diff --git a/Runtime/ArenaCamera.cs b/Runtime/ArenaCamera.cs
index 56f58e9..05f9d43 100644
--- a/Runtime/ArenaCamera.cs
+++ b/Runtime/ArenaCamera.cs
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ namespace ArenaUnity
     [DisallowMultipleComponent]
     public class ArenaCamera : PrettyObject
     {
-        private const float avatarPublishIntervalSeconds = 1f;
+        private const float cameraKeepAliveInterval = 1f; // 1 second
+        private float publishInterval; // varies
 
         private string messageType = "object";
         private bool persist = false;
@@ -41,36 +42,34 @@ public void OnEnable()
         void Start()
         {
             displayColor = ArenaUnity.ColorRandom();
-            StartCoroutine(CameraUpdater());
+            StartCoroutine(PublishTickThrottle());
         }
 
-        IEnumerator CameraUpdater()
+        IEnumerator PublishTickThrottle()
         {
             while (true)
             {
                 if (userid != null && camid != null)
                 {
+                    // send more frequently when changed, otherwise minimum 1 second keep alive
+                    if (transform.hasChanged && ArenaClientScene.Instance)
+                    {
+                        publishInterval = ((float)ArenaClientScene.Instance.camUpdateIntervalMs / 1000f);
+                        transform.hasChanged = false;
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        publishInterval = cameraKeepAliveInterval;
+                    }
                     PublishCreateUpdate();
                 }
-                yield return new WaitForSeconds(avatarPublishIntervalSeconds);
+                yield return new WaitForSeconds(publishInterval);
             }
         }
 
         void Update()
         {
-            // send only when changed, each publishInterval frames, or stop at 0 frames
-            if (!ArenaClientScene.Instance || ArenaClientScene.Instance.transformPublishInterval == 0 ||
-            Time.frameCount % ArenaClientScene.Instance.transformPublishInterval != 0)
-                return;
-            if (transform.hasChanged && userid != null && camid != null)
-            {
-                //TODO: prevent child objects of parent.transform.hasChanged = true from publishing unnecessarily
-
-                if (PublishCreateUpdate())
-                {
-                    transform.hasChanged = false;
-                }
-            }
+            // let CameraTickThrottle handle publish frequency
         }
 
         public bool PublishCreateUpdate()
diff --git a/Runtime/ArenaClientScene.cs b/Runtime/ArenaClientScene.cs
index 4b9b4e2..33ce0e9 100644
--- a/Runtime/ArenaClientScene.cs
+++ b/Runtime/ArenaClientScene.cs
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ protected override void Awake()
         public bool logMqttEvents = false;
         [Tooltip("Console log MQTT non-persist messages")]
         public bool logMqttNonPersist = false;
-        [Tooltip("Publish per frames frequency to publish detected transform changes (0 to stop)")]
-        [Range(0, 60)]
-        public int transformPublishInterval = 30; // in publish per frames
+        [Tooltip("Publish interval frequency to publish detected transform changes (milliseconds)")]
+        [Range(100, 1000)]
+        public int camUpdateIntervalMs = 100;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Browser URL for the scene.
diff --git a/Runtime/ArenaObject.cs b/Runtime/ArenaObject.cs
index 659b1f7..1ba5df2 100644
--- a/Runtime/ArenaObject.cs
+++ b/Runtime/ArenaObject.cs
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ public class ArenaObject : PrettyObject
 
         internal bool Created { get { return created; } set { created = value; } }
 
+        private float publishInterval; // varies
         private bool created = false;
         private string oldName; // test for rename
         internal bool externalDelete = false;
@@ -68,8 +69,10 @@ void Start()
             }
 
             isJsonValidated = jsonData != null;
+            StartCoroutine(PublishTickThrottle());
         }
 
+
         public void SetTtlDeleteTimer(float seconds)
         {
             StartCoroutine(TtlUpdater(seconds));
@@ -82,26 +85,31 @@ IEnumerator TtlUpdater(float seconds)
             Destroy(gameObject);
         }
 
-        void Update()
+        IEnumerator PublishTickThrottle()
         {
-            // send only when changed, each publishInterval frames, or stop at 0 frames
-            if (!ArenaClientScene.Instance || ArenaClientScene.Instance.transformPublishInterval == 0 ||
-            Time.frameCount % ArenaClientScene.Instance.transformPublishInterval != 0)
-                return;
+            //TODO: prevent child objects of parent.transform.hasChanged = true from publishing unnecessarily
 
-            HasPermissions = ArenaClientScene.Instance.sceneObjectRights;
-
-            if (transform.hasChanged || meshChanged)
+            while (true)
             {
-                //TODO: prevent child objects of parent.transform.hasChanged = true from publishing unnecessarily
-
-                if (PublishCreateUpdate(true))
+                // send only when changed, each publishInterval
+                if ((transform.hasChanged || meshChanged) && ArenaClientScene.Instance)
                 {
-                    transform.hasChanged = false;
-                    meshChanged = false;
+                    publishInterval = ((float)ArenaClientScene.Instance.camUpdateIntervalMs / 1000f);
+                    if (PublishCreateUpdate(true))
+                    {
+                        transform.hasChanged = false;
+                        meshChanged = false;
+                    }
                 }
+                yield return new WaitForSeconds(publishInterval);
             }
-            else if (oldName != null && name != oldName)
+        }
+
+        void Update()
+        {
+            HasPermissions = ArenaClientScene.Instance.sceneObjectRights;
+
+            if (oldName != null && name != oldName)
             {
                 HandleRename();
             }