Virtual Golf Platform With Sensor-Based NFT Minting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing golfing technologies, such as golf simulators, are expensive, require significant space, and may not accurately depict a true round of golf, limiting accessibility and enjoyment of the sport.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for playing virtual golf using non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in a virtual environment, allowing users to play or build virtual golf courses, integrate physical golf courses into virtual environments, and utilize sensors to capture performance data for generating NFTs on a blockchain network.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If golf simulators are used to provide indoor virtual golf experiences, then accessibility and playability in various weather conditions is improved, but cost and space requirements increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates virtual copies of physical golf courses through digital modeling and rendering, allowing users to experience realistic golf environments without physical presence. The system captures and reproduces course characteristics, terrain, and conditions in a virtual space that can be accessed through various devices, eliminating the need for expensive physical simulator equipment while maintaining accessibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions the golf experience from physical three-dimensional space to a digital dimension accessible through screens and devices. By rendering virtual golf courses that can be viewed and interacted with through two-dimensional displays or immersive virtual reality interfaces, the system provides golf experiences without requiring large physical spaces or expensive simulator hardware.
2Reliability
If traditional golf is played on physical courses, then authentic golf experience is maintained, but weather dependency and time consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates detailed virtual reproductions of physical golf courses that capture authentic course characteristics, terrain features, and playing conditions. These digital copies maintain the essence and challenge of original courses while eliminating weather dependencies and allowing for faster playthroughs without compromising the authentic golf experience.
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-renders and prepares virtual golf course environments, conditions, and scenarios in advance, allowing users to immediately access ready-to-play virtual courses without waiting for favorable weather conditions or dealing with course setup and maintenance time required by physical courses.
3Ease of operation
If virtual golf environments are created using traditional methods, then accessibility is improved, but immersion and accuracy of representing true golf experience deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs advanced digital modeling techniques to create highly accurate virtual reproductions of physical golf courses, capturing precise terrain, vegetation, water features, and other course characteristics. These detailed digital copies provide both accessibility through various devices and high fidelity in representing authentic golf environments.
Solution Approach 2:
The system utilizes sophisticated rendering parameters, lighting models, and environmental simulations to accurately reproduce visual and spatial characteristics of physical golf courses. By adjusting and optimizing these digital parameters, the system achieves high visual fidelity and realism while maintaining accessibility through standard display devices.
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AI summary
A method of playing golf in a virtual environment. The method includes the step of providing an online platform that is displayed on a user interface of a user device. The online platform presents a virtual golf course in the virtual environment. The method also includes the step of providing access to a virtual golf club in the virtual golf course that corresponds to a physical golf club. The method further includes receiving performance data captured by a user controller, generating a digital response in the virtual golf course based on the performance data captured by at least one sensor in communication with the user controller, generating a non-fungible token associated with metadata and a digital object based on the performance data captured by at least one sensor in communication with the user controller, and minting the non-fungible token to a blockchain network.