Virtual reality system and method for animal experiment

Abstract

The invention discloses a virtual reality system and method for an animal experiment. The system comprises a local driving module, a local information acquisition module, a mobile driving module, a mobile information acquisition module and a server module, wherein the local driving module is used for acting a stimulus on an experimental animal; the local information acquisition module is used foracquiring physiological and behavior states of the experimental animal; the mobile driving module is used for driving a mobile platform to move; the mobile information acquisition module is used for acquiring a surrounding signal; and the server module is used for generating a control instruction of the mobile driving module according to the physiological and behavior states of the experimental animal so as to drive the mobile platform to move and generating a control instruction of the local driving module according to the surrounding signal so as to act the stimulus on the experimental animal. According to the system disclosed by the embodiment of the invention, a behavioral experimental paradigm of effectively and rapidly fixing an animal is created; functions of an existing measurementinstrument can be economically and efficiently expanded; and the virtual reality system and method for the animal experiment have the ability of measuring physiological parameters of a moving mouse under the high accuracy.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the technical field of virtual reality, in particular to a virtual reality system and method for animal experiments. Background technique [0002] Studying how animals behave in their natural environment is an important goal of life sciences. However, with the rapid development of life sciences, a large number of in vivo test indicators can only be obtained through large-scale instruments in the laboratory, and it is difficult to simulate the natural environment in which animals grow. Take microscopes as an example. Most of the fluorescence microscopes used in life science research weigh tens to hundreds of kilograms and can only image fixed experimental animals. Such an instrument is obviously difficult to apply in the natural environment. [0003] In related technologies, in order to observe the neuroscience mechanism of animal behavior in the natural environment, there are currently two methods: one is to miniaturize the e...

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[0004] However, the above methods of animal observation in natural environments have their own shortcomings: miniaturized experimental equipment often reduces the performance of experimental instruments, and cannot make full use of the advantages of experimental instruments; virtual reality technology based on computer programs can only achieve a few fixed animal experiments , and it is difficult to compare with real-world experiments

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