Everything about Virtual PC

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: Virtual PCA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: What is XR? Towards a Framework for Augmented and Virtual RealityInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: The Rational Guide to Microsoft Virtual PC 2004The most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: Protein and ligand preparation: parameters, protocols, and influence on virtual screening enrichmentsCited 5,914 times
5. Go sideways: Microsoft Virtual ServerA closely related topic
6. Go sideways: Remote Desktop ProtocolA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• Protein and ligand preparation: parameters, protocols, and influence on virtual screening enrichments

  G. Madhavi Sastry, Matvey Adzhigirey, Tyler Day · 2013 · Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design · 5,914 citations

• Measuring Presence in Virtual Environments: A Presence Questionnaire

  Bob G. Witmer, Michael J. Singer · 1998 · Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments · 5,065 citations

• The Anatomy of the Grid: Enabling Scalable Virtual Organizations

  Ian Foster, Carl Kesselman, Steven Tuecke · 2001 · The International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications · 3,886 citations

• Defining Virtual Reality: Dimensions Determining Telepresence

  Jonathan Steuer · 1992 · Journal of Communication · 3,808 citations

• Docking and scoring in virtual screening for drug discovery: methods and applications

  Douglas B. Kitchen, Hélène Decornez, John R. Furr · 2004 · Nature Reviews Drug Discovery · 3,612 citations

• A systematic review of immersive virtual reality applications for higher education: Design elements, lessons learned, and research agenda

  Jaziar Radianti, Tim A. Majchrzak, Jennifer Fromm · 2020 · Computers & Education · 3,232 citations

• ZINC − A Free Database of Commercially Available Compounds for Virtual Screening

  John J. Irwin, Brian K. Shoichet · 2004 · Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling · 3,026 citations

• Computational protein–ligand docking and virtual drug screening with the AutoDock suite

  Stefano Forli, Ruth Huey, Michael E Pique · 2016 · Nature Protocols · 2,670 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• What is XR? Towards a Framework for Augmented and Virtual Reality

  Philipp A. Rauschnabel, Reto Felix, Chris Hinsch · 2022 · Computers in Human Behavior · 895 citations

• The Metaverse as a Virtual Form of Smart Cities: Opportunities and Challenges for Environmental, Economic, and Social Sustainability in Urban Futures

  Zaheer Allam, Ayyoob Sharifi, Simon Elias Bibri · 2022 · Smart Cities · 634 citations

• Analyzing augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) recent development in education

  Abdullah M. Al-Ansi, Mohammed Jaboob, Askar Garad · 2023 · Social Sciences & Humanities Open · 571 citations

• Immersive technology: A meta-analysis of augmented/virtual reality applications and their impact on tourism experience

  Xiaojun Fan, Xinyu Jiang, Nianqi Deng · 2022 · Tourism Management · 558 citations

• How to build the virtual cell with artificial intelligence: Priorities and opportunities

  Charlotte Bunne, Yusuf Roohani, Yanay Rosen · 2024 · Cell · 499 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• The Rational Guide to Microsoft Virtual PC 2004A. T. Mann · 2004
• Guide to Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 and Virtual server 2005Ron Carswell, Heide Webb · 2008
• Academia/Industry Working Conference on Research Challenges '00Academia/Industry Working Conference on Research Challenges (1st 2000 Buffalo, N.Y.), Academia · 2000
• 📕Selecting the right virtualization technologyMicrosoft Press · 2007
• Management von virtuellen UnternehmenMatthias Schumann · 2004
• Video Game Bible, 1985-2002Andy Slaven, Michael Collins · 2002

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

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