System and method for virtual environment preservation based on automated item reduction
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1. A method implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable medium, the method comprising:
- detecting one of a plurality of criteria comprising an absence of a virtual universe (VU) occurrence in a VU within a predetermined time period, a special event in the VU and a change of real world status from a previous real world status, the VU comprising a computer-based simulated environment using three-dimensional graphics, and for users to traverse, inhabit and interact through use of avatars;
determining a VU asset of a VU resident relevant to the detected one of the plurality of criteria, wherein the VU asset is an object the VU resident owns; and
performing an automated asset reduction of the VU asset based on the determining,wherein;
the performing the automated asset reduction comprises;
an alteration of a graphical characteristic of the VU asset; and
an archiving of the VU asset in a storage system and a removal of the VU asset from a VU landscape;
the alteration of the graphical characteristic of the VU asset comprises providing a monochrome representation of the VU asset;
the VU asset is a composite of primitive objects having a mapped texture, the primitive objects being at least one of a box, a prism, a sphere, a cylinder, a tori, a tube and a ring; and
the VU asset is included in an inventory of assets owned by the VU resident.
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Abstract
A method implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code, includes detecting one of an absence of a virtual universe (VU) occurrence in a VU within a predetermined time period, a special event in the VU and a change of real world status from a previous real world status. Additionally, the method includes determining a VU asset of a VU resident relevant to the VU occurrence, the special event or the previous real world status. Further, the method includes performing an automated asset reduction of the VU asset based on the determining.
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1. A method implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable medium, the method comprising:
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detecting one of a plurality of criteria comprising an absence of a virtual universe (VU) occurrence in a VU within a predetermined time period, a special event in the VU and a change of real world status from a previous real world status, the VU comprising a computer-based simulated environment using three-dimensional graphics, and for users to traverse, inhabit and interact through use of avatars; determining a VU asset of a VU resident relevant to the detected one of the plurality of criteria, wherein the VU asset is an object the VU resident owns; and performing an automated asset reduction of the VU asset based on the determining, wherein; the performing the automated asset reduction comprises; an alteration of a graphical characteristic of the VU asset; and an archiving of the VU asset in a storage system and a removal of the VU asset from a VU landscape; the alteration of the graphical characteristic of the VU asset comprises providing a monochrome representation of the VU asset; the VU asset is a composite of primitive objects having a mapped texture, the primitive objects being at least one of a box, a prism, a sphere, a cylinder, a tori, a tube and a ring; and the VU asset is included in an inventory of assets owned by the VU resident. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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