Why Make Performance a Goal?
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Entry Price: if download is too long, world gets
no visitors
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Human performance studies (IBM, et al) confirm that:
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"flow" or "uninterrupted concentration" occurs when
attention is focused,
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focus is retained no longer than 1/10 sec, and that
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a sharp increase in productivity is achieved with
<1/10sec response times.
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Smooth frame update is crucial to the perception
of reality
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Huge increase in continuity at ~10 Frames Per Second
(FPS)
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You must believe in FPS to create compelling VRML
worlds