Whatever works: Celebrating diversity in brain scaling and evolution (V-VSS 2021 Keynote Lecture)

Whatever works: Celebrating diversity in brain scaling and evolution (V-VSS 2021 Keynote Lecture)

Overview VPixx is proud to sponsor the keynote lecture for the 2021 virtual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society. This talk was originally presented on May 22nd, 2021 on Zoom. The talk was hosted by Dr. Laurie Wilcox, Professor of Psychology and Biology at York University and current President of the Vision Sciences Society. Dr….

Virtual VPixx Hardware with the LabMaestro Simulator (V-VSS 2021)

Virtual VPixx Hardware with the LabMaestro Simulator (V-VSS 2021)

Questions can be sent to: [email protected] Overview The LabMaestro Simulator is a software tool that allows researchers to test and debug experiment code without a physical connection to their data acquisition hardware. In this talk, Dr. Lindsey Fraser explains the rationale behind the simulator and what devices and features it replicates. She also outlines the…

Timing and Synchronization in Gaze-Contingent Displays and Latency-Sensitive Research Paradigms (V-VSS 2020)

Timing and Synchronization in Gaze-Contingent Displays and Latency-Sensitive Research Paradigms (V-VSS 2020)

Questions can be sent to: [email protected] Overview In this talk, originally presented on June 22nd, 2020, VPixx staff scientist Dr. Sophie Kenny discusses the importance of end to end latency in gaze contingent displays. She covers hardware and software related sources of delay in research systems, and why these are relevant for vision scientists. She…

High Speed Eye Tracking in Vision Science: TRACKPixx3 Technology and Applications (V-VSS 2020)

High Speed Eye Tracking in Vision Science: TRACKPixx3 Technology and Applications (V-VSS 2020)

Questions can be sent to: [email protected] Overview In this talk, originally presented on June 21st, 2020, VPixx staff scientist Dr. Lindsey Fraser introduces the TRACKPixx3 2 kHz binocular eye tracker. She explains some basic principles of eye movements, passive infrared eyetracking, and how the TRACKPixx3 is integrated within the VPixx data acquisition and synchronization ecosystem….

Advanced Vision Research Paradigms With the PROPixx High Refresh Rate Projector (V-VSS 2020)

Advanced Vision Research Paradigms With the PROPixx High Refresh Rate Projector (V-VSS 2020)

Questions can be sent to: [email protected] Overview In this talk, originally presented on June 20th, 2020, VPixx staff scientist Dr. Sophie Kenny presents the PROPixx high refresh rate DLP LED projector. She discusses principles of refresh rates and rendering times, and describes a few of the PROPixx specialty sequencers, including Quad4x (480 Hz RGB),  Quad12x…