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Wee VR googles give mice a true immersive experience

Headset could make it easier to study reactions in the animals’ brains to simulated situations.
This illustration shows the VR setup, with an "overhead threat" projected into the top field of view.

Newly designed virtual reality goggles (artist’s illustration) allow scientists to study a mouse’s reaction to an owl-like shape looming overhead. Credit: Dom Pinke/Northwestern University

Virtual reality goggles for mice could make it easier to study how the rodents behave in life-like environments1.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-03806-9

References

  1. Pinke, D., Issa, J. B., Dara, G. A., Dobos, G. & Dombeck, D. A. Neuron https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2023.11.019 (2023).

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