title: A collaborative molecular modeling environment using a virtual tunneling service.
abstract: Collaborative researches of three-dimensional molecular modeling can be limited by different time zones and locations. A networked virtual environment can be utilized to overcome the problem caused by the temporal and spatial differences. However, traditional approaches did not sufficiently consider integration of different computing environments, which were characterized by types of applications, roles of users, and so on. We propose a collaborative molecular modeling environment to integrate different molecule modeling systems using a virtual tunneling service. We integrated Co-Coot, which is a collaborative crystallographic object-oriented toolkit, with VRMMS, which is a virtual reality molecular modeling system, through a collaborative tunneling system. The proposed system showed reliable quantitative and qualitative results through pilot experiments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Advanced Technology Fusion, Konkuk University, Seoul 143-701, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jee-In
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Lin-Woo
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Kang
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008958:Models, Molecular; D012984:Software; D014584:User-Computer Interface