Virtual Data Explorer
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Abstract
Virtual Data Explorer is a set of software components, that allow you to visualize and explore your computer network topology as a set of 3D data-shapes, using Virtual and / or Mixed Reality headsets.
Our brain is really good at perceiving objects in Real Reality, say, the shape of your hand. But its not that good at grasping the precise three-dimensional shape of your hand on the screen of your computer. Hence its quite tricky to have 3D data visualizations as part of our everyday data-analysis workflow, if we’d have to ingest these from a flat screen.
Behold: the umpteenth-generation XR headsets! Now these fancy things are (finally) able to provide us with the capability to immerse in stereoscopically perceivable data visualization. This allows us to create (non-geospatial!) network topology visualizations that map to our (or your NOC/SOC operator’s) understanding of the sets of networked entities (say, computers, toasters, drones, nukes, roombas, etc.) that are participating in the to-be protected networks.