Influence of auditory latency on game experience and player performance

Generally speaking, latency is the difference in time between cause and effect. In human-computer interaction (HCI), latency is the time that passes before a user perceives the reactions to his actions. The perception is not limited to one channel, but can be auditory, visual or haptic in nature [1]. High latency leads to poor performance and user experience in the HCI[2, 3]. Video games are also affected by these negative effects. Players score fewer points, need more time to work on certain tasks, or can not solve certain tasks at all [4, 5].

Sound with changeable latentz is added to an already existing 3d game. A user study is then carried out where the participants play the same game both with and without audio latency. The values ​​are logged and statistically evaluated. A questionnair is used to measure user experience.

• Literature research
• Implementing sound to an existing video game
• Conduct a user study
• Evaluate the data
• Write the scientific paper

• Programming in unity and c#
• Data analysis

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