A survey and taxonomy of latency compensation techniques for network computer games

S Liu, X Xu, M Claypool - ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR), 2022 - dl.acm.org
Computer games, one of the most popular forms of entertainment in the world, are
increasingly online multiplayer, connecting geographically dispersed players in the same …

Lower is better? The effects of local latencies on competitive first-person shooter game players

S Liu, M Claypool, A Kuwahara, J Sherman… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Video game play is among the most popular forms of entertainment in the world and eSports
is a multi-billion dollar industry. Esports gamers, and competitive gamers more broadly, want …

Small Latency Variations do not Affect Player Performance in First-Person Shooters

A Schmid, D Halbhuber, T Fischer, R Wimmer… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
In interactive systems high latency affects user performance and experience. This is
especially problematic in video games. A large number of studies on this topic investigated …

Better be quiet about it! The Effects of Phantom Latency on Experienced First-Person Shooter Players

D Halbhuber, M Schlenczek, J Bogon… - Proceedings of the 21st …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Users' expectations about systems alter how they interact with them, thereby influencing
their experience. Latency is also known to alter experience and performance in interactive …

Don't Break my Flow: Effects of Switching Latency in Shooting Video Games

D Halbhuber, V Schwind, N Henze - Proceedings of the ACM on Human …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Latency is inherently part of every interactive computing system and particularly important for
video games. Previous work shows that constant latency above 25 ms reduces game …

The effects of network latency on competitive first-person shooter game players

S Liu, M Claypool, A Kuwahara… - … on Quality of …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Esports gamers, and competitive gamers more broadly, want low network latency to
maximize their chances of winning-in general, the lower the network latency, the less time …

Impact of video content and transmission impairments on quality of experience

P Paudyal, F Battisti, M Carli - Multimedia Tools and Applications, 2016 - Springer
The analysis of the impact of video content and transmission impairments on Quality of
Experience (QoE) is a relevant topic for the robust design and adaptation of multimedia …

Game input with delay—moving target selection with a game controller thumbstick

M Claypool - ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
Hosting interactive video-based services, such as computer games, in the Cloud poses
particular challenges given user sensitivity to delay. A better understanding of the impact of …

Playing with delay: With poor timing comes poor performance, and experience follows suit

R Eg, K Raaen, M Claypool - 2018 Tenth International …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Delays are ever-present in interactive tasks, such as controlling a cursor with a mouse.
Unfortunately, perceptible delays are likely to affect both quality of experience and task …

How much delay is there really in current games?

K Raaen, A Petlund - Proceedings of the 6th ACM multimedia systems …, 2015 - dl.acm.org
All computer games present some delay between human input and results being displayed
on the screen, even when no networking is involved. A well-balanced discussion of delay …