Computer games, one of the most popular forms of entertainment in the world, are
increasingly online multiplayer, connecting geographically dispersed players in the same …

Advances in cloud computing and GPU virtualization are allowing the game industry to
move into a cloud gaming era. In this paper, we consider multiplayer cloud gaming (MCG) …

Very low latency and high reliability are two of the main requirements for new applications
exploiting 5G networks. This is the case for the remote operation of robots or vehicles, the …

This paper explores the determinants of network effects of the two-sided online games
market. We have used the Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPG) …

On-demand multimedia services are more popular than ever and continue to grow.
Consumers can now stream music, movies, television, and video games at the push of a …

Previous work shows that high latency, a prolonged delay between player in-and system
output, negatively affects player experience and performance. However, previous work also …

Advances in cloud computing and GPU virtualization are allowing the game industry to
move into a cloud gaming era. While shifting standalone video games to the cloud gaming …

The use of spatial imaginaries has provided powerful metaphors surrounding Internet
connectivity. Examples are terms like 'global village'and a 'shrinking world', which depict …

As the mobile game industry enjoys continual and rapid growth in the market and becomes
a major sector of the service industry, it is of great interest to examine the very features that …

Network lag is a fact of life for networked games. Lag can cause game states to diverge at
different nodes in the network, making it difficult to maintain the illusion of a single shared …