A novel three-dimensional collaborative online platform for bio-molecular modeling

Authors:
Kugamoorthy Gajananan;Arturo Nakasone;Andreas Hildebrandt;Helmut Prendinger
Affiliations:
National Institute of Informatics, Tokyo, Japan;National Institute of Informatics, Tokyo, Japan;Center for Bioinformatics, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany;National Institute of Informatics, Tokyo, Japan
Venue:
SG'10 Proceedings of the 10th international conference on Smart graphics
Year:
2010

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Abstract

Standalone bio-molecular modeling applications with rich functionalities are already abundant. Since they are developed as single-user applications, those tools cannot be used for remote collaboration, where users want to perform bio-molecular structural modeling tasks without being in the same place physically. Even though other means of collaboration such as emails or chat messaging exist, they are or not real-time (e.g. e-mail) or do not support a shared experience of graphical objects (e.g. Instant Messaging). On the other hand, the three-dimensional Internet (3D Internet) is an emerging technology for building world-like environments for real-time collaboration. Therefore, in this paper, we will integrate a standalone bio-molecular application (BALLView) with an online collaborative virtual world application (OpenMol) to extend the benefits both applications.