Visualization of a large-scale Molecular Dynamics simulation in CAVE2 - a Hybrid Reality environment

This is a visualization of a nanoscale glass fissure computed in a large-scale Molecular Dynamics simulation with approximately 5 million atoms. The visualization is rendered in real-time at 72 Megapixels using a GPU-based volume rendering scheme. The red and blue balls represent oxygen and silicon atoms, respectively. The green clouds represent electron charge densities. The CAVE2 Hybrid Reality Environment shown here provides a 320-degrees panoramic view, 3D stereoscopic vision, and tether-less head tracking and navigation.

Khairi Reda, University of Illinois at Chicago
Aaron Knoll, Texas Advanced Computing Center
Mark Hereld and Michael Papka, Argonne National Laboratory
Kenichi Nomura and Priya Vashishta, University of Southern California