Dynamic Analysis of Software Systems through Virtual Reality

The maintenance of complex systems is the most expensive and difficult phase of the software development process life cycle due to the significant amount of time spent by developers trying to comprehend the structure and mainly the system behavior. Therefore, this paper aims to present an approach to support the understanding of the dynamic behavior of complex software systems through Virtual Reality approach, named VisAr3D-Dynamic. An observational study was conducted and concluded that the approach gained greater advantage in supporting program comprehension activities when compared to a traditional tool.