hand than at a desktop computer so the development of gambling apps makes so much sense. With so many apps out there and more and more people choosing to gamble online rather than physically walking into a bookmakers, casino or poker tournament, iGaming companies have finally started to acknowledge the necessity of software developers and programmers dedicated to improving user experience.
Take partypoker’s Windows app for example:
“You can increase, or decrease, your bet sizes with a slide of your finger, drag your bets onto the table, or flick your cards into the muck. It is a system that works perfectly with the new portrait view and makes it easier than ever to enjoy playing cash games one-handed when you’re out and about.”
It’s now more important than ever for gaming companies to set themselves ahead of the competitor online. Gambling has moved on dramatically and an increased user-base of online gaming apps has meant that high street gambling services are quickly becoming redundant.
Gesture control apps are simply one stop on a very long journey of constant change in the online industry. In a world of virtual reality and online shopping, the introduction of gaming apps makes sense but the companies that survive will be those that are well ahead in terms of updates.
The importance of gesture control
Despite gambling’s online shift, there are many gaming companies falling behind because they’re unable to keep up with the constant change. Online gaming is now a world of virtual survival as many of the biggest competitors are based solely online with the understanding of how to improve. Gesture control is essentially a benchmark for survival and development, an incredibly important part of an industry undergoing huge change.
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