Wee VR googles give mice a true immersive experience

Wee VR googles give mice a true immersive experience

Headset could make it easier to study reactions in the animals' brains to simulated situations.

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

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  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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