Title page for E-project-030607-163836

Project Type IQP

Submission date 2007-03-06

Authors
Jeremy Johnathan Brokaw, MAC
Ricardo Augusto Cruz, ME
Joshua Earl, CS
Zachary F Kamsler, IMG
Neal C Orman, IMG

URN E-project-030607-163836

Division Social Studies of Science and Technology

Title Analysis of Game Interface Performance

Advisors
Finkel, David, CS
Doyle, James Kevin, SS

Availability unrestricted

Abstract
This study tested the effects of different interfaces on players' performance in racing games. Participants raced each other on three different configurations, a PC with a keyboard, a PC with a gamepad, and a PlayStation2 with a gamepad. Participants switched setups after each race. We found a slight advantage in performance, as measured by lap time, mean speed, and place, when using a gamepad over a keyboard. Learning, experience, and skill had a much larger effect than the interface.

Files
IQP.pdf

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Project Type	IQP
Submission date	2007-03-06
Authors	Jeremy Johnathan Brokaw, MAC Ricardo Augusto Cruz, ME Joshua Earl, CS Zachary F Kamsler, IMG Neal C Orman, IMG
URN	E-project-030607-163836
Division	Social Studies of Science and Technology
Title	Analysis of Game Interface Performance
Advisors	Finkel, David, CS Doyle, James Kevin, SS
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract This study tested the effects of different interfaces on players' performance in racing games. Participants raced each other on three different configurations, a PC with a keyboard, a PC with a gamepad, and a PlayStation2 with a gamepad. Participants switched setups after each race. We found a slight advantage in performance, as measured by lap time, mean speed, and place, when using a gamepad over a keyboard. Learning, experience, and skill had a much larger effect than the interface.
Files	IQP.pdf