Measuring keyboard to display latency

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I've got fed up with some latency I've been experiencing when using the work-issued VPN (remote desktop over IP), and wanted to get measurements, to see if the latency perceived is real. The approach is as basic and end-to-end as I could think of: emulate a USB keyboard pressing a button and measure the light levels changing on screen. This is a short summary. ↗ Open original to view full content