VR/AR AsyncAPI visualizer

[jonaslagoni]

Reason/Context

To help visualize collections of applications we could create a VR/AR "game" which can visualize how multiple applications are connected.

Why?

• Help new members of teams quicker learn about the setup rather than looking at UML diagrams.
• It is cool 🤷

Description

It should show the applications and who are connected to each other. Furthermore, you should be able to further inspect specific channels, messages, operations, etc.

Wishful thinking

• Connect it to deployments to inspect specific messages that are being transmitted in the system as well as application monitoring. This can be done since each application would have its own AsyncAPI document we know which applications exist in the system.
• Maybe even extend it to allow modifications to the underlying AsyncAPI documents to propose new connections, remove old ones, modify message payload validation rules, etc.
• Trigger messages on specific channels/scenarios using the simulation library.

Related issues/libraries

• https://github.com/asyncapi/community/issues/16 might be useful to integrate.
• https://github.com/asyncapi/community/issues/19 for simulating messages in a system.

Feedback

• Other ideas for extensions/improvements that could be included?
• Is it a good or bad idea?

[jonaslagoni]

As discussed on slack, maybe it can be build so it can both be viewed in VR/AR (VR/AR headset but also on your phone) as well as on a website in a 3d view, everything running from the same source code. This would enable different kinds of integrations such as with studio and others as well as easy maintainability.

[NektariosFifes]

@jonaslagoni unreal engine?

[jonaslagoni]

@jonaslagoni unreal engine?

Could very well be, no idea which kind of solutions are available for this kind of use case. That would have to be researched before any implementation happens to weigh pros/cons and ensure the correct approach is selected 😄

[NektariosFifes]

https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/unrealjs Here is a javascript plugin for unreal , for those not familiar with c++. It also allows u to use npm modules.