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ArticleNature communications2021

The VRNetzer platform enables interactive network analysis in Virtual Reality.

Sebastian Pirch, Felix Müller, Eugenia Iofinova, Julia Pazmandi, Christiane V R Hütter, Martin Chiettini, Celine Sin, Kaan Boztug, Iana Podkosova, Hannes Kaufmann and 1 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed.

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  10. Digital Phenotyping: A Game Changer for the Broiler Industry.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023
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  13. Extended reality for biomedicine.Nature reviews. Methods primers · 2023
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  14. Bioinformatics and the Metaverse: Are We Ready?Frontiers in bioinformatics · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Sebastian PirchCeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria.
Felix MüllerCeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria.
Eugenia IofinovaCeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria.
Julia PazmandiCeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria.
Christiane V R HütterCeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria.
Martin ChiettiniCeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria.
Celine SinCeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-4975-4618
Kaan BoztugCeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria.
Iana PodkosovaInstitute of Visual Computing and Human-Centered Technology, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria.
Hannes KaufmannInstitute of Visual Computing and Human-Centered Technology, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-0322-9869
Jörg MencheCeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria. joerg.menche@univie.ac.at.ORCID 0000-0002-1583-6404

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Networks provide a powerful representation of interacting components within complex systems, making them ideal for visually and analytically exploring big data. However, the size and complexity of many networks render static visualizations on typically-sized paper or screens impractical, resulting in proverbial 'hairballs'. Here, we introduce a Virtual Reality (VR) platform that overcomes these limitations by facilitating the thorough visual, and interactive, exploration of large networks. Our platform allows maximal customization and extendibility, through the import of custom code for data analysis, integration of external databases, and design of arbitrary user interface elements, among other features. As a proof of concept, we show how our platform can be used to interactively explore genome-scale molecular networks to identify genes associated with rare diseases and understand how they might contribute to disease development. Our platform represents a general purpose, VR-based data exploration platform for large and diverse data types by providing an interface that facilitates the interaction between human intuition and state-of-the-art analysis methods.

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PMID33893283
PMCPMC8065164

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