REDUCING A DISPLAY QUALITY OF AN AREA IN A VIRTUAL UNIVERSE TO CONSERVE COMPUTING RESOURCES
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- determining a first area that is being viewed by an avatar in a virtual universe;
determining a second area adjacent to the first area, the adjacent second area being in a peripheral view of the avatar, wherein one or more computing resources process data for presenting the adjacent second area; and
reducing a display quality of the adjacent second area comprising reducing usage of the one or more computing resources to process data for presenting the adjacent second area.
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Abstract
Described herein are processes and devices that reduce a display quality of an area of a virtual universe to conserve computing resources. One of the devices described is a virtual resource conserver. The virtual resource conserver determines, or selects, an area in the virtual universe. A computing resource processes data for presenting the area in the virtual universe. The virtual resource conserver evaluates significance factors about the area to determine a significance of how the area is being used, or an extent to which an area is being viewed by an avatar. The virtual resource conserver reduces a display quality of the area based on the significance of how the area is being used or viewed. The virtual resource conserver thus reduces usage of the computing resource.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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determining a first area that is being viewed by an avatar in a virtual universe; determining a second area adjacent to the first area, the adjacent second area being in a peripheral view of the avatar, wherein one or more computing resources process data for presenting the adjacent second area; and reducing a display quality of the adjacent second area comprising reducing usage of the one or more computing resources to process data for presenting the adjacent second area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A network, comprising:
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a machine configured to connect to a communication network, the machine configured to process data in a virtual universe; and a virtual resource conserver device configured to connect to any one of the machine and the communication network, wherein the virtual resource conserver device comprises a views computational unit configured to evaluate one or more significance factors in the virtual universe related to a significance of use of an area, and to utilize the one or more significance factors to calculate a size of the area viewed by one or more avatars, and a virtual resource conservation controller configured to reduce a display quality of the area, to conserve use of the computing resource. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. One or more machine-readable media having instructions stored thereon, which when executed by a set of one or more processors causes the set of one or more processors to perform operations that comprise:
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selecting an area in a virtual universe, wherein a computing resource processes data for presenting the area; evaluating one or more significance factors about the area, wherein the one or more significance factors relates to a significance of use of the area within the virtual universe; determining a significance of use value, based on the one or more significance factors, representing a significance of use of the area; and reducing a display quality of the area based on the significance of use value of the area, wherein reducing the display quality of the area comprises reducing usage of the computing resource to process data for presenting the first area. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A method comprising:
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determining a number of avatars occupying an area in a virtual universe; determining a display quality of the area that can be reduced to conserve a computing resource that processes data for presenting the area; and reducing the display quality of the area proportionally to the numbers of avatars that are occupying the area, wherein reducing the display quality of the area comprises reducing usage of the computing resource to process data for presenting the first area. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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