COVID-19: Nanome + VR was built for this, and we’re here to help
We wanted to extend our hand to our global community of scientists, educators, and users during this time of crisis caused by Covid-19.
The vision of Nanome has always been to advance humanity forward by helping tackle challenges at the molecular/nanoscale. Although Covid-19 has caught the world governments largely by surprise, scientists have consistently warned about the devastating effects of an unstoppable pandemic. Nanome is currently used as one of the tools to help combat the virus by enabling scientists to gain insights into the molecular mechanics of the virus.
7/13/2020 Edit* : We’ve even created a whole YouTube series around exploring molecular structures of COVID19 in VR featuring guest researchers. Be sure to check it out here.
When we began our journey on Nanome a few years ago, we always talked about how Nanome would be one of the scientific tools that would be used on the front lines against a global pandemic.
But we know the fight doesn’t end there.
VR: The blessing and the curse.
VR has been a fantastic way to stay social while practicing ‘social distancing.’ From conferences, virtual meetups, or to hang out with some friends, being able to literally feel like you’re 3 feet away from someone even though they’re physically across the continent has its benefits during a pandemic. In many ways, VR is a great solution for the current situation. But, for most, VR is not a personalized computing device just yet. This means that the pragmatic nature of VR, especially in corporate and educational settings, is that people have to share headsets. Sharing headgear with others during a pandemic is probably the last thing people want to do right now…
Some of the biotech companies we work with have informed us that scientists are taking their VR headsets home to continue their research efforts in VR with their colleagues. Larger enterprises and schools, however, do not have this luxury. We know in schools, VR headsets usually are stored in library computer labs. Some companies have the added friction of network IT and security concerns.
So here’s how we’d like to help
If you’re a school, institution, or company, we are offering:
1. Free IT consultation to increase your remote collaboration efforts with Nanome (please contact us at: support@nanome.ai)
2. Free or significantly reduced pricing for additional licenses based on the ability to pay. Request to get Nanome licenses here
We will be continuing to provide Free/Reduced pricing to qualified organizations through the end of June (2019–2020 school year).
Please fill out this form link to get started!
With these efforts, we hope that we can help our community of scientists, educators, and students continue their remote work/learning efforts.
Nanome was built for this.
We’re here to push humanity through this crisis whether it’s literally helping with research efforts of the virus or to help get students through distance learning.
Bonus: In the next Nanome update, release 1.17, we’re including the SARS-CoV-2 protease and spike protein in the featured molecule section so that anyone could instantly explore these molecular structures. Alternatively, you may also download those structures from EMBL-EBI and view them in Nanome today.
