Building blocks for commodity augmented reality-based molecular visualization and modeling in web browsers.

ABSTRACT: For years, immersive interfaces using virtual and augmented reality (AR) for molecular visualization and modeling have promised a revolution in the way how we teach, learn, communicate and work in chemistry, structural biology and related areas. However, most tools available today for immersive modeling require specialized hardware and software, and are costly and cumbersome to set up. These limitations prevent wide use of immersive technologies in education and research centers in a standardized form, which in turn prevents large-scale testing of the actual effects of such technologies on learning and thinking processes. Here, I discuss building blocks for creating marker-based AR applications that run as web pages on regular computers, and explore how they can be exploited to develop web

SUBMITTER: Abriata LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7924717 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature