Add to playlist(left) An Drosophila flies inside the cylindrical ‘FlyCave’ VR arena. Its’ position is tracked and highlighted in red. (right). The virtual world simulated consists of a cyan sphere and a magenta pyramid in a naturalistic environment. As the fly explores the arena the virtual world is updated in real-time to maintain a perspective correct display for the subject.
The Lab of Andrew Straw studies neural circuits and behaviour at the University of Freiburg, Germany. By developing advanced technical systems such as virtual reality arenas, they investigate the mechanistic basis of visual behaviours such as navigation in Drosophila.
