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by saynay 2649 days ago
"Since the controller is independently connected, it can have a different latency than the computer."

Not necessarily. Chromecast and the like already does side-channel communication to devices on the same network. Its how my phone can know that my TV is streaming something sent by my PC.

The controller could be sending input commands directly to the server, while also talking directly to the video streaming device.