Miniature VR goggles - tiny tech to terrify mice
It sounds cute. But mice are unlikely to enjoy the new immersive experience, given researchers suggest their VR goggles can be used to simulate overhead
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It sounds cute. But mice are unlikely to enjoy the new immersive experience, given researchers suggest their VR goggles can be used to simulate overhead
Scientists at Northwestern University want to study how mouse brains register their environment, so they can get better insight into how humans' brains map the physical spaces around them,
Upon noticing the simulated bird of prey, these terrified bespectacled rodents ran faster on the treadmill used during the tests or froze, both of which are real common responses to overhead threats.
Researchers have developed VR goggles for laboratory mice to simulate a life of freedom - and let them feel what it's like to be hunted by a bird.
Neurobiologists say the iMRSIV gives mice a more 'immersive' experience than 2D projections.