HVS Image develops video tracking and virtual reality systems for behavioral neuroscience research and clinical applications.

The origins of the system trace back to 1983, when HVS Image supplied the first video tracker used in the earliest Morris water maze studies. These foundational experiments are described in Richard Morris’s classic paper Developments of a water-maze procedure for studying spatial learning in the rat (Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 11 (1984) 47-60), widely regarded as a landmark in the study of spatial learning and memory.

Building on this early work, HVS Image systems have evolved to support a wide range of experimental paradigms. They are used extensively in Morris water maze and other established behavioral assays, as well as in newer approaches including fully immersive virtual reality for human research, rehabilitation, and therapy.

A consistent focus of development has been to enable researchers to begin experiments quickly, run them reliably, obtain high-quality data with minimal overhead, along with detailed behavioral analyses and objective behavior identification, allowing more precise interpretation of learning, memory, and navigation strategies.

The impact of research conducted using HVS Image systems is reflected in publication outcomes, with four Nobel prize winners and five times more citations per paper for studies using HVS Image systems compared to those using alternative tracking approaches. This reflects both the robustness of the methods and the depth of analysis available to researchers.