Activity triggered photography in metaverse applications

1. A metaverse system having a camera system for capturing image data from within a metaverse, comprising:

at least one computer device, including:

an interface for installing and administering, by a user, a camera within the metaverse;

a system for collecting image data from the camera based on an occurrence of a triggering event associated with the camera, wherein the system for collecting image data includes a system for detecting an action within a field of view of the camera and for generating the triggering event in response to the detecting; and

a system for storing or delivering the image data;

wherein image data is collected by the camera in an automatic fashion independently from the user.

2. The metaverse system of claim 1 , further comprising a notification system for notifying at least one user when image data has been collected.

3. The metaverse system of claim 2 , wherein the notification system interfaces with a third party application.

4. The metaverse system of claim 1 , wherein the system for storing or delivering the image data performs one of:

storing the image data in an inventory associated with at least one user; or

delivering the image data to at least one user via a third party application.

5. The metaverse system of claim 1 , wherein the interface comprises a graphical user interface (GUI) and the GUI allows the user to place a camera within a scene, select a camera type, select at least one triggering event for the camera, select a notification protocol and select a delivery or storage protocol.

6. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having a computer program product stored thereon for capturing image data from within a metaverse, comprising program code for:

implementing an interface for installing and administering, by a user, a camera within the metaverse;

collecting image data from the camera based on an occurrence of a triggering event associated with the camera, wherein the collecting image data includes detecting an action within a field of view of the camera and generating the triggering event in response to the detecting; and

storing or delivering the image data;

wherein the program code for collecting image data collects image data in an automatic fashion independently from the user.

7. The computer readable storage medium of claim 6 , further comprising program code for:

notifying at least one user when image data has been collected.

8. The computer readable storage medium of claim 7 , wherein the notifying interfaces with a third party application.

9. The computer readable storage medium of claim 6 , wherein the storing or delivering the image data performs at least one of:

storing the image data in an inventory associated with at least one user; and

delivering the image data to at least one user via a third party application.

10. The computer readable storage medium of claim 6 , wherein the interface comprises a graphical user interface (GUI) and the GUI allows the user to place a camera within a scene, select a camera type, select at least one triggering event for the camera, select a notification protocol and select a delivery or storage protocol.

11. A method for capturing image data from within a metaverse, comprising:

providing an interface for installing and administering, by a user, a camera within the metaverse;

collecting image data from the camera based on an occurrence of a triggering event associated with the camera, wherein the collecting image data includes detecting an action within a field of view of the camera and generating the triggering event in response to the detecting; and

storing or delivering the image data;

wherein image data is collected by the camera in an automatic fashion independently from the user.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising notifying at least one user when image data has been collected.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the notifying interfaces with a third party application.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein storing or delivering the image data includes at least one of:

storing the image data in an inventory associated with at least one user; and

delivering the image data to at least one user via a third party application.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein installing and administering includes providing a graphical user interface for placing a camera within a scene, selecting a camera type, selecting at least one triggering event for the camera, selecting a notification protocol and selecting a delivery or storage protocol.

16. A method of capturing data from within a metaverse, comprising:

receiving, from a user, an installation of a recording device within the metaverse;

receiving a specification, from the user, of at least one triggering event associated with the recording device;

collecting a resulting set of data, wherein the collecting includes detecting an action within a field of view of the recording device and generating the triggering event in response to the detecting; and

storing the resulting set of data for the user;

wherein image data is collected by the recording device in an automatic fashion independently from the user.