// C++ code
glGenBuffers(1, &ProteinSphereBatchInfos);
glBindBuffer(GL_SHADER_STORAGE_BUFFER, ProteinSphereBatchInfos);
sz = 10000 * sizeof(QVector4D); // allocate something big enough, even if the space is wasted, this needs to be solved
                                //if more than 10000 vectors are appended into the buffer
glBufferData(GL_SHADER_STORAGE_BUFFER, sz, NULL, GL_DYNAMIC_DRAW);

glGenBuffers(1, &IndexAtomicCounter);
glBindBuffer(GL_ATOMIC_COUNTER_BUFFER, IndexAtomicCounter);
glBufferData(GL_ATOMIC_COUNTER_BUFFER, sizeof(GLuint), NULL, GL_DYNAMIC_DRAW);
glBindBuffer(GL_ATOMIC_COUNTER_BUFFER, 0);

// binding before shader usage
glBindBufferBase(GL_SHADER_STORAGE_BUFFER, 5, this->ProteinSphereBatchInfos);
glBindBufferBase(GL_ATOMIC_COUNTER_BUFFER, 6, this->IndexAtomicCounter);