Information visualisation utilising 3D computer game engines case study: A source code comprehension tool

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 94, Issue , 2005, Pages 53-60

  Kot, Blazej ^a   Wuensche, Burkhard ^a   Grundy, John ^a   Hosking, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

collaborative visualisation; game engines; human computer interaction; information visualisation; software visualisation

Indexed keywords

3-DIMENSIONAL; COLLABORATIVE INFORMATION; COMPUTER GAME; COMPUTER GAME ENGINE; GAME ENGINE; GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATIONS; SOFTWARE VISUALISATION; SOURCE CODES; VISUALISATION;

COMPUTER CRIME; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ENGINES; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; VISUALIZATION;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 58349089248     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1073943.1073954     Document Type: Conference Paper

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