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Computer Graphics for Students of the Factual Sciences

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We present the main qualities that icons in interactive systems for graphic computing must possess for students of the social sciences and/or user unfamiliar with the 2D and 3D representation of reality through emulation and simulation with personal computers. In the current work we will analyze the interfaces of a software to generate animated and static graphics, which have evolved jointly with the operating system and the graphic hardware. Besides, a series of strategies are presented in the college teaching unrelated to the computer graphics sector.

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  1. HCI Lab. – F&F Multimedia Communications Corp., ALAIPO: Asociación Latina de Interacción Persona-Ordenador, c/ Angel Baixeras, 5, AP 1638, 08080, Barcelona, Spain

    Francisco V. Cipolla Ficarra

  2. HCI Lab. – F&F Multimedia Communications Corp., AINCI: Asociación Internacional de la Comunicación Interactiva, Via Pascoli, S. 15, CP 7, 24121, Bergamo, Italy

    Francisco V. Cipolla Ficarra & Valeria M. Ficarra

  3. Interactive Media Division, School Cinematic Arts, University of Southern California, 900 West 34th Street, SCA 213, Los Angeles, CA, 90089-2211, USA

    Andreas Kratky

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  1. ALAIPO and AINCI, HCI Lab., Via Tabajani 1 - Suc. 15 (CP 7), 24121, Bergamo, Italy

    Francisco Cipolla-Ficarra  & Miguel Cipolla-Ficarra  & 

  2. Virtual Maastricht McLuhan Institute, Europalaan 73, 6226 CN, Maastricht, The Netherlands

    Kim Veltman

  3. Interactive Media Division, School of Cinematic Arts, University of Southern California, 900 West 34th Street, SCA 201, 90089-2211, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Andreas Kratky

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Cipolla Ficarra, F.V., Ficarra, V.M., Kratky, A. (2012). Computer Graphics for Students of the Factual Sciences. In: Cipolla-Ficarra, F., Veltman, K., Cipolla-Ficarra, M., Kratky, A. (eds) Communicability, Computer Graphics and Innovative Design for Interactive Systems. CCGIDIS 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7545. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33760-4_7

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