NanoVer is an open-source and flexible software package for collaborative interactive molecular dynamics simulations in virtual and extended reality (iMD-XR). NanoVer consists of a python web server connected to a physics engine (e.g. OpenMM), a jupyter notebook client and a Unity XR client.

How to use it

Set up your own NanoVer server and client following the project documentation.

🌟 The Nanover iMD-XR client is now available from the Meta Horizon Store, in addition to the github repository.

Report issues on the server repo.

Contact us by email.

Latest publications

Wonnacott, M. D., Toledo Castro, L. E, Stroud, H. J, Aisa, L., Dhouioui, M., Roebuck Williams, R., Protopopov, D., Sobrado, S., Glowacki, D. R (2026). NanoVer: An open-source framework for interactive molecular dynamics in extended reality (iMD-XR) on commodity hardware.
https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2606.30678

Stroud, H. J., Wonnacott, M. D., Barnoud, J., Roebuck Williams, R., Dhouioui, M., McSloy, A., Aisa, L., Toledo, L. E., Bates, P., Mulholland, A. J., & Glowacki, D. R. (2025). NanoVer Server: A Python Package for Serving Real-Time Multi-User Interactive Molecular Dynamics in Virtual Reality. Journal of Open Source Software, 10 (110), 8118.
https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.08118

See all publications in the IRL website