Fig. 5

Direct visualization of the nucleotide sequence and protein structure of rat Gria2 in BioVR. a Navigation within BioVR. BioVR uses a menu set anchored to the user’s left hand. The menu set is an instance of Hover UI, an open source project found at https://github.com/aestheticinteractive/Hover-UI-Kit. b Hover UI used in conjunction with Leap Motion. The menu is anchored to the user’s left hand. The index finger on the right hand acts as a cursor: it generates a button pressed event for a particular button when it hovers over that button within a set amount of time. The specific timing varies and can be set per button. c Rattus norvegicus Gria2 RNA sequence and protein structure shown in BioVR. The mRNA sequence of rat Gria2 (NM_001083811) was loaded in the RNA Panel. Above the right index finger is a GUI which displays context-sensitive data depending on where the user places his or her index finger along the sequence. The residue corresponding to the mRNA nucleotide is also highlighted in the 3D structure (PDB ID: 5L1B) via a yellow outline shader (denoted by red circle). Note that the red circle was added for the illustration purpose and does not appear in the actual program