Virtual Reality Setup

 

One of the new innovations in the lab is the development of a virtual reality setup for head-fixed mice.


Hardware

This 3 screens device gives a full 180 field of view and the treadmill allows a total immersion in the virtual environment.

All the environments used on this setup are Unity base and the full setup came with synchronization software allowing full control of the setup.

This is a small mobile device that can be used with a lot of different techniques of recording. 

Moreover, the game base development tool Unity gives us the freedom to explore a lot of different environment/ task style

You can see more about the posible environments here

 

Software

 

The virtual reality set up comes with its own synchronization software.

This video show an example of the recording event