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Player performance with different input devices in virtual reality first-person shooter games

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Yasin Farmani,

Robert J. TeatherAuthors Info & Claims

SUI '17: Proceedings of the 5th Symposium on Spatial User Interaction

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https://doi.org/10.1145/3131277.3134361

Published: 16 October 2017 Publication History

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First-person shooter (FPS) games are a competitive game genre. Players of these games commonly try to maximize their performance through using a better input device. Numerous previous studies have analyzed different game controllers (see e.g., [1]). Tracked input devices such as the Hydra offer some advantages over desktop input devices in VR FPS games. We thus hypothesize that VR controllers will offer substantially better performance than both the mouse and gamepad in first-person shooter targeting, due to the improved naturalness of control. Our study compared 3D selection performance between the mouse, 3D tracker, and game controller in a head-mounted display VR context.

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Zaranek, A. and Ramoul, B., Yu, H.F., Yao, Y., and Teather, R.J. 2014. Performance of modern gaming input devices in first-person shooter target acquisition. Extended Abstracts of CHI '14. New York, ACM, 2014, 1495--1500.

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Player performance with different input devices in virtual reality first-person shooter games
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction paradigms
      1. Virtual reality

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SUI '17: Proceedings of the 5th Symposium on Spatial User Interaction

October 2017

167 pages

ISBN:9781450354868

DOI:10.1145/3131277

General Chair:
Adalberto L. Simeone
KU Leuven, Belgium
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Program Chairs:
Kyle Johnsen
University of Georgia
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Rob Teather
Carleton University, Canada
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Christian Sandor
Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), Japan

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October 16 - 17, 2017

Brighton, United Kingdom

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