Virtual Integration Environment

The Virtual Integration Environment (VIE) is a simplified, platform-independent communication interface to the MPL. It offers an improved three-dimensional MPL simulation environment.

The VIE was created as a development platform for rapid prototyping, evaluation, and deployment of neural signal processing algorithms.

• Based on MATLAB xPC Target; operates in (hard) real time
• Accepts inputs from Cerebus, Plexon, Vikon, etc.
• Defines standard input/output interfaces for neural signal analysis algorithms (neural signals in/limb commands out)
• Can simulate an electromechanical system with or without hardware
• Provides three-dimensional visualization and a configurable interactive world via Unity/PhysX

Recommended Reading

A Real-Time Virtual Integration Environment for Neuroprosthetics and Rehabilitation (Johns Hopkins APL Technical Digest, Volume 30, Issue 3, pp. 198–206, 2011)