3D-visualisering av webbplats i realtid

Sammanfattning: In this study a 3D-application was developed to use for visualizing a website and its visitors in real time. The 3D application was developed to be used in websites developed in the CMS Episerver. This study has investigated the benefits of being able to see how website visitors navigate between webpages in real time, how scalable the implemented 3D application is, if its possible to develop a 3D application that can be implemented in Episerver websites and what the benefits of using 3D compared to 2D or text logs for the end user are. The 3D visualisation was built using the JavaScript library Babylon.js and works by modifying the Episerver Controller class to store relevant visitor data each time a visitor makes a HTTP request to the webserver. The data is then used with Babylon to render animations and visitor representations in the 3D application. Results show that a real time view of a website can be beneficial to be able to see load distribution, where visitors are positioned before restarting the server, to be used in user tests and in customer service cases and that the majority of questioned webadministrators thinks that it would be beneficial to be able to see their visitors in real time. Results also show that the application is not very scalable and that the use of 3D may not be beneficial for the end user. Finally recommendations for future development is presented and discussed.