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Effect of Render Resolution on Gameplay Experience, Performance, and Simulator Sickness in Virtual Reality Games

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Hai-Ning LiangAuthors Info & Claims

Proceedings of the ACM on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, Volume 5, Issue 1

Article No.: 7, Pages 1 - 15

https://doi.org/10.1145/3522610

Published: 04 May 2022 Publication History

Abstract

Higher resolution is one of the main directions and drivers in the development of virtual reality (VR) head-mounted displays (HMDs). However, given its associated higher cost, it is important to determine the benefits of having higher resolution on user experience. For non-VR games, higher resolution is often thought to lead to a better experience, but it is unexplored in VR games. This research aims to investigate the resolution tradeoff in gameplay experience, performance, and simulator sickness (SS) for VR games, particularly first-person shooter (FPS) games. To this end, we designed an experiment to collect gameplay experience, SS, and player performance data with a popular VR FPS game, Half-Life: Alyx. Our results indicate that 2K resolution is an important threshold for an enhanced gameplay experience without affecting performance and increasing SS levels. Moreover, the resolution from 1K to 4K has no significant difference in player performance. Our results can inform game developers and players in determining the type of HMD they want to use to balance the tradeoff between costs and benefits and achieve a more optimal experience.

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Index Terms

Effect of Render Resolution on Gameplay Experience, Performance, and Simulator Sickness in Virtual Reality Games
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. HCI design and evaluation methods
      1. User studies
    2. Interaction paradigms
      1. Virtual reality
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software organization and properties
    1. Contextual software domains
      1. Virtual worlds software
        Interactive games

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