Collaborative Software Exploration with Multimedia Note Taking in Virtual Reality

Adrian Hoff; Mircea Lungu; Christoph Seidl; Michele Lanza

doi:10.1145/3643916.3644427

Collaborative Software Exploration with Multimedia 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

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Abstract

Exploring and comprehending a software system, e.g., as preparation for its re-engineering, is a relevant, yet challenging endeavour often conducted by teams of engineers. Collaborative exploration tools aim to ease the process, e.g., via interactive visualizations in virtual reality (VR). However, these neglect to provide engineers with capabilities for persisting their thoughts and findings.

We present an interactive VR visualization method that enables (distributed) teams of engineers to collaboratively (1) explore a subject system, while (2) persisting insights via free-hand diagrams, audio recordings, and in-visualization VR screenshots.

We invited pairs of software engineering practitioners to use our method to collaboratively explore a software system. We observed how they used our method and collected their feedback and impressions before replaying their findings to the original developers of the subject system for assessment.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	32nd IEEE/ACM International Conference on Program Comprehension (ICPC ’24)
Number of pages	12
Publication date	15 Apr 2024
Pages	346-357
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3643916.3644427
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

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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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Collaborative Software Exploration with Multimedia Note Taking in Virtual Reality

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