Configuring a virtual world user-interface

1. A method comprising:

analyzing, by a hardware processor, a behavior of a user in a virtual world based at least on control of an avatar in the virtual world to determine a behavioral category for the user, wherein the analyzing includes determining a degree of similarity between the user in a real life and the avatar in the virtual world, wherein analyzing the behavior of the user further comprises:

determining a number of identities the user presents in the virtual world;

determining a degree to which the avatar's identity visually resembles the user's identity; and

determining a degree to which the avatar appears to be photorealistic;

customizing, by the hardware processor, a user-interface of the virtual world based at least on the determined behavioral category, wherein the user-interface is customized by configuring image-capture-or-sharing tools, avatar-appearance-editing tools, or both in the user-interface; and

storing, by the hardware processor, information based at least on the customized user-interface.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the analyzed behavior indicates that the user exhibits a high degree of permanence in the virtual world, and wherein the user-interface is customized to include a posed image-capture tool, a collocated image-sharing tool, or both, based at least on the high degree of permanence.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the image-capture-or-sharing tools are further customized to include a spontaneous image-capture tool, a distributed image-sharing tool, or both.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the analyzed behavior indicates that the user exhibits a low degree of permanence in the virtual world, and wherein the image-capture-or-sharing tools are customized to exclude a posed image-capture tool, a collocated image-sharing tool, or both, based at least on the low degree of permanence.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the image-capture-or-sharing tools are further customized to include a spontaneous image-capture tool, a distributed image-sharing tool, or both.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein analyzing the behavior of the user further comprises analyzing data from an activity logger or a user profile associated with the user.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the analyzed behavior indicates that the user controls the avatar to have a particular identity category, the particular identity category indicating a relationship between an identity of the avatar and an identity of the user, and wherein the avatar-appearance-editing tools are customized based at least on the particular identity category.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the analyzed behavior indicates that the particular identity category is a realistic-identity category indicating that the avatar's identity and the user's identity are consonant or substantially consonant, and wherein the avatar-appearance-editing tools are customized to include a real-life-appearance-generation tool, a photo-realistic rendering tool, or both, based at least on the indication of the realistic-identity category.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the analyzed behavior indicates that the particular identity category is an ideal-identity category indicating that the avatar's identity is an ideal or a substantially ideal representation of the user's identity, and wherein the avatar-appearance-editing tools are customized to include a real-life-appearance-generation tool, an appearance-enhancing tool, or both, based at least on the indication of the ideal-identity category.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the analyzed behavior indicates that the particular identify category is a fantasy-identity category indicating that the avatar's identity is different or substantially different than the user's identity, and wherein the avatar-appearance-editing tools are customized to include an appearance-refinement tool, based at least on the indication of the fantasy-identity category.

11. The method of claim 7 , wherein the user has multiple identities in the virtual world, wherein the analyzed behavior indicates that the user controls one or more avatars to have a particular identity category, the particular identity category indicating a relationship between the identities of the one or more avatars and the user's identity, wherein the analyzed behavior indicates that the particular identity category is a roleplayer-identity category indicating that the identities of the one or more avatars are different than the user's identity, and wherein the avatar-appearance-editing tools are customized to include an appearance-refinement tool, a photo-realistic rendering tool, an identity management tool, or combinations thereof, based at least on the indication of the roleplayer-identity category.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein analyzing the behavior of the user further comprises identifying characteristics of the avatar.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the identified characteristics include a job in the virtual world.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the identified characteristics include a photorealistic quality of the avatar.

15. A system comprising:

a memory; and

a hardware processor coupled to the memory, wherein the hardware processor is configured to:

analyze a behavior of a user in a virtual world based at least on how the user controls an avatar in the virtual world to determine a behavioral category for the user, wherein the analyzing includes determining a degree of similarity between the user in a real life and the avatar in the virtual world, wherein analyzing the behavior of the user further comprises:

determining a number of identities the user presents in the virtual world;

determining a degree to which the avatar's identity visually resembles the user's identity; and

determining a degree to which the avatar appears to be photorealistic;

customize a user-interface of the virtual world based at least on the determined behavioral category, wherein the user-interface is customized by configuring image-capture-or-sharing tools, avatar-appearance-editing tools, or both in the user-interface; and

store information based at least on the customized user-interface.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the analyzed behavior indicates that the user exhibits a high degree of permanence in the virtual world, and wherein the user-interface is customized to include a posed image-capture tool, a collocated image-sharing tool, or both, based at least on the high degree of permanence.

17. The system of claim 15 , wherein the analyzed behavior indicates that the user exhibits a low degree of permanence in the virtual world, and wherein the image-capture-or-sharing tools are customized to exclude a posed image-capture tool, a collocated image-sharing tool, or both, based at least on the low degree of permanence.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:

analyzing a behavior of a user in a virtual world based at least on how the user controls an avatar in the virtual world to determine a behavioral category for the user, wherein the analyzing includes determining a degree of similarity between the user in a real life and the avatar in the virtual world, wherein analyzing the behavior of the user further comprises:

determining a number of identities the user presents in the virtual world;

determining a degree to which the avatar's identity visually resembles the user's identity; and

determining a degree to which the avatar appears to be photorealistic;

customizing a user-interface of the virtual world based at least on the determined behavioral characteristics, wherein the user-interface is customized by configuring image-capture-or-sharing tools, avatar-appearance-editing tools, or both in the user-interface; and

storing information based at least on the customized user-interface.