Animated Interface Agents Evaluation
The area of animated interface agents is related to the development of applications that aim to improve humancomputer interaction process using software agents
represented by characters or human figures. Although several projects are being developed in this area, there isn’t a method to describe criteria that ought to be considered to evaluate animated interface agents. This
paper proposes basic guidelines for animated agents evaluation based on concepts provided by Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). We believe that the proposed guidelines could help both AI
(to project and to develop agents that can enhance humanagent usability) and HCI researchers (to evaluate animated interface agents).