Zytronic has announced the launch of its innovative video button deck solutions with transparent glass bash buttons, which will be on show at its booth 1335 during G2E Las Vegas.
The proprietary ZXY500 PCAP controller and custom firmware drive Zytronic’s solutions, offering multiple buttons that can be located either inside or outside the display visual area, reducing the need for additional mechanical complexity and controllers, and offering potential cost savings and reduced maintenance costs.
The floating glass bash buttons offer numerous advantages over traditional video mechanical bash button deck designs. They are laminated directly onto the touch-sensing active area of the button deck and driven through the touch sensor below, making them fully interactive and water-proof with no moving parts. The enhanced user experience is evident as audible feedback is provided upon touch, combined with the tactile sensation of the raised buttons.
In one of the button deck units on display, the glass bash buttons are mounted directly in the display area without any need for any printed borders to hide electronics or mechanics. Dynamic imagery is generated via the display underneath and around the transparent button simply by changing the graphics on the display itself. This gives a more active user visual experience beyond anything achieved via traditional RGB LEDs generally associated with mechanical bash buttons.
Zytronic also shows a video glass bash button deck design, where the glass buttons are located in a transparent glass area outside the display area. Incorporating Omron’s STP (see thru panel) technology with predefined graphics, such as “$$$” signs and “PLAY” wording.
Dr. Andrew Morrison, CTO at Zytronic explained: “This enhanced visual feedback is achieved by the STP’s dynamic imagery, visible through the transparent glass bash buttons and unprinted transparent area of the glass video button deck, providing a visually stunning and interactive button deck gaming environment that has not been achieved before.”
