Designing a Mixed Reality System for Exploring Genetic Mutation Data of Cancer Patients

Increased availability of cancerous genomics mutation data provides researchers the opportunity to discover associations among genetic mutation patterns within the same organ as well as similar mutation patterns among different organs. However, the complexity, variety, and scale of multi-dimensional data involved in analyzing mutations across organs poses challenges for clinicians and researchers to draw such relationships. We present a prototype application that lever-ages multiple-coordinated views in mixed reality (MR) to enable investigations of genetic mutation patterns and the organs affected by cancer. We believe our prototype has the potential to enhance data and association discovery within and across different organs.