The trackball controller: Improving the analog stick

Future Play 2010: Research, Play, Share - International Academic Conference on the Future of Game Design and Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 175-182

  Natapov, Daniel ^a   MacKenzie, I Scott ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analog joystick; Fitts' law; Game controllers; Performance evaluation; Pointing devices; Trackball; Video games

Indexed keywords

ANALOG JOYSTICK; FITTS' LAW; GAME CONTROLLER; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; POINTING DEVICES; TRACKBALLS; VIDEO GAMES;

CONTROLLERS; STANDARDS;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 79951546882     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1920778.1920803     Document Type: Conference Paper

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