Not all users perceive and interpret visual information in the same way. For this main reason, it is important to assess the behavior of users viewing digital contents based on their profile (age, sex, origin, experience, disability, etc) and the type of interface (computer screen, mobile phone, virtual environments, etc).

The objective of this special session is to share research or development works focused on evaluating and improving both the visual interface of an application and the user interaction experience. Some applications and interesting topics are:

• Educational software
• Multimedia tools for the disabled users
• Creation of Serious Games and simulators within different environments and disciplines such as Medicine, Sports, Learning or Entertainment
• New technologies and their approaches to the elderly people
• Quality of the image evaluation
• Ambient intelligence and emotional response
• 3D and visual technologies applied to architecture, cinema, etc
• Others generic topics as User Experience methods and Accessibility studies.

This special session will take place within the:

Papers submitted will be reviewed by a minimum of two reviewers. All the papers will be published in the Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS) Series of Springer which is abstracted/indexed in ISI Proceedings and Scopus. In addition, the proceedings will be sent for indexing in EI Compendex. Best selected, modified papers will be published in the special issues of the following journals: Journal of Computer Systems, Networks, and Communications; International Journal of Green Computing; International Journal of Knowledge and Web Intelligence; International Journal of Parallel, Emergent and Distributed Systems; International Journal of Web Based Communities (IJWBC).