Among the 11 new mature standards recently released by the Gaming Standards Association (GSA) were PUI (Player User Interface) v1.0 and EMDI (EGM Media Display Interface) v3.0. The 2 breakthrough standards directly address operators’ business needs, getting new content to players. The brand new standards streamline both development and implementation of kit and systems that drive operator-player communication.

“The Player User Interface Committee was very clear in expressing operators’ challenges and wishes. Among those is a robust desire for more significant player-to-system interactions on the gaming device,” said Committee Chair John Taylor. “Our committee worked very hard to determine these two standards to abridge both development and implementation surrounding player user interface equipment, and to permit operators to take full good thing about this exciting technology to profit their players.”

Byron Bridger, director of promoting - Destination at Atlantic Lottery and a GSA BOD member, said, “As operators, the player user interface is a device that permits us to supply services to our players, like communications, property information and loyalty programs. These two new standards directly answer operators’ business needs.”

The PUI (Player User Interface) v1.0 standard clearly defines development parameters, and therefore greatly simplifies the improvement process. The usual features a series of common PUI templates with requirements for deploying those templates on different EGM display sizes. Additionally, the PUI v1.0 describes the necessities for PUI windows, identifies the minimum Flash and HTML requirements and discusses the isolation of the PUI environment from the EGM. 

In concert with PUI v1.0, the brand new EMDI (EGM Media Display Interface) v3.0 standard allows PUI content to make use of this protocol to speak directly with the EGM. On this update, the protocol have been extended to supply additional functionality demanded by operators, corresponding to game-change events and additional info in regards to the state of player loyalty cards – updates that empower operators to further enhance player customer service.

The new PUI v1.0 and EMDI v3.0 are two of eleven standards GSA recently released, all of that have been designed specifically to further enhance the worldwide gaming industry and unleash the creativity of its developers. All the standards is accessible totally free to all GSA members on GSA’s website, www.gamingstandards.com.

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