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Cell and Molecular Biology Animated Textbooks

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Re: Cell and Molecular Biology Animated Textbooks

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Computer graphics and XR are part of an opportunity to transformatively improve science education content, pre-K to graduate. And we're going to spend years aggressively declining the opportunity.

As with that "Unit 1" video at the top of the page... by analogy, " We will get to know the animal kingdom, starting with these airliner-sized mice wearing pink tutus and playing poker. Look at how beautifully rendered they are! You can just feel the feathers on their flippers. You're students will find that highly engaging." Ah well, MVP mumble mumble.

Re: Cell and Molecular Biology Animated Textbooks

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Computer graphics and XR are part of an opportunity to transformatively improve science education content, pre-K to graduate. And we're going to spend years aggressively declining the opportunity. As with that "Unit 1" video at the top of the page... by analogy, " We will get to know the animal kingdom, starting with these airliner-sized mice wearing pink tutus and playing poker. Look at how beautifully rendered they…

Could you clarify what you're saying? I thought the free sample video looked pretty promising. Did you?

Re: Cell and Molecular Biology Animated Textbooks

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Computer graphics and XR are part of an opportunity to transformatively improve science education content, pre-K to graduate. And we're going to spend years aggressively declining the opportunity. As with that "Unit 1" video at the top of the page... by analogy, " We will get to know the animal kingdom, starting with these airliner-sized mice wearing pink tutus and playing poker. Look at how beautifully rendered they…

Could you clarify what you're saying? I thought the free sample video looked pretty promising. Did you?

They are saying, nothing in these images looks like the real thing.

Re: Cell and Molecular Biology Animated Textbooks

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The illustrations and videos are good at conveying the relative scale of things. But one mistake they make is common to just about every cartoon depiction I've seen: the molecules seem to have intent. they fly into the scene and an atom is exchanged with the binding site, then then remainder flys away again. the stochastic nature everything is completely missing.

Re: Cell and Molecular Biology Animated Textbooks

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The illustrations and videos are good at conveying the relative scale of things. But one mistake they make is common to just about every cartoon depiction I've seen: the molecules seem to have intent. they fly into the scene and an atom is exchanged with the binding site, then then remainder flys away again. the stochastic nature everything is completely missing.

> the molecules seem to have intent

Take a look at dynein and kinesin walking along microtubules while dragging along their cargo. It's pretty neat. Unknown is how the really simple microtubules get to their destination while building themselves just ahead of the walkers or how the walkers know which turns to take.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-uuk4Pr2i8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbycQf1TbM0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-uuk4Pr2i8

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