Modifying a display quality of an area in a virtual universe according to avatar characteristics

A computer program product for modifying an appearance of an area of a virtual universe, 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 determine a number of avatars that occupy an area of a virtual universe;
• program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to determine a display quality of the area of the virtual universe that can be reduced to conserve a computing resource that processes data to present the area of the virtual universe;
• program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to reduce the display quality of the area of the virtual universe proportionally to the number of avatars that occupy the area of the virtual universe, and in response, to reduce usage of the computing resource to process data to present the area of the virtual universe;
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• program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to convert a first value that represents the number of avatars to a second value that represents a range of avatar population in the area.

A computer program product for modifying an appearance of an area of a virtual universe, 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 perform an evaluation of a first significance value assigned to an activity that occurs in the area against a second significance value assigned to an avatar population value for the area;
• program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to determine, based on the evaluation, that the first significance value outweighs the second significance value;
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• program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to modify a display quality of the area in accordance with a determination that the first significance value outweighs the second significance value.

A computer system for modifying an appearance of an area of a virtual universe, the computer system comprising:

• one or more processors, one or more tangible 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 determine a number of avatars that occupy an area of a virtual universe;
• 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 determine a display quality of the area of the virtual universe that can be reduced to conserve a computing resource that processes data to present the area of the virtual universe;
• 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 reduce the display quality of the area of the virtual universe proportionally to the number of avatars that occupy the area of the virtual universe, and in response, to reduce usage of the computing resource to process the data to present the area of the virtual universe;
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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 gradually modify the display quality of the area based on a change to the number of avatars over time.

A computer program product for modifying an appearance of an area of a virtual universe, 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 determine a number of avatars that occupy an area of a virtual universe;
• program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to determine a display quality of the area of the virtual universe that can be reduced to conserve a computing resource that processes data to present the area of the virtual universe;
• program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to reduce the display quality of the area of the virtual universe proportionally to the number of avatars that occupy the area of the virtual universe, and in response, to reduce usage of the computing resource to process data to present the area of the virtual universe;
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• program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, to reduce the display quality of the virtual universe based on a user setting that indicates to voluntarily have the display quality reduced.