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Microsoft Demo: Feeling Touch Latency Down to 1 Millisecond

Microsoft Research · Demo · 3 min · 2012 · YouTube title: Applied Sciences Group: High Performance Touch
Why it's here

HN commenters cite it whenever input latency comes up, as the demonstration that people can perceive touch delay down to 1 ms.

What it covers

A Microsoft Research demo from TechFest 2012 of a lab touch system that lets viewers feel the effect of different input latencies, down to about 1 ms. It shows how much more responsive dragging feels compared with typical 100 ms touch delay.