Compensating for Latency in Cloud-based Game Streaming using Attribute Scaling

Cloud-based game streaming has the disadvantage of added latency from the thin client to the cloud-based server and back, decreasing player performance and degrading their experience. Attribute scaling can make the game eas-ier, potentially exactly counteracting the difficulty added by the latency. We incorporate attribute scaling models into two different games, deploy them on a commercial cloud-based game streaming system and evaluate their efficacy by measuring impact on player performance and Quality of Experience (QoE). Analysis through a user study shows that our compensation methods improve player performance and may improve QoE compared to no latency compensation.