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.

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Creator

• Orman, Neal C.
• Kamsler, Zachary F.
• Cruz, Ricardo Augusto
• Earl, Joshua
• Brokaw, Jeremy Johnathan

Subject

• Computing
• Industry
• Culture

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-030607-163836

Keyword

• Human-computer interaction
• Video games--Design

Advisor

• Finkel, David
• Doyle, James Kevin

Year

• 2007

Date created

• 2007-03-06

Location

• Worcester

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2021-02-01