The Software Interface to the 3D-Force Microscope

Marshburn, David; Weigle, Chris; Wilde, B.; Taylor, Russell M.; Desai, Kalpit; Fisher, Jay K.; Cribb, Jeremy; Superfine, Richard

doi:10.1109/vis.2005.101

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“…Usable in-house: We have in the past built highperformance molecular graphics applications for scientists that used head-tracked stereo, wide-area tracking systems, and force-feedback displays [34,35,36,37,38,39]. The scientists who were willing to travel to our laboratories to use them received great benefit, but we wanted SketchBio to be more broadly available.…”

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SketchBio: a scientist’s 3D interface for molecular modeling and animation

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BackgroundBecause of the difficulties involved in learning and using 3D modeling and rendering software, many scientists hire programmers or animators to create models and animations. This both slows the discovery process and provides opportunities for miscommunication. Working with multiple collaborators, a tool was developed (based on a set of design goals) to enable them to directly construct models and animations.ResultsSketchBio is presented, a tool that incorporates state-of-the-art bimanual interaction and drop shadows to enable rapid construction of molecular structures and animations. It includes three novel features: crystal-by-example, pose-mode physics, and spring-based layout that accelerate operations common in the formation of molecular models. Design decisions and their consequences are presented, including cases where iterative design was required to produce effective approaches.ConclusionsThe design decisions, novel features, and inclusion of state-of-the-art techniques enabled SketchBio to meet all of its design goals. These features and decisions can be incorporated into existing and new tools to improve their effectiveness.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/1471-2105-15-334) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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SketchBio: a scientist’s 3D interface for molecular modeling and animation

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“…Welch et al, 1999; R. B. Welch, Blackmon, Liu, Mellers, & Stark, 1996), VE toolkits (Robinett & Holloway, 1992; Russell M. Taylor II et al, 2001), interaction techniques (Burns et al, 2006; Kohli & Whitton, 2005; Lok, Naik, Whitton, & Brooks, 2003; Mine, 1997a, 1997b; Mine, Jr., & Sequin, 1997), building walk-through applications (Aliaga et al, 1999; Mine & Weber, 1995), scientific visualization applications (Jen et al, 2004; Leech & II, 1992; Marshburn et al, 2005; Ouh-young, Beard, & Brooks, 1989; Qi, Taylor II, Healey, & Martens, 2008; Quammen et al, 2008; Russell M. Taylor II et al, 1993), and locomotion interfaces (Feasel, Whitton, & Wendt, 2008; Peck, Fuchs, & Whitton, 2009; Razzaque, 2005; Usoh et al, 1999). Each of these systems has had real-world evaluation through either controlled user studies or daily use by external clients.…”

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Lessons about Virtual Environment Software Systems from 20 Years of VE Building

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Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments

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What are desirable and undesirable features of virtual-environment (VE) software architectures? What should be present (and absent) from such systems if they are to be optimally useful? How should they be structured? To help answer these questions we present experience from application designers, toolkit designers, and VE system architects along with examples of useful features from existing systems. Topics are organized under the major headings of: 3D space management, supporting display hardware, interaction, event management, time management, computation, portability, and the observation that less can be better. Lessons learned are presented as discussion of the issues, field experiences, nuggets of knowledge, and case studies.

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The Software Interface to the 3D-Force Microscope

Cited by 2 publications

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SketchBio: a scientist’s 3D interface for molecular modeling and animation

SketchBio: a scientist’s 3D interface for molecular modeling and animation

Lessons about Virtual Environment Software Systems from 20 Years of VE Building

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