Image capture and buffering in a virtual world using situational measurement averages

A computer-readable storage medium containing a program which, when executed, performs an operation for automatically capturing images in a virtual world, the operation comprising:

• collecting one or more sets of real-time situational measurements from the virtual world, wherein each real-time situational measurements relates to one of a state of the virtual world or a user interacting with the virtual world:
• maintaining a database of situational measurement averages;
• comparing a current set of real-time situational measurements to the averages so as to compute individual measurement deviations and a cumulative deviation score;
• and
• capturing, from perspectives not confined to a user viewport, at least one image and its associated perspective and situational measurements, if the cumulative deviation score exceeds a predefined photo opportunity threshold.

A system, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory containing a program, which when executed by the processor is configured to perform an operation for automatically capturing images in a virtual world, the operation comprising:
• collecting one or more sets of real-time situational measurements from the virtual world, wherein each real-time situational measurements relates to one of a state of the virtual world or a user interacting with the virtual world,
• maintaining a database of situational measurement averages,
• comparing a current set of real-time situational measurements to the averages so as to compute individual measurement deviations and a cumulative deviation score, and
• capturing, from perspectives not confined to a user viewport, at least one image and its associated perspective and situational measurements, if the cumulative deviation score exceeds a predefined photo opportunity threshold.