State of the Art of Molecular Visualization in Immersive
Virtual Environments

J 2023

State of the Art of Molecular Visualization in Immersive Virtual Environments

KUŤÁK, David, Pere-Pau VÁZQUEZ, Tobias ISENBERG, Michael KRONE, Marc BAADEN et. al.

Basic information

Original name

State of the Art of Molecular Visualization in Immersive Virtual Environments

Authors

KUŤÁK, David (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Pere-Pau VÁZQUEZ, Tobias ISENBERG, Michael KRONE, Marc BAADEN, Jan BYŠKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Barbora KOZLÍKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Haichao MIAO

Edition

Computer Graphics Forum, Wiley-Blackwell, 2023, 0167-7055

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10201 Computer sciences, information science, bioinformatics

Country of publisher

Switzerland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

URL

Impact factor

Impact factor: 2.500 in 2022

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14330/23:00130367

Organization unit

Faculty of Informatics

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cgf.14738

UT WoS

000939648000001

Keywords in English

virtual environments;visualization;scientific visualization

Abstract

V originále

Abstract Visualization plays a crucial role in molecular and structural biology. It has been successfully applied to a variety of tasks, including structural analysis and interactive drug design. While some of the challenges in this area can be overcome with more advanced visualization and interaction techniques, others are challenging primarily due to the limitations of the hardware devices used to interact with the visualized content. Consequently, visualization researchers are increasingly trying to take advantage of new technologies to facilitate the work of domain scientists. Some typical problems associated with classic 2D interfaces, such as regular desktop computers, are a lack of natural spatial understanding and interaction, and a limited field of view. These problems could be solved by immersive virtual environments and corresponding hardware, such as virtual reality head-mounted displays. Thus, researchers are investigating the potential of immersive virtual environments in the field of molecular visualization. There is already a body of work ranging from educational approaches to protein visualization to applications for collaborative drug design. This review focuses on molecular visualization in immersive virtual environments as a whole, aiming to cover this area comprehensively. We divide the existing papers into different groups based on their application areas, and types of tasks performed. Furthermore, we also include a list of available software tools. We conclude the report with a discussion of potential future research on molecular visualization in immersive environments.

Links

MUNI/A/1339/2022, interní kód MU

Name: Rozvoj technik pro zpracování dat pro podporu vyhledávání, analýz a vizualizací rozsáhlých datových souborů s využitím umělé inteligence

Investor: Masaryk University, Development of data processing techniques to support search, analysis and visualization of large datasets using artificial intelligence

Citovat

KUŤÁK, David, Pere-Pau VÁZQUEZ, Tobias ISENBERG, Michael KRONE, Marc BAADEN, Jan BYŠKA, Barbora KOZLÍKOVÁ and Haichao MIAO. State of the Art of Molecular Visualization in Immersive Virtual Environments. Computer Graphics Forum. Wiley-Blackwell, 2023, vol. 42, No 6, p. 1-29. ISSN 0167-7055. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cgf.14738.

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KUŤÁK, David, Pere-Pau VÁZQUEZ, Tobias ISENBERG, Michael KRONE, Marc BAADEN, Jan BYŠKA, Barbora KOZLÍKOVÁ and Haichao MIAO. State of the Art of Molecular Visualization in Immersive Virtual Environments. \textit{Computer Graphics Forum}. Wiley-Blackwell, 2023, vol.~42, No~6, p.~1-29. ISSN~0167-7055. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cgf.14738.

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