Virtual universe avatar activities review

A method for providing a service for tracking of avatar activities within a virtual universe domain, comprising:

• providing a computer infrastructure comprising a processing unit, a memory, a computer readable storage device and a network interface in communication with a virtual universe domain, wherein the computer infrastructure processing unit when executing program instructions on the memory that are stored on the computer readable storage device is configured to:
• define a permissible proximity threshold of an avatar which symbolizes a user who is accessing the virtual universe domain with respect to a proximity of the avatar to a specified artifact of concern within a virtual universe domain screen display of a virtual universe computer client application of the user;
• track geographic positioning activity by the avatar within the virtual universe domain screen display;
• generate activity data from the geographic positioning tracking;
• analyze the activity data to determine an engagement event whenever an engagement of the avatar with the specified artifact is more proximate than the permissible proximity threshold;
• generate a report from the analyzing, the report noting each occurrence of the engagement event;
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• notify a client of activity tracking services if the generated report notes an occurrence of the engagement event;
• wherein the specified artifact visually conveys objectionable image or text material to a viewer, the defined permissible proximity threshold is a virtual universe spatial perception threshold distance to the specified artifact beyond which the objectionable image or text material is unintelligible within a legible resolution range defined by screen pixel values of a graphic resolution of a virtual universe client application screen display of a user of the avatar, and the analyzing the activity data comprises determining a proximity of the avatar to the specified artifact within a common screen display and determining the engagement event if the specified artifact is more proximate to the visual artifact than the spatial perception threshold distance within the screen display.

A computer program product for tracking avatar activities within a virtual universe domain, the computer program product comprising:

• a computer readable storage device;
• first program instructions to define a permissible proximity threshold of an avatar who is accessing the virtual universe domain with respect to a proximity of the avatar to a specified artifact of concern within a virtual universe domains screen display of a computer virtual universe client application of the user;
• second program instructions to track geographic positioning activity by the avatar within the virtual universe domain and generate activity data from the geographic positioning tracking;
• third program instructions to analyze the activity data to determine an engagement event whenever an engagement of the avatar with the specified artifact is more proximate than the permissible proximity threshold, generate a report from the analyzing, the report noting each occurrence of the engagement event, and notify a supervisory entity if the generated report notes an occurrence of the engagement event;
• wherein the specified artifact visually conveys objectionable image or text material to a viewer, the defined permissible proximity threshold is a virtual universe spatial perception threshold distance to the specified artifact beyond which the objectionable image or text material is unintelligible within a legible resolution range defined by screen pixel values of a graphic resolution of a virtual universe client application screen display of a user of the avatar, and the analyzing the activity data comprises determining a proximity of the avatar to the specified artifact within a common screen display and determining the engagement event if the specified artifact is more proximate to the visual artifact than the spatial perception threshold distance within the screen display;
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• wherein the first, second and third program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage device.

A programmable device comprising:

• a processing unit;
• a memory in communication with the processing unit;
• a computer readable storage device comprising program instructions stored therein;
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• a network interface in communication with the processing unit and a virtual universe domain;
• wherein the processing unit when executing the program instructions stored on the computer readable storage device causes the programmable device to perform a method comprises:
• define a permissible proximity threshold of an avatar who is accessing the virtual universe domain with respect to a proximity of the avatar to a specified artifact of concern within a virtual universe domain screen display of a computer virtual universe client application of a user;
• track geographic positioning activity by the avatar within the virtual universe domain screen display;
• generate activity data from the geographic positioning tracking;
• analyze the activity data to determine an engagement event whenever an engagement of the avatar with the specified artifact within the screen display is more proximate than the permissible proximity threshold;
• generate a report from the analyzing, the report noting each occurrence of the engagement event;
• and
• notify a supervisory entity if the generated report notes an occurrence of the engagement event;
• wherein the specified artifact visually conveys objectionable image or text material to a viewer, the defined permissible proximity threshold is a virtual universe spatial perception threshold distance to the specified artifact beyond which the objectionable image or text material is unintelligible within a legible resolution range defined by screen pixel values of a graphic resolution of a virtual universe client application screen display of a user of the avatar, and the analyzing the activity data comprises determining a proximity of the avatar to the specified artifact within a common screen display and determining the engagement event if the specified artifact is more proximate to the visual artifact than the spatial perception threshold distance within the screen display.