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Immersed in Software Structures: A Virtual Reality Approach

Authors:
Roy Oberhauser
Carsten Lecon

Keywords: Virtual reality; software visualization; program comprehension; software engineering; engineering training; computer education.

Abstract:
Program code has been inherently challenging to visualize due to its abstract nature. With the advent of affordable virtual reality (VR) hardware products, the use of VR has become a feasible option for software tools. In this paper, we describe a VR approach for visualizing internal program code structures and evaluate its suitability for selected software development and education tasks. VR efficiency and effectiveness was equivalent to mouse and screen mechanisms, but provided an enhanced user experience for 70% of the subjects, whereas 30% experienced VR sickness

Pages: 181 to 186

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2017

Publication date: March 19, 2017

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4138

ISBN: 978-1-61208-538-8

Location: Nice, France

Dates: from March 19, 2017 to March 23, 2017