Nival launches a VR game demo that shows you what your brain looks like

Russian game developer Nival has released a virtual reality game demo for the Oculus Rift that teaches you what your brain looks like. The demo, dubbed InMind, takes you on a rollercoaster journey through the brain, where your job is to stare at bad neurons until you zap them.

The Unity-based demo blends gaming and education, as you can blast bad neurons just by concentrating and staring at them. And the demo is meant to teach you about the neural structure of the brain. Beyond the basics of showing you neurons, the game demo isn’t too realistic. It’s full of fanciful colors, and it more closely resembles the experience of being inside the human body like in the 1966 sci-fi film Fantastic Voyage.

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