Thursday, March 3th, 2011 - Alfie Williams.
It seems like an obvious step for online bingo and online poker operators, but developers are only just beginning to implement webcam technology into their programs. Now, players from all over the world can play face-to-face from remote locations.
The first sites to implement this type of technology were poker websites. This week, the first ever Pokercam tables were launched, giving players the chance to compete against each other face-to-face in exactly the same way as they would at a home game or a brick and mortar poker room. Because social interaction is such a big part of land-based poker, new poker webcams provide online players with a more well-rounded online poker experience.
The same trend is taking place in the bingo community. The feature is similar to live dealer software at online blackjack tables, as the bingo caller is broadcast via webcam. The bingo caller has always been an important part of the game and now this role can have the same impact in the online world.
Many people are skeptical about online gaming because it lacks a sense of reality. However, these new forms of webcam technology should start the conversion from skeptics to believers.