ALTERNATIVE MOLECULAR VISUALIZATION TECHNOLOGIES

另类分子可视化技术

• 批准号: 8363624
• 负责人: THOMAS GODDARD
• 金额: $ 2.79万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-07-01 至 2012-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8363624
• 关键词: 3-Dimensional; Complement; Computer Graphics; Computers; Data Analyses; Depth Perception; Engineering; Environment; Freedom; Funding; Glass; Grant; Head; Image; Imagery; Informatics; Internet; Mechanics; Methods; Modeling; Molecular; Molecular Structure; Motion; Mus; National Center for Research Resources; Plastics; Principal Investigator; Printing; Research; Research Infrastructure; Research Personnel; Resources; Rotation; Source; Technology; United States National Institutes of Health; Video Games; biocomputing; cost; indexing; input device; next generation; outreach; two-dimensional; web site

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. Primary support for the subproject and the subproject's principal investigator may have been provided by other sources, including other NIH sources. The Total Cost listed for the subproject likely represents the estimated amount of Center infrastructure utilized by the subproject, not direct funding provided by the NCRR grant to the subproject or subproject staff. Interactive molecular visualization and analysis is typically done using desktop computers, standard 3-dimensional video game graphics, and mouse and keyboard input devices. This standard platform is well-suited for 2-dimensional visualization but is not ideal for viewing and manipulating 3-dimensional models. A wide variety of alternative technologies can complement this traditional computer graphics environment and enable more productive methods of 3-dimensional data analysis. All of these methods are currently rather exotic being use by at most a few percent of molecular structure researchers. This project explores and promotes technologies that may become next-generation analysis methods. Specific technologies we are exploring include printing 3-dimensional plastic models using rapid-prototyping machines from mechanical engineering, making lenticular images which are printed scenes that provide depth perception without special glasses, new stereo displays using flat panel displays and polarized or shutter glasses, displaying in planetarium-style domes, using the Nintendo Wii game controller or web cameras to track user head-motion to control view angle in a scene, using 6 degree-of-freedom input devices for rotation and moving objects in a scene. We present the results of many of these technology studies in a "Technology Notes" section of our Resource center web site. http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/Outreach/technotes/index.html

该子项目是利用资源的众多研究子项目之一 由 NIH/NCRR 资助的中心拨款提供。子项目的主要支持 并且子项目的主要研究者可能是由其他来源提供的， 包括其他 NIH 来源。 子项目可能列出的总成本 代表子项目使用的中心基础设施的估计数量， NCRR 赠款不直接向子项目或子项目工作人员提供资金。 交互式分子可视化和分析通常使用台式计算机、标准 3 维视频游戏图形以及鼠标和键盘输入设备来完成。 该标准平台非常适合 2 维可视化，但对于查看和操作 3 维模型并不理想。 各种各样的替代技术可以补充这种传统的计算机图形环境，并实现更高效的 3 维数据分析方法。 所有这些方法目前都相当奇特，最多只有百分之几的分子结构研究人员使用。 该项目探索和推广可能成为下一代分析方法的技术。 我们正在探索的具体技术包括使用机械工程的快速原型机打印 3 维塑料模型，制作光栅图像，打印场景无需特殊眼镜即可提供深度感知，使用平板显示器和偏光或快门眼镜的新型立体显示器，在天文馆式圆顶中显示，使用任天堂 Wii 游戏控制器或网络摄像头跟踪用户头部运动以控制视图 场景中的角度，使用 6 个自由度输入设备来旋转和移动场景中的对象。 我们在资源中心网站的“技术说明”部分展示了许多此类技术研究的结果。 http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/Outreach/technotes/index.html