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Title: Esports and the Broader Need for More Interactive Displays
Displays are being used for increasingly interactive applications including gaming, video conferencing, and perhaps most demanding, esports. We review the display needs of esports, and describe how current displays fail to meet them by using a high-latency I/O pipeline. We conclude with research directions that move away from this pipeline and better meet interactive user needs.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
2008590
PAR ID:
10570311
Author(s) / Creator(s):
Publisher / Repository:
International Display Workshops
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Proceedings of the International Display Workshops
ISSN:
2436-0252
Subject(s) / Keyword(s):
esports displays latency ray tracing
Format(s):
Medium: X
Location:
Sapporo, Japan
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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