Modifying a display quality of an area in a virtual universe according to avatar characteristics
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1. A computer system for modifying an appearance of an area of a virtual universe, the computer system comprising:
- one or more processors, one or more tangible computer-readable memories, and one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices;
program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to determine a number of avatars that occupy an area of a virtual universe;
program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to determine a display quality of the area of the virtual universe that can be reduced to conserve a computing resource that processes data to present the area of the virtual universe;
program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to reduce the display quality of the area of the virtual universe proportionally to the number of avatars that occupy the area of the virtual universe, and in response, to reduce usage of the computing resource to process the data to present the area of the virtual universe; and
program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to convert a first value that represents the number of avatars to a second value that represents a range of avatar population in the area.
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Abstract
Described herein are processes and devices that modify a display quality of an area of a virtual universe. Some embodiments include operations to determine a number of avatars that occupy the area, determine a display quality of the area that can be reduced to conserve a computing resource that processes data to present the area and modify the display quality of the area proportionally to the number of avatars that occupy the area. The operations can further modify usage of a computing resource to process data to present the area in response to modification of the display quality of the area.
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21 Claims
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1. A computer system for modifying an appearance of an area of a virtual universe, the computer system comprising:
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one or more processors, one or more tangible computer-readable memories, and one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices; program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to determine a number of avatars that occupy an area of a virtual universe; program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to determine a display quality of the area of the virtual universe that can be reduced to conserve a computing resource that processes data to present the area of the virtual universe; program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to reduce the display quality of the area of the virtual universe proportionally to the number of avatars that occupy the area of the virtual universe, and in response, to reduce usage of the computing resource to process the data to present the area of the virtual universe; and program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to convert a first value that represents the number of avatars to a second value that represents a range of avatar population in the area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 17, 18)
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6. A computer program product for modifying an appearance of an area of a virtual universe, the computer program product comprising:
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one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices; program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to determine a number of avatars that occupy an area of a virtual universe; program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to determine a display quality of the area of the virtual universe that can be reduced to conserve a computing resource that processes data to present the area of the virtual universe; program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to reduce the display quality of the area of the virtual universe proportionally to the number of avatars that occupy the area of the virtual universe, and in response, to reduce usage of the computing resource to process data to present the area of the virtual universe; and program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to convert a first value that represents the number of avatars to a second value that represents a range of avatar population in the area. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 19)
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13. A computer program product for modifying an appearance of an area of a virtual universe, the computer program product comprising:
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one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices; program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to perform an evaluation of a first significance value assigned to an activity that occurs in the area against a second significance value assigned to an avatar population value for the area; program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to determine, based on the evaluation, that the first significance value outweighs the second significance value; and program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to modify a display quality of the area in accordance with a determination that the first significance value outweighs the second significance value. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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20. A computer system for modifying an appearance of an area of a virtual universe, the computer system comprising:
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one or more processors, one or more tangible computer-readable memories, and one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices; program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to determine a number of avatars that occupy an area of a virtual universe; program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to determine a display quality of the area of the virtual universe that can be reduced to conserve a computing resource that processes data to present the area of the virtual universe; program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to reduce the display quality of the area of the virtual universe proportionally to the number of avatars that occupy the area of the virtual universe, and in response, to reduce usage of the computing resource to process the data to present the area of the virtual universe; and program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, to gradually modify the display quality of the area based on a change to the number of avatars over time.
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21. A computer program product for modifying an appearance of an area of a virtual universe, the computer program product comprising:
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one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices; program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to determine a number of avatars that occupy an area of a virtual universe; program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to determine a display quality of the area of the virtual universe that can be reduced to conserve a computing resource that processes data to present the area of the virtual universe; program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to reduce the display quality of the area of the virtual universe proportionally to the number of avatars that occupy the area of the virtual universe, and in response, to reduce usage of the computing resource to process data to present the area of the virtual universe; and program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to reduce the display quality of the virtual universe based on a user setting that indicates to voluntarily have the display quality reduced.
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