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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2008
Rick A. Hamilton, Ii, Charlottesville, VA (US);
John P. Karidis, Ossining, NY (US);
Clifford A. Pickover, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Robert Wisniewski, Ossining, NY (US);
Rick A. Hamilton, II, Charlottesville, VA (US);
John P. Karidis, Ossining, NY (US);
Clifford A. Pickover, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Robert Wisniewski, Ossining, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
In some embodiments, a method comprises hosting a virtual universe in which one or more avatars interact with one or more virtual objects. The method can also include presenting energy conservation options that reduce amounts of power consumed in rendering the avatars and virtual objects in the virtual universe, detecting a selection of the energy conservation options, and configuring logic for rendering the avatars and virtual objects according to the selected energy conservation options. The method can also comprise rendering, according to the selection of energy conservation options, the avatars and virtual objects in the virtual universe.