Patent ID: 8352871

Claim:
A method implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable medium, the method comprising: detecting one of a plurality of criteria comprising an absence of a virtual universe (VU) occurrence in a VU within a predetermined time period, a special event in the VU and a change of real world status from a previous real world status, the VU comprising a computer-based simulated environment using three-dimensional graphics, and for users to traverse, inhabit and interact through use of avatars; determining a VU asset of a VU resident relevant to the detected one of the plurality of criteria, wherein the VU asset is an object the VU resident owns; and performing an automated asset reduction of the VU asset based on the determining, wherein: the performing the automated asset reduction comprises: an alteration of a graphical characteristic of the VU asset; and an archiving of the VU asset in a storage system and a removal of the VU asset from a VU landscape; the alteration of the graphical characteristic of the VU asset comprises providing a monochrome representation of the VU asset; the VU asset is a composite of primitive objects having a mapped texture, the primitive objects being at least one of a box, a prism, a sphere, a cylinder, a tori, a tube and a ring; and the VU asset is included in an inventory of assets owned by the VU resident.