Performance and Reliability of Touch Screen: A Game-Oriented Research

With the rapid development of the mobile gaming industry, mobile devices have emerged as imperative platforms for gaming. Touch interaction has gained significant traction within the gaming industry, underscoring the need to scrutinize its performance and reliability to enhance the overall user experience. However, the existing research on touch interaction in gaming scenarios remains limited. This study strives to conduct a thorough investigation into the performance and reliability of touch screens in gaming environments through empirical experimentation. Primarily, a comprehensive set of experimental equipment and testing methods are proposed. Then, key performance and reliability indicators pertaining to touch interaction are introduced. To facilitate the research, two distinct genres of high-load online mobile games are selected. Ultimately, the study measures the performance and reliability of touch interaction on smartphones and tablets through gaming scenarios. Our experiments show that, in gaming scenarios, the average click latency of mobile devices ranges from 94ms to 162ms, and the average slide latency ranges from 116ms to 187ms. Under 100 consecutive shooting operations, the continuous click accuracy rate remains above 96%. Additionally, we tested one million touch interactions on two Android phones and encountered only 5 and 10 anomaly cases, respectively.