Summary: Tolerance of Temporal Delay in Virtual Environments
Robert S. Allison1
, Laurence R. Harris2
, Michael Jenkin1
,
Urszula Jasiobedzka1
, James E. Zacher
Centre for Vision Research and
Departments of Computer Science1
and Psychology2
,
York University, 4700 Keele Street,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3
allison@cs.yorku.ca, jenkin@cs.yorku.ca, harris@yorku.ca, zacher@hpl.crestech.ca
Abstract
To enhance presence, facilitate sensory motor
performance, and avoid disorientation or nausea, virtual-
reality applications require the percept of a stable
environment. End-end tracking latency (display lag)
degrades this illusion of stability and has been identified

Source: Allison, Robert - Department of Computer Science, York University (Toronto)
Jenkin, Michael R. M. - Department of Computer Science, York University (Toronto)

Collections: Biology and Medicine; Computer Technologies and Information Sciences; Engineering