[chimerax-users] Color protein by residue

[Tom Goddard]

Hi Tom,

  It was fascinating trying this morning your AltSpaceVR collaborative PDB model visualization with the Vive virtual reality headset.  The structure we looked at showing antigen presentation to a T-cell receptor was a good one to talk about and the ability to point to parts of the 3D model with your hands is powerful.  Since AltSpaceVR uses three.js (javascript library) to render 3d objects like molecules we’ll have to think about how ChimeraX could produce such models to drop into the collaborative scene.  Eric Pettersen suggested after our AltSpaceVR demo this morning that maybe ChimeraX user interface panels can simply be embedded in the 3D VR scene as floating panels.  That would be interesting to be able to use all the visualization and analysis capabilities of ChimeraX having the molecular scene floating in the middle of the room with user interface panels around you.

	Tom


> On Aug 29, 2017, at 1:07 PM, Elaine Meng <meng at cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
> 
> Hi Tom,
> Could you say more about what you mean about “collaborative” in terms of VR, what program(s) you used, how you controlled the display (e.g. typed commands to color and show/hide or something else like menus in the VR or voice control) or and whether you were looking at atomic details of proteins or just overall structures?  (If you don’t want to send that info to the whole list, can just e-mail me individually.)
> 
> For the most part, what we’ve done with ChimeraX is described  here:
> <http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/home/meng/chimerax/docs/user/vr.html>
> 
> Best,
> Elaine
> ----------
> Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D. 
> UCSF Chimera(X) team
> Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
> University of California, San Francisco
> 
>> 
>> Hi Elaine, 
>> 
>> Wow, your .cxc file works perfectly. Thanks for showing me how to do this, great help.
>> 
>> On the VR stuff, yes, I’ve been using the VR on/off with our HTC Vive system. Works great if you keep the lighting effect simple.  It is why I was suggesting your team take a look at what is possible in an immersive collaboration VR environment.  I look forward to hearing from someone on your team.
>> 
>> Best, and again thanks,
>> Tom
>> 
> 
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