Less than 6 months since its last update, VirtuaLens has launched a new mix-and-match feature to its immersive virtual reality (VR) intraocular lens (IOL) patient education system.
Let’s start with a refresher on VirtuaLens.
Since launching in September 2025, the eyecare medical tech company has focused on upgrading how patients and surgeons approach cataract IOL selection.
How it’s doing this: and compare lenses ahead of cataract surgery within realistic, lifestyle-based scenarios
- Notably, the virtualcomponent to this is the key to the overall experience.
Talk about that.
TheVR IOL Simulator helps patients compare how each lens type may enhance their vision across real-life contexts—done in a provider’s office through a customizable simulation
- The headset ships in the VirtuaLens kit, along with additional equipment and training materials.
How it works:for the details, plus a visual of a patient’s simulated view
Who can use it, and which lenses can be tested?
The headset can be worn by patients with ocular conditions including astigmatism, cataract, hyperopia, myopia, and presbyopia.
Current lens options: basic, multifocal, toric, light-adjustable, and extended-depth-of-focus (EDOF).
Alrighty, now to this expansion news.
As we mentioned, the company is introducing a new mix-and-match feature to its platform as well as headset to help cataract patients experience the visual differences among IOL options prior to undergoing surgery.
Explain, please.
Essentially, this mix-and-match component allows surgeons to assign different IOL types to each eye—“simulating treatment approaches commonly used to optimize vision across multiple distances.”
More specifically, patients can now experience any number of mix-and-match combinations with differing technologies in each eye.
- For example: A patient can view a multifocal (MF) lens in one eye while also experiencing vision through an EDOF lens in the other.
Nice! Any other updates to know about?
Did we mention amonovision dominance invert function? Introduced earlier this year, the feature enables surgeons to instantly switch eye dominance during a consultation.
In practice:This gives patients the real-world (albeit VR-based) ability to compare different monovision configurations ahead of the actual surgery.
- See here for why the monovision functionality is a critical option for patients.
Does VirtuaLens offer any training for these new features?
Yes, actually! The company is offering a “Blended Vision Tutorial”for its customers (surgeons, technicians, and staff) that includes a guided overview of the new feature.
- For more information on this, reach out to VirtualLens directly.
Also: Click here to view more education-based videos and a clinical re
Lastly: I’m a surgeon interested in adding this to my practice. What now?
Schedule a demo to get a feel for how the IOL simulator works.
