Computer Animation and Communicability in Multimedia System: A Trichotomy Evaluation

We present the results obtained through a heuristic assessment of the 2D and 3D animations in commercial off-line and on line multimedia systems. Additionally, a set of quality metrics known as CAC -Computer Animation and Communicability, has been established as well as a communicability guideline, which is a guide that can be applied by the communicability expert at the moment of designing contents for multimedia/hypermedia systems aimed at long distance education, cultural heritage, and video games, for instance. The costs to reach these results have been minimal because a laboratory or specialized equipment have not been required thanks to the involvement of the communicability heuristic assessor for multimedia systems.

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