US Patent 9912562 Measuring latency in an interactive application

Embodiments are directed to determining latency in an interactive application. In one scenario, a computer system generates an indication that an input has been triggered. This indication identifies the input. The computer system sends the indication to an interactive application that receives and accesses the indication. The computer system further receives an output from the interactive application that includes an indication of the input, and determines an amount of latency between the sending of the generated indication and the receiving of the interactive application output.