UnityMol
Aakansha Mathur (03/16/2022)
Description
A capable molecular viewer and prototyping platform built in the Unity game engine.
Tutorials
Instaling UnityMol on Oculus Quest 2-
Instructions on how to download and install software on Quest 2
Download and Open Dataset-
Instructions on opening datasets, using command line and downloading data from UnityMol
Data Sources/Format
It loads a variety of molecular formats (PDB, mmCIF, GRO, Mol2, XYZ and SDF files, OpenDX potential maps, XTC trajectory files) and provides efficient molecular visualization via hardware accelerated rendering.
VR Controls
Instructions on how to navigate through UnityMol can be found here.
Environment
Single User
Allow you to edit and work in your workspace independently.
Minimum System Requirements (VR Mode)
OS: Windows 10 and MAC
GPU: GTX 1080 Ti
CPU: Intel i5-4590
MEMORY: 64 GB
VR Headset: HTC Vive, Vive Pro, Oculus Rift, Samsung, Odyssey and Windows Mixed Reality
Documentation
Metrics
Accessibility: The estimated time for someone to load and start visualizing data in VR
Beginner: No coding or graphics experience | < 2 hour
Intermediate: Some coding or graphics experience | < 1 hour
Advanced: Both coding and graphics experience | < 30mins
Expert: A lot of experience with VR visualization | < 30mins
Takeaway:
The application is actively maintained and provides advances features for structure analysis and MD simulation analysis.
Some of the features does face some lag in Virtual reality but it does provide with multiple features to easily understand the data.
Power: The engine's power- i.e. how much once can do with this
Medium- The software provides various features but lags in VR mode while using few features. The scope of the application is limited to biochemistry.
Usage: Evaluation of software's use for the following purposes
Display and Analysis of Structures
Viewing of Molecular Structure
Pricing
Personal Use/Academic/Government/Non-profit (Free)
Access all the available features and work independently.