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NexoPeek VR app lets researchers walk inside molecular structures

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A researcher describes frustration with desktop tools like PyMOL, which show molecular structures on flat screens without conveying their spatial reality. They turned to NexoPeek, a Meta Quest 2 app from Seven Sportz, which lets users step inside proteins such as hemoglobin and trypsin. The app offers guided tours with narration, a professional mode that pulls structures from several databases, and AI-based binding pocket detection with cloud and offline engines. The author also says a passthrough mode allowed them to point out a drug-binding site to a colleague during a collaborative session. The app carries a disclaimer that it is for education and research visualization, not medical diagnosis or treatment.

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