Context: Software visualizations can help developers to analyze multiple aspects of complex
software systems, but their effectiveness is often uncertain due to the lack of evaluation …

Immersive analytics (IA) is a new term referring to the use of immersive technologies for data
analysis. Yet such applications are not new, and numerous contributions have been made in …

Knowing code clones (similar code fragments) is helpful in software maintenance and re-
engineering. As clone detectors return huge numbers of clones, visualization techniques …

Gamification of software engineering tasks improve developer engagement, but has been
limited to mechanisms such as points and badges. We believe that a tool that provides …

Heatmaps are a popular visualization technique that encode 2D density distributions using
color or brightness. Experimental studies have shown though that both of these visual …

Context: Over the past decades, researchers proposed numerous approaches to visualize
source code. A popular one is CodeCity, an interactive 3D software visualization …

Background: Researchers have been exploring 3D representations for visualizing software.
Among these representations, one of the most popular is the city metaphor, which …

Several usability issues (ie, navigation, occlusion, selection, and text readability) affect the
few 3D visualizations proposed to support developers on software engineering tasks. We …

In the context of program comprehension, learning and working in teams, eg, via pair
programming, shared documentation, and discussions, can facilitate the comprehension …

We contribute interaction techniques for augmenting mixed reality (MR) visualizations with
smartphone proxies. By combining head-mounted displays (HMDs) with mobile …