Spatially Continuous Change of Abstraction in Molecular Visualization

Extended abstract and poster, received Best Abstract Award at BioVis 2011International audienceBased on an approach for the temporal change of abstraction in molecular visualization we describe how to achieve a spatially explicit control of abstraction. This allows us to depict different abstraction stages of a single molecule in a single still-image visualization. This approach works best for long, linear molecules with repeating substructures that allow viewers to visually compare the continuous representational changes of these parts