Latency Matters


Introductions

Introduce yourselves!

Icebreaker: What is your favorite game of all time?


Groupwork

  1. What is a player’s tolerance for latency in a multiplayer network game - 10 milliseconds? 100 milliseconds? 1 second?

  2. What does this tolerance depend upon?

  3. What are some software techniques you can think of that can help mitigate the effects of latency?


Hand-in

Each person in a group should submit their answers:

https://wpi.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_07XRhdMzjgufGgS

Make sure to include the names of all group members.

Happy template-ing!

– Mark