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Database Model Visualization in Virtual Reality: A WebVR and Benediktine Space Approach

Authors:
Roy Oberhauser

Keywords: virtual reality; database visualization; database tools; visual development environments; database modeling; software engineering; WebVR; Benediktine space

Abstract:
As the data era and the Internet of Everything unfolds, databases are becoming ubiquitous and an integral part of software while alternative database types such as NoSQL grow in popularity. Thus, software engineers, not just database specialists, are more likely to encounter and need to deal with these databases. While Virtual Reality (VR) technology has increased in popularity, its integration in software development tooling has been limited. One application area for WebVR technology includes database-model visualization, permitting web-based cross-platform and remote VR access. This paper describes Virtual Reality Immersion in Data Models (VRiDaM), a generic database-model approach for visualizing, navigating, and conveying database-model information interactively in a web browser using WebVR technology utilizing Benediktine space visualization for heterogeneous (relational and NoSQL) database models. A prototype shows its viability and an empirical study looked at usability, effectiveness, and efficiency.

Pages: 108 to 113

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2018

Publication date: October 14, 2018

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4235

ISBN: 978-1-61208-668-2

Location: Nice, France

Dates: from October 14, 2018 to October 18, 2018