ICAVE: an open source tool for visualizing biomolecular networks in 3D, stereoscopic 3D and immersive 3D.

ABSTRACT: Visualizations of biomolecular networks assist in systems-level data exploration in many cellular processes. Data generated from high-throughput experiments increasingly inform these networks, yet current tools do not adequately scale with concomitant increase in their size and complexity. We present an open source software platform, interactome-CAVE (iCAVE), for visualizing large and complex biomolecular interaction networks in 3D. Users can explore networks (i) in 3D using a desktop, (ii) in stereoscopic 3D using 3D-vision glasses and a desktop, or (iii) in immersive 3D within a CAVE environment. iCAVE introduces 3D extensions of known 2D network layout, clustering, and edge-bundling algorithms, as well as new 3D network layout algorithms. Furthermore, users can simultaneously query seve

SUBMITTER: Liluashvili V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5554349 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature