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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2009
Rick A. Hamilton, Ii, Charlottesville, VA (US);
John P. Karidis, Ossining, NY (US);
Brian M. O'connell, Cary, NC (US);
Clifford A. Pickover, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Keith R. Walker, Austin, TX (US);
Rick A. Hamilton, II, Charlottesville, VA (US);
John P. Karidis, Ossining, NY (US);
Brian M. O'Connell, Cary, NC (US);
Clifford A. Pickover, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Keith R. Walker, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An invention for the alteration of avatar appearances based on avatar population in a virtual universe is provided. In one embodiment, there is a degradation tool, including an identification component configured to count an amount of a plurality of avatars within a region of a virtual universe. The degradation tool further comprises a modification component configured to degrade the appearance of a set of avatars from the plurality of avatars in the virtual universe based on the amount of the plurality of avatars within the region of the virtual universe.