How Casinos Became the Leading Industry for Live Experiences
Online casinos used to be filled solely with virtual games. New streaming technology has moved the industry onto a new level.
Streaming technology is now used to present a live dealer game on your screen. This means that you can watch as a dealer hands out the cards or spins the roulette wheel in front of you.
Live casino game offerings have been warmly welcomed by many players around the world. Some players like to try new games, others like variety and tension. Technology is going to develop further, leading to increasingly varied ways of playing. Virtual reality and augmented reality could be incorporated into the experience. It could make it feel as though we have to be physically transported to the live casino setting. The technology could also blur the difference between the on-screen and live-action information. This can already be seen in games like Lightning Roulette and Lightning Baccarat from Evolution.
The popularity of Twitch shows us the appetite for live gaming experiences. The most-followed gamers on Twitch are Fortnite expert Ninja with close to 17 million followers and Tfue with over 10 million. Her Story is a live-streaming game released in 2015. It sold over 100,000 copies and has a sequel coming out in 2019. Live streaming technology is already being used in the casino industry. It wouldn't be a surprise to see it filtering into other areas of gaming. For example, video games could follow the example of casinos and introduce some additional element of live streaming that makes the action unique each time you play it.