Patent ID: 8259100

Claim:
A method for fixed path transitions in a virtual universe environment, the method comprising the steps of: receiving, by a computer, tracking data that identifies a location of an avatar in relation to a range of an object in a virtual universe, wherein the range comprises a viewable field; responsive to the tracking data indicating an occurrence of a trigger condition associated with a fixed path rule, identifying, by the computer, a fixed path defined by the fixed path rule; identifying, by the computer, a speed and an orientation for the object associated with the fixed path rule; initiating, by the computer, movement of the object along the fixed path defined by the fixed path rule, wherein the object moves at the identified speed and with the orientation associated with the fixed path rule; responsive to an occurrence of a plurality of trigger conditions, identifying, by the computer, a priority of each trigger condition in the plurality of trigger conditions; and responsive to each trigger condition in the plurality of trigger conditions having a same priority, averaging, by the computer, an optimal location and orientation associated with a set of fixed path rules for each trigger condition in the plurality of trigger conditions.