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Re:Devs are missing the point of VR by loa_in_ on Monday October 10, 2022 @02:30PM (#33154852)
Isn't there anything like that already? If so, I was really overestimating our progress in the field of VR (I don't own a VR headset)
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Re:Devs are missing the point of VR by falcolas on Monday October 10, 2022 @04:00PM (#33155804)
Yes, there are tools for looking at running programs as 3d objects in VR, as well for static analysis of programs.

The one I looked at a few years back was focused on JVM programs, so it created a 2d graph of objects, and while running moved those graphs into 3d as the classes were instantiated. An intuitive view that made it easy to identify memory issues and poor relationships. A set of colored lines displayed the execution of code (one color per thread), making it a great tool for identifying bottlenecks.

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