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Online tools to easily build virtual molecular models for display in augmented and virtual reality on the web

Rodriguez, Fabio Cortes  
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Dal Peraro, Matteo  
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Abriata, Luciano A.
July 1, 2022
Journal Of Molecular Graphics & Modelling

Several groups developed in the last years augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) software to visualize 3D molecules, most rather static, limited in content, and requiring software installs, some even requiring expensive hardware. We launched in 2020 moleculARweb (https://molecularweb.epfl.ch), a website that offers interactive content for chemistry and structural biology education through commodity web-based AR that works on consumer devices like smartphones, tablets and laptops. Among thousands of users, teachers increasingly request more biological macromolecules to be available, a demand that we cannot address individually. Therefore, to allow users to build their own material, we built a web interface where they can create online AR experiences in few steps starting from Protein Data Bank, AlphaFold or custom uploaded structures, or from virtual objects/ scenes exported from the Visual Molecular Dynamics program, without any programming knowledge. The web tool also returns WebXR sessions for viewing and manipulating the models in WebXR-compatible devices including smartphones, tablets, and also immersive VR headsets with WebXR-capable browsers, where models can be manipulated even with bare hands when supported by the device. The tool is accessible for free at https:// molecularweb.epfl.ch/pages/pdb2ar.html.

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research article
DOI
10.1016/j.jmgm.2022.108164
Web of Science ID

WOS:000788146200002

Author(s)
Rodriguez, Fabio Cortes  
Dal Peraro, Matteo  
Abriata, Luciano A.
Date Issued

2022-07-01

Publisher

ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC

Published in
Journal Of Molecular Graphics & Modelling
Volume

114

Article Number

108164

Subjects

Biochemical Research Methods

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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

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Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications

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Crystallography

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Mathematical & Computational Biology

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Computer Science

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molecular graphics

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molecular modeling

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augmented reality

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virtual reality

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metaverse

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stem education

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science communication

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webxr

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web programming

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visualization

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education

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REVIEWED

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May 23, 2022
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/188005
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