Patent Document ID: 8990705
Application ID: 12165922
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for modifying display of a first object in a display of part of a virtual universe, the method comprising: a computer obtaining tracking data that identifies an average distance of a plurality of avatars on the display to the first object; the computer, based on the tracking data: the computer determining a difference between current visual settings for displaying the first object and more optimal visual settings for displaying the first object; the computer calculating, based on the difference, one or more modifiers to a value of a pixel color of the first object in response to a set of the plurality of avatars entering a defined detection area of the virtual universe where the first object is not viewable by the set of the plurality of avatars, wherein the defined detection area is outside a defined viewable region where the first object is viewable; and the computer modifying a color of the first object by applying the one or more modifiers to the value of the pixel color; after the modifying step, the computer displaying the first object with the modified color for a predefined period of time on the display such that the first object is displayed according to the more optimal visual settings for the first object for the predefined period of time; and the computer determining that the display of the first object is adjacent to a second object that obstructs the first object from view, and in response, the computer changing a current viewable region of the virtual universe on the display to center on a different location than the location of the first object.