Patent №
US 9,633,465
Granted
2017-04-25
Filed 2009
Owner
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Lab
AI components
3
kr · planning · evo
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
12395634
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.
AI classification
Ownership
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
assignment · 223350075
Assignors
HAMILTON, RICK A., II, KARIDIS, JOHN P., O'CONNELL, BRIAN M., PICKOVER, CLIFFORD A., WALKER, KEITH R.
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