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Using a commodity high-definition television for collaborative structural biology
Visualization of protein structures using stereoscopic systems is frequently needed by structural biologists working to understand a protein’s structure–function relationships. Often several scientists are working as a team and need simultaneous interaction with each other and the graphics represent...
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International Union of Crystallography
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4038803/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24904249 http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S160057671400939X |
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author | Yennamalli, Ragothaman Arangarasan, Raj Bryden, Aaron Gleicher, Michael Phillips, George N. |
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description | Visualization of protein structures using stereoscopic systems is frequently needed by structural biologists working to understand a protein’s structure–function relationships. Often several scientists are working as a team and need simultaneous interaction with each other and the graphics representations. Most existing molecular visualization tools support single-user tasks, which are not suitable for a collaborative group. Expensive caves, domes or geowalls have been developed, but the availability and low cost of high-definition televisions (HDTVs) and game controllers in the commodity entertainment market provide an economically attractive option to achieve a collaborative environment. This paper describes a low-cost environment, using standard consumer game controllers and commercially available stereoscopic HDTV monitors with appropriate signal converters for structural biology collaborations employing existing binary distributions of commonly used software packages like Coot, PyMOL, Chimera, VMD, O, Olex2 and others. |
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spelling | pubmed-40388032014-06-05 Using a commodity high-definition television for collaborative structural biology Yennamalli, Ragothaman Arangarasan, Raj Bryden, Aaron Gleicher, Michael Phillips, George N. J Appl Crystallogr Laboratory Notes Visualization of protein structures using stereoscopic systems is frequently needed by structural biologists working to understand a protein’s structure–function relationships. Often several scientists are working as a team and need simultaneous interaction with each other and the graphics representations. Most existing molecular visualization tools support single-user tasks, which are not suitable for a collaborative group. Expensive caves, domes or geowalls have been developed, but the availability and low cost of high-definition televisions (HDTVs) and game controllers in the commodity entertainment market provide an economically attractive option to achieve a collaborative environment. This paper describes a low-cost environment, using standard consumer game controllers and commercially available stereoscopic HDTV monitors with appropriate signal converters for structural biology collaborations employing existing binary distributions of commonly used software packages like Coot, PyMOL, Chimera, VMD, O, Olex2 and others. International Union of Crystallography 2014-05-29 /pmc/articles/PMC4038803/ /pubmed/24904249 http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S160057671400939X Text en © Ragothaman Yennamalli et al. 2014 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original authors and source are cited. |
spellingShingle | Laboratory Notes Yennamalli, Ragothaman Arangarasan, Raj Bryden, Aaron Gleicher, Michael Phillips, George N. Using a commodity high-definition television for collaborative structural biology |
title | Using a commodity high-definition television for collaborative structural biology |
title_full | Using a commodity high-definition television for collaborative structural biology |
title_fullStr | Using a commodity high-definition television for collaborative structural biology |
title_full_unstemmed | Using a commodity high-definition television for collaborative structural biology |
title_short | Using a commodity high-definition television for collaborative structural biology |
title_sort | using a commodity high-definition television for collaborative structural biology |
topic | Laboratory Notes |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4038803/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24904249 http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S160057671400939X |
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