diff --git a/interface/src/ui/UserInputMapper.cpp b/interface/src/ui/UserInputMapper.cpp
index 2f7575d663..4b75b8ad96 100755
--- a/interface/src/ui/UserInputMapper.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/ui/UserInputMapper.cpp
@@ -73,16 +73,25 @@ void KeyboardMouseDevice::touchBeginEvent(const QTouchEvent* event) {
     _isTouching = event->touchPointStates().testFlag(Qt::TouchPointPressed);
     
     _lastTouch = evalAverageTouchPoints(event->touchPoints());
+    _lastTouchTime = _clock.now();
 }
 void KeyboardMouseDevice::touchEndEvent(const QTouchEvent* event) {
     _isTouching = false;
     _lastTouch = evalAverageTouchPoints(event->touchPoints());
+    _lastTouchTime = _clock.now();
 }
 void KeyboardMouseDevice::touchUpdateEvent(const QTouchEvent* event) {
     auto currentPos = evalAverageTouchPoints(event->touchPoints());
 
+    auto currentTime = _clock.now();
+    auto sinceLastTouch = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::milliseconds>(currentTime - _lastTouchTime);
+    if (sinceLastTouch.count() > 50) {
+        _isTouching = false;
+    }
+
     if (!_isTouching) {
         _isTouching = event->touchPointStates().testFlag(Qt::TouchPointPressed);
+        _lastTouchTime = _clock.now();
     } else {
         auto currentMove = currentPos - _lastTouch;
     
@@ -131,7 +140,7 @@ void KeyboardMouseDevice::registerToUserInputMapper(UserInputMapper& mapper) {
 void KeyboardMouseDevice::assignDefaultInputMapping(UserInputMapper& mapper) {
     const float BUTTON_MOVE_SPEED = 1.0f;
     const float BUTTON_ROTATION_SPEED = 30.0f;
-    const float MOUSE_ROTATION_SPEED = 1.0f;
+    const float MOUSE_ROTATION_SPEED = 0.5f;
     const float BUTTON_BOOM_SPEED = 0.1f;
  
     // AWSD keys mapping
diff --git a/interface/src/ui/UserInputMapper.h b/interface/src/ui/UserInputMapper.h
index 33eb4c656c..e1dc181299 100755
--- a/interface/src/ui/UserInputMapper.h
+++ b/interface/src/ui/UserInputMapper.h
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #include <unordered_set>
 #include <functional>
 #include <memory>
-
+#include <chrono>
 
 class UserInputMapper : public QObject {
     Q_OBJECT
@@ -258,6 +258,8 @@ public:
     }
 
     glm::vec2 evalAverageTouchPoints(const QList<QTouchEvent::TouchPoint>& points) const;
+    std::chrono::high_resolution_clock _clock;
+    std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::time_point _lastTouchTime;
 };
 
 #endif // hifi_UserInputMapper_h
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