Visualizing and Exploring Barley Grain Models in VR with the Elbe Dom Immersive Laser Projection System

This paper reports on an ongoing project’s research on the utilization of virtual reality (VR) technologies in a fully immersive 360° laser projection system, the Elbe Dom, to support the analysis of barley grain development. Three-dimensional barley grain models transferred into a virtual environment enable technical staff to collaboratively explore biological datasets and thus obtain accurate analysis results and uncover information hidden in data. An overlay channel allows embedding additional conventional 2-D information on the fly.