Pok3d.com is the latest arrival on the 3D online poker scene, and
its outstanding graphics are already generating favorable comments.
Launched by the French video games developer Mekensleep, the new site
claims that it represents a revolution in Internet poker because players
can customize personal avatars and use them to project emotions to
their opponents.
Mekensleep has developed a rich three-dimensional interface that immerses
the player in conditions as close as virtually possible to those of
real-life poker tournaments, the company says.
Every player sets up a personality to match his or her real or dream
character, and that character acts the way the player wishes it to,
from glancing nervously around the room to sitting stony faced. Players
are represented by their avatar, whose appearance and personality
they can tailor to suit their whims.
There's a choice of 20 male or female characters, and players can
customize everything from the clothes they’re wearing to eye
and hair color.
The same goes for the poker rooms, which offer a variety of environments
including private parlors, underground gambling dens, specialist tournament
rooms.... and even a provincial farmhouse. Players’ reactions
and the comments they exchange through the simplicity of a dialogue
box complete the game’s realistic atmosphere by giving full
rein to bluffing and body language.
Mekensleep says it's on to a winner with the product, and that more
rooms are imminent, with tables designed for four, six, eight, or
10 players.