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ProVis: An Anaglyph based Visualization Tool for Protein Molecules

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Proteins are highly complex and flexible structures. Rendering tools are often used to study their dynamics, functions and in some cases even deformations that arise due to slow dynamics. In this work, we present Pro Vis, a visualization tool for 3-dimensional rend ering of protein molecules with the ability to create and display anaglyph images. The tool allows for viewing the protein molecules, locating atoms, viewing bonds, viewing the protein backbone, searching for specific bonds, visualizing them and also analyzing the various scalar properties of the protein. The use of display lists allows for very fast rendering and real time animation of the complex molecules with negligible latency time between scenes. The novelty of the tool is the interface which combines the power of 3D visualization using anaglyphs with the geometry and graphics of the protein to provide a real-time interaction environment for large amounts of abstract data.

This work was done as part of summer internship at the Department of Computer Science and Automation, Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore

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  1. Computer Science and Information Systems Department, Birla Institute of Technology and Science-Pilani, Goa Campus, Goa, India

    Rajesh Bhasin & Abhishek Kumar

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    U. S. Tiwary (Professor), Tanveer J. Siddiqui (Assistant Professor), M. Radhakrishna (Professor) & M. D. Tiwari (Director) (Professor),  (Assistant Professor),  (Professor) &  (Director)

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Bhasin, R., Kumar, A. (2009). ProVis: An Anaglyph based Visualization Tool for Protein Molecules. In: Tiwary, U.S., Siddiqui, T.J., Radhakrishna, M., Tiwari, M.D. (eds) Proceedings of the First International Conference on Intelligent Human Computer Interaction. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-8489-203-1_13

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