KR20210065772A - System for providing virtual reality cook game and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

An objective of the present invention is to provide a system and a method for providing a virtual reality cooking game to spread the excellence of Korean food without being limited by time and space. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the method for providing a virtual reality cooking game comprises: a step of requesting authentication of a player who is to play the virtual reality cooking game from a game providing server; a step of downloading the virtual reality cooking game from the game providing server when the authentication is completed; a step of providing a game start screen by loading the virtual reality cooking game by a start request of the player when the download of the virtual reality cooking game is completed; a step of providing a virtual reality game screen allowing the player to play the virtual reality cooking game for the player; a step of playing the virtual reality cooking game by generating the virtual reality game screen in accordance with an operating signal of the player; and a step of calculating a game play score of the player depending on whether the player finished cooking in accordance with a predetermined recipe sequence and ingredients when the player finishes the cooking on the virtual reality game screen.

Description

Virtual reality cooking game providing system and method

The present invention relates to a system and method for providing a virtual reality cooking game, and more particularly, to a system and method for providing a cooking game in which regional characteristics are reflected to a user in virtual reality.

In 2017, the Korean game market grew by 20.6% compared to the previous year, but it was the mobile game market that led the growth. Despite the explosive development of mobile games, the proportion of arcade games to which virtual reality (VR) is applied is still very insignificant at about 1.4%.

In particular, as the sales structure and market expansion of VR game-related companies in Korea are not well achieved, continuous investment and development of killer contents are urgently needed to expand the market and increase sales, and the needs of various users It is a time when a variety of VR games that satisfy the

On the other hand, cooking is a general term for all the acts of creating dishes that suit one's taste on the basis of enjoying the taste of food with taste. In general, education on such dishes is usually provided by a large number of trainees at specific locations provided offline. Together, they learn the cooking procedure, its ingredients, and the mixing ratio.

However, it is difficult for modern people to allot time to go to a cooking school to learn cooking, so it is not easy to learn cooking, and only those who do not have difficulty using cooking equipment can participate, so the age of those who want to learn is limited. there was

In addition, since there is no way to test the actual cooking offline before starting cooking, there are cases where cooking fails and ingredients are wasted, and the burden of such failure sometimes leads to a distance from cooking. And actual cooking In this case, there was a problem in that all of the ingredients and cooking equipment must be prepared in advance.

In addition, in the case of Korea, there are very different kinds of cuisines by region, and the recipes of the dishes also differ from region to region. Therefore, through offline cooking classes, we can meet the needs of learners who want to learn various regional cuisines of Korea. The reality is that it is difficult to satisfy.

The present invention provides a virtual reality cooking game providing system and method for providing a cooking game through a virtual reality environment so that various domestic dishes can be easily accessed by game users at home and abroad to widely publicize the excellence of domestic cuisine without time and space restrictions. is to provide

The technical problems to be achieved in the present invention are not limited to the technical problems mentioned above, and other technical problems not mentioned will be clearly understood by those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs from the description below. will be able

In order to solve the above technical problem, a method for providing a virtual reality cooking game according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: requesting authentication of a player who will play the virtual reality cooking game to a game providing server; when the authentication is completed, downloading the virtual reality cooking game from the game providing server; providing a game start screen by loading the virtual reality cooking game in response to a start request of the player when the download of the virtual reality cooking game is completed; providing the player with a virtual reality game screen in which the player can play the virtual reality cooking game; generating the virtual reality game screen according to the player's manipulation signal to perform the virtual reality cooking game; and when the player completes cooking on the virtual reality game screen, the player sets the recipe in a predetermined order for the dish and calculating the player's game play score according to whether or not it is completed according to the material.

According to an embodiment, the virtual reality game screen may include: a kitchen unit in which a cooking tool object usable by the player is displayed; a refrigerator including a cooking ingredient object to be used by the player; and at least one non-player character (NPC) receiving the dish completed by the player.

According to an embodiment, the providing of the virtual reality game screen may include: providing the player with at least one of the recipe and the ingredients of the dish to the player according to the level of difficulty and the type of dish selected by the player; and displaying the cooking process on the virtual reality game screen by the player selecting the cooking tool object and the cooking ingredient object.

The method may further include displaying the calculated game play score of the player to the player, wherein the NPC responds differently depending on the player's game play score.

In order to solve the above technical problem, a virtual reality cooking game providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention provides a virtual reality cooking game content to a player on a virtual reality screen, and the player's game on the virtual reality screen a virtual reality (VR) device that generates a manipulation signal; storage; a communication unit for communicating with the game providing server; The game providing server requests authentication of the player, and when the authentication is completed, the virtual reality cooking game is downloaded from the game providing server to the storage unit, and when the download of the virtual reality cooking game is completed, the player a control unit for controlling to provide a game start screen by loading the virtual reality cooking game in response to a start request; and the virtual reality cooking game is performed according to the game operation signal, and when the player completes the dish on the virtual reality game screen, the player's skill is determined according to whether the player completes the dish according to the predetermined recipe sequence and ingredients. VR content processing unit for calculating the game play score; includes.

According to an embodiment, the virtual reality game screen may include: a kitchen unit in which a cooking tool object usable by the player is displayed; a refrigerator including a cooking ingredient object to be used by the player; and at least one non-player character (NPC) receiving the dish completed by the player.

According to an embodiment, the VR content processing unit may provide the player with at least one of the recipe and the ingredients of the dish to the player according to the level of difficulty and the type of dish selected by the player, and the player may use the cooking utensil object and the By selecting a cooking ingredient object, the process of cooking the dish is displayed on the virtual reality game screen.

According to an embodiment, the VR content processing unit may display the calculated game play score of the player to the player, and the NPC may display different responses depending on the player's game play score. do it with

According to the cooking game providing service method and system configured as described above, by introducing various local and regional foods to domestic and foreign learners who want to learn cooking, and allowing them to experience cooking through a game in virtual reality through the recipe, It can also bring about the growth of the tourism industry in Korea by providing the effect of promoting tourism to Korea and satisfying the interest and curiosity of domestic food for all age groups at home and abroad.

In addition, according to the cooking game providing service method and system configured as described above, it is possible to provide domestic and regional cuisine and its recipe through a game through virtual reality to domestic and foreign residents who are interested in domestic cuisine, thereby limiting time and space. Anyone who is interested in domestic cuisine can easily access domestic cuisine, and users can learn cooking recipes through the game format, so users can also enjoy learning cooking. The effects obtainable in the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned effects, and other effects not mentioned may be clearly understood by those of ordinary skill in the art from the following description. will be.

1 is a block diagram of a system for providing a virtual reality cooking game according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a flowchart conceptually illustrating an operation of a method for providing a virtual reality cooking game of a system for providing a virtual reality cooking game according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram illustrating a type of cuisine included in a cooking game to be played by a player according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is an image illustrating a recipe and ingredients for cooking octopus yeonpotang to be provided to a player through a game screen of a virtual reality cooking game according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is an image illustrating a recipe for stir-frying octopus and cooking ingredients to be provided to a player through a game screen of a virtual reality cooking game according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a game start screen provided to a player according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a screen of a virtual reality cooking game to be provided to a player according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a screen of a virtual reality cooking game to be provided to a player according to an embodiment of the present invention.
9 is an image of a game screen displaying an opening story of a game composed of illustrated cartoons to a player according to an embodiment of the present invention.
10 is a game screen image that provides a recipe and cooking ingredients necessary for cooking octopus Yeonpo-tang during a virtual reality cooking game according to an embodiment of the present invention.
11 is a game screen in which a chef including a cooking tool object and a cooking ingredient object used by a player when playing a virtual reality cooking game according to an embodiment of the present invention and an NPC receiving a dish cooked by the player are displayed. .
12 is an image of a virtual reality cooking game screen provided to a player according to an embodiment of the present invention.
13 is an image showing a virtual reality cooking game screen showing the reaction of an NPC who is provided with a dish completed by a player according to an embodiment of the present invention.
14 is an image showing an example of a virtual reality cooking game screen showing an operation of an NPC receiving a dish prepared by a player according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the embodiments described below are merely for explaining in detail enough that a person of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains can easily implement the invention, which limits the protection scope of the present invention. doesn't mean And, in describing various embodiments of the present invention, the same reference numerals are used for components having the same technical characteristics.

Throughout the specification, when a part is "connected" with another part, this includes not only the case of being "directly connected" but also the case of being "electrically connected" with another element interposed therebetween. . In addition, when a part "includes" a certain component, this means that other components may be further included rather than excluding other components unless otherwise stated.

1 is a block diagram of a system for providing a virtual reality cooking game according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1 , the virtual reality cooking game providing system includes a virtual reality cooking game providing device 100 that provides virtual reality cooking game contents to a player, and a VR device 150 worn by a player who will play the cooking game. .

The virtual reality cooking game providing apparatus 100 includes a communication unit 105 , a control unit 110 , a storage unit 115 , a VR device recognition unit 120 , a VR content processing unit 125 , and a screen providing unit 130 . .

The communication unit 105 performs communication with a cooking game providing server (not shown) through a wired/wireless network, and the control unit 110 controls overall functions of the virtual reality cooking game apparatus 100 , specifically the user input unit 120 . ), when a request for downloading a virtual reality cooking game is input from a player, the controller 110 requests the server to authenticate the player through the communication unit 105 .

Then, when the authentication from the server is completed, the controller 110 downloads the virtual reality cooking game through the communication unit 105 and stores it in the storage unit 115, and when the download of the virtual reality cooking game is completed, the A virtual reality cooking game is loaded from the storage unit 115 to provide a game start screen to the player. In addition, while providing the virtual reality cooking game to the player, the controller 110 also obtains information about dishes, cooking ingredients, recipes, and the player's game score that needs to be provided to the player in real time from the server through the communication unit 105 from the server through the VR It may be provided to the content processing unit 130 . Additionally, the control unit 110 obtains the latest cooking recipe information from the server through the communication unit 105 and stores it in the storage unit 115 to perform real-time update of the virtual reality cooking game according to an embodiment of the present invention. can

When the VR device 150 worn by the player of the virtual reality cooking game is recognized, the VR device recognition unit 125 sends a control signal related to the player's game play received from the VR device 150 to the VR content processing unit 130 . By transferring, the VR content processing unit 130 executes the virtual reality cooking game content in which the control signal is reflected.

The VR content processing unit 130 provides a virtual reality cooking game screen so that the player can play the virtual reality cooking game through the VR device 150 according to the game difficulty selected by the player. Specifically, the VR content processing unit 130 performs the virtual reality cooking game while providing the player with at least one of a recipe and a cooking ingredient of the dish to the player according to the level of difficulty and the type of dish selected by the player. In addition, when the player completes a dish on the virtual reality cooking game screen, the VR content processing unit 130 determines whether the player completes the game according to the recipe corresponding to the dish and the ingredients included in the dish. You can also calculate play points and provide them to players.

The screen providing unit 135 provides the virtual reality cooking game contents generated by the VR contents processing unit 130 to the VR device 150 . The VR device 150 outputs a screen of the virtual reality cooking game content provided from the screen providing unit 135 to the player through a Head Mounted Display (HMD) 155, and virtual through the haptic glove 160 worn by the player. The game operation signal of the player recognized on the real cooking game screen is transmitted to the VR device recognition unit 125 .

2 is a flowchart conceptually illustrating an operation of a method for providing a virtual reality cooking game of a system for providing a virtual reality cooking game according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The virtual reality cooking game providing system requests the server to authenticate the player who will play the virtual reality cooking game (205), and when the authentication for the player is completed (210), downloads the virtual reality cooking game (215) . The virtual reality cooking game providing system starts the virtual reality cooking game when a game start command is received from the player after the download of the virtual reality cooking game is completed (220), and after loading the virtual reality cooking game, the game A start screen is provided to the player (225).

The virtual reality cooking game providing system provides the player with information related to the regional cuisine that can be played, then provides a corresponding cooking type screen to the player (230), and when the game difficulty is selected by the player (235), the selected game difficulty It provides a virtual reality cooking game screen according to and executes a virtual reality cooking game (240).

Then, when the game is finished (245), the virtual reality cooking game providing system stores player game play information (250), and provides a score and feedback information for evaluating the player's game play to the player (255).

3 is a diagram illustrating a type of cuisine included in a cooking game to be played by a player according to an embodiment of the present invention. 3 shows representative regional foods of Jeollanam-do. Mokpo 9 mi (300), 9 representative foods of Mokpo, Wando 9 mi (305), 9 representative foods of Wando (305), and 10 kinds of Yeosu The representative food of Yeosu 10 mi (味) (310) and Suncheon 5 mi (味) (315), the 5 representative dishes of Suncheon, are shown. 3 may be displayed as a start screen of a virtual reality cooking game according to an embodiment of the present invention, and the player may select a dish he/she wants to play among them. When the player selects a dish in FIG. 3 , a recipe or cooking material for the selected dish will be provided to the player on the virtual reality cooking game screen.

Although only representative food of Jeollanam-do is disclosed in FIG. 3, the embodiment of the present invention is not limited thereto, and it will be apparent that representative food of other regions may also be included.

4 is an image illustrating a recipe and cooking ingredients for octopus Yeonpotang to be provided to a player through a game screen of a virtual reality cooking game according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a virtual reality cooking game according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is an image representing the recipe and cooking ingredients for stir-fried octopus to be provided to the player through the game screen of

4 and 5 , according to an embodiment of the present invention, only a portion of the recipes shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 may be provided to the player or the entire recipe may be provided to the player according to the difficulty of the game selected by the player.

6 is a game start screen provided to a player according to an embodiment of the present invention. When the player clicks a game start button, as shown in FIGS. 7 to 8 , the kitchen and cooking ingredients that the player can cook are rendered and displayed.

7 is a screen of a virtual reality cooking game to be provided to a player according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which a kitchen unit in which cooking tool objects that the player can use for the game are displayed is displayed.

FIG. 8 is a screen of a virtual reality cooking game to be provided to a player according to an embodiment of the present invention, and shows that the player performs a cooking game using a cooking tool object and a cooking ingredient object. At this time, referring to FIG. 8 , when the player selects a cooking ingredient object required for cooking using the cooking tool object, the cooking ingredient object may be included in the refrigerator rendered on the virtual reality screen. And, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the virtual reality cooking game providing system provides at least one of the recipe and the ingredients of the dish to the player according to the level of difficulty and the type of dish selected by the player, and the player By selecting the cooking tool object and the cooking ingredient object, the cooking process may be displayed on the virtual reality game screen.

9 is a game screen that displays the opening story of a game composed of illustrated cartoons to the player according to an embodiment of the present invention, and Jeollanam-do food craftsmen talk about the characteristics and food of Jeollanam-do food ingredients as a 2D-type illustration cartoon may be of the form.

10 is a game screen in which a recipe and cooking ingredients required for cooking octopus Yeonpo-tang during a virtual reality cooking game are provided to a player according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 10 , the octopus Yeonpo-tang dish may be a dish selected randomly by a non-player character (NPC) displayed as a guest on the game screen or by a player selecting the octopus Yeonpo-tang dish. In this case, the recipe provided on the screen of the virtual reality cooking game according to an embodiment of the present invention may be presented by a cooking master or may be selectively displayed to the player according to the difficulty of the game.

11 is a diagram illustrating a cook including a cooking tool object and a cooking ingredient object used by a player when playing a virtual reality cooking game according to an embodiment of the present invention, and NPCs 1105, 1110, and 1115 serving dishes cooked by the player. ) is displayed on the game screen. According to an embodiment of the present invention, it is determined whether to provide a cooking recipe according to the difficulty selected by the player. For example, in the case of high difficulty, the cooking process is performed only with the cooking material object and the cooking tool object without providing the recipe, and in the case of low difficulty, the cooking process is performed. A cooking process is performed using a cooking material object, a cooking tool object, and a recipe.

12 shows an example of a virtual reality cooking game screen provided to a player according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Reference number 1205 shows that a recipe is provided to the player on the screen of the virtual reality game, and reference number 1210 indicates that the image of the finished dish according to the degree of completion of the dish cooked by the player and the evaluation score for the dish cooked by the player are virtual It shows what is provided on the real game screen. The evaluation score of the dish cooked by the player at reference number 1210 may be calculated through the time the player cooks the dish, the accuracy score in the cooking ingredient slicing game, the recipe matching score, and the uncontrolled game score.

13 is a view showing a virtual reality cooking game screen showing the reaction of an NPC who is provided with a dish prepared by a player according to an embodiment of the present invention. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the reaction 1305 of the NPC to which the player is provided with the cooked dish may be displayed in association with the game score of the player who performed the dish. For example, if the player's game score is high, the expression of the NPC receiving the dish prepared by the player will be displayed with a smiling expression, and if the game score is low, the expression of the NPC will be displayed with a crying expression or an expressionless expression. will be.

14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a virtual reality cooking game screen showing an operation of an NPC receiving a dish prepared by a player according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 14 , the NPC may express various events, such as an action of eating a dish completed by a player, an action of evaluating a dish, and the like.

The method described above may be implemented as computer-readable codes on a computer-readable recording medium. The computer-readable recording medium includes any type of recording medium in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored. For example, there may be a read only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic tape, a magnetic disk, a flash memory, an optical data storage device, and the like. In addition, the computer-readable recording medium may be distributed in computer systems connected through a computer communication network, and stored and executed as readable codes in a distributed manner.

In addition, although the above has been described with reference to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, those of ordinary skill in the art can use the present invention within the scope not departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention described in the claims below. It will be understood that various modifications and variations are possible.

Claims (8)

A method for providing a virtual reality cooking game, comprising:
requesting authentication of a player who will play the virtual reality cooking game to a game providing server;
when the authentication is completed, downloading the virtual reality cooking game from the game providing server;
providing a game start screen by loading the virtual reality cooking game in response to a start request of the player when the download of the virtual reality cooking game is completed;
providing the player with a virtual reality game screen in which the player can play the virtual reality cooking game;
generating the virtual reality game screen according to the player's manipulation signal to perform the virtual reality cooking game; And
When the player completes a dish on the virtual reality game screen, calculating the player's game play score according to whether the player completes the dish according to a predetermined recipe sequence and ingredients for the dish; How to present a realistic cooking game.
According to claim 1,
The virtual reality game screen,
a kitchen unit in which a cooking tool object usable by the player is displayed;
a refrigerator including a cooking ingredient object to be used by the player;
A method for providing a virtual reality cooking game comprising: at least one non-player character (NPC) receiving a dish completed by the player.
3. The method of claim 2,
The step of providing the virtual reality game screen,
providing the player with at least one of the recipe and the ingredients of the dish to the player according to the level of difficulty and the type of dish selected by the player; and
and displaying the cooking process on the virtual reality game screen by the player selecting the cooking tool object and the cooking ingredient object.
4. The method of claim 3,
Further comprising the step of displaying the calculated game play score of the player to the player,
The NPC, a virtual reality cooking game providing method, characterized in that the response is different according to the game play score of the player.
In the virtual reality cooking game providing system,
a virtual reality (VR) device that provides a virtual reality cooking game content to a player as a virtual reality screen and generates a game manipulation signal on the virtual reality screen of the player;
storage;
a communication unit for communicating with the game providing server;
The game providing server requests authentication of the player, and when the authentication is completed, the virtual reality cooking game is downloaded from the game providing server to the storage unit, and when the downloading of the virtual reality cooking game is completed, the player a control unit for controlling to provide a game start screen by loading the virtual reality cooking game in response to a start request; and
The virtual reality cooking game is played according to the game operation signal, and when the player completes the dish on the virtual reality game screen, the player's game VR content processing unit for calculating play scores; Virtual reality cooking game providing system comprising.
6. The method of claim 5,
The virtual reality game screen,
a kitchen unit in which a cooking tool object usable by the player is displayed;
a refrigerator including a cooking ingredient object to be used by the player;
A virtual reality cooking game providing system comprising a; at least one NPC (Non Player Character) receiving the dish completed by the player.
7. The method of claim 6,
The VR content processing unit,
The virtual reality game by providing at least one of the recipe and the ingredients of the cooking to the player according to the level of difficulty and the type of cooking selected by the player, and the player selecting the cooking utensil object and the cooking ingredient object A virtual reality cooking game providing system, characterized in that the cooking process is displayed on a screen.
8. The method of claim 7,
The VR content processing unit,
and displaying the calculated game play score of the player to the player,
The NPC, a virtual reality cooking game providing system, characterized in that the display reaction is different according to the game play score of the player.

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