Very cool... but why not use something with higher res graphics, if you're going to go through the trouble of building the mechanical system. You could go ultra 4K and see if a rat begins to see... reality.

> Our rats (Todd, Kojima, Gabe)...

Missed opportunity to name them Neo, Morpheus and Trinity.

Is this related to the Tank lab experiments at Princeton?

I’ve seen this before with the practical application being that you can keep the animal stationary while it thinks it’s moving, in order to record brain activity.

Wonderfully crazy. Should the rats have multiple weapons at their disposal, which do they prefer? How many demons escape their fate? Are there videos of gaming sessions? So many questions!

This website causes my browsers (Chrome/Brave) to use a huge amount of CPU. Firefox handles it better but still has higher CPU usage than I'd expect.

> It maximizes immersion without obstructing whisker space

hehe very important

although... if the walls moved and touched the whiskers in conjunction with the game could be something

No gameplay footage?

Next, train squirrels to play Mirrors Edge.

How good are the rats and can we start using rats instead of bots? Get them gainfully employed.