Immersive Software Archaeology: Collaborative Exploration and Note Taking in Virtual Reality

Adrian Hoff; Mircea Lungu; Christoph Seidl; Michele Lanza

doi:10.1145/3643916.3644438

Immersive Software Archaeology: Collaborative Exploration and Note Taking in Virtual Reality

Adrian Hoff
, Mircea Lungu
, Christoph Seidl
, Michele Lanza

Università della Svizzera italiana

Research output: Conference Article in Proceeding or Book/Report chapter › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32EIpf4V3b4

Abstract

Understanding software systems is a vital task, often undertaken by teams of engineers, for the development and maintenance of systems. Collaborative software visualization tools are essential in this context, yet they are limited. Existing tools, particularly in virtual reality, allow exploration but lack the crucial feature of note-taking, which is a significant limitation.

We introduce Immersive Software Archaeology (ISA), a virtual reality tool that enables engineering teams to collaboratively explore and comprehend software systems. Unique to ISA, it facilitates note-taking during exploration with virtual multimedia whiteboards that support freehand diagramming, audio recordings, and VR screenshots. Notes taken on these whiteboards are synchronized with an Integrated Development Environment (IDE), providing easy access to the results of a VR exploration while performing changes to the system’s source code.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	32nd IEEE/ACM International Conference on Program Comprehension (ICPC ’24)
Publication date	15 Apr 2024
Pages	387-391
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3643916.3644438
Publication status	Published - 15 Apr 2024
Event	International Conference on Program Comprehension - Lisbon, Portugal Duration: 15 Apr 2024 → 16 Apr 2024 Conference number: 32 https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3643916

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Program Comprehension
Number	32
Country/Territory	Portugal
City	Lisbon
Period	15/04/2024 → 16/04/2024
Sponsor	IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Internet address	https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3643916

Keywords

Software Visualization
Software Comprehension
Collaborative Software Engineering
Virtual Reality

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ISA: Immersive Software Archaeology – Guided Exploration of Legacy Systems in 3D Virtual Reality
Seidl, C. (PI), Lungu, M. (CoI) & Hoff, A. (CoI)
Independent Research Fund Denmark
01/07/2020 → 30/06/2024
Project: Research

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Immersive Software Archaeology: Collaborative Exploration and Note Taking in Virtual Reality. / Hoff, Adrian; Lungu, Mircea; Seidl, Christoph et al.
32nd IEEE/ACM International Conference on Program Comprehension (ICPC ’24). 2024. p. 387-391.

Research output: Conference Article in Proceeding or Book/Report chapter › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review

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