Object size modifications based on avatar distance
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsPeter George Finn, Rick Allen Hamilton, II, Brian Marshall O'Connell, Clifford Alan Pickover, Keith Raymond Walker
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Abstract
A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for modifying objects. In one embodiment, tracking data is obtained which identifies a location of a set of avatars in relation to a range of the object. The range of the object includes a viewable field. In response to determining that the object requires modification, a size of the object is compared with a set of size constraints to form a comparison. Thereafter, the size of the object is modified based on the comparison to form a set of size modifications.
Claims16
A method for modifying an object, the method comprising the steps of:
- a computer obtaining tracking data that identifies a location of a set of avatars in relation to a range of the object, wherein the range comprises a viewable field, and wherein the location of the set of avatars is an average of distances of the set of avatars from the object;
- responsive to a determination that the object requires a modification, the computer comparing a size of the object with a set of size constraints to form a comparison;
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- the computer modifying the size of the object based on the comparison to form a set of size modifications.
A computer program product for modifying an object, the computer program product comprising:
- one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices;
- program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to obtain tracking data that identifies a location of a set of avatars in relation to a range of the object, wherein the range comprises a viewable field, and wherein the location of the set of avatars is an average of the distances of the set of avatars from the object;
- program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to compare a size of the object with a set of size constraints to form a comparison in response to a determination that the object requires a modification;
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- program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to modify the size of the object based on the comparison to form a set of size modifications.
An apparatus for modifying an object, the apparatus comprising:
- one or more processors, one or more 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 obtain tracking data that identifies a location of a set of avatars in relation to a range of the object, wherein the range comprises a viewable field, and wherein the location of the set of avatars is an average of the distances of the set of avatars from the object;
- 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, responsive to a determination that the object requires a modification, to compare a size of the object with a set of size constraints to form a comparison;
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- 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 modify the size of the object based on the comparison to form a set of size modifications.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.