INNOVATIONS

Description

ACE VR Ltd. aims to develop virtual reality (VR) platform for evaluation of visual performance, providing an unprecedented platform to eye care providers and visually impaired patients to measure and monitor visual disability. Current examination of visual performance in clinical medicine has been largely predicated on visual acuity (VA) and visual field (VF) testing. Although VA and VF results have been demonstrated to be associated with vision-related quality of life, the associations are weak. There are other visual performance indicators including contrast sensitivity, color vision and stereopsis but they are not routinely tested. Notably, no clinical tests evaluate visual performance directly related to patients' activities of daily living. Our VR platform has the potential to revolutionize clinical examination of visual performance by simulating daily tasks of an individual (e.g. navigating in a busy street, walking up and down flights of stairs, locating an object of interest from a shelf). The innovation of our validated VR platform will empower clinicians to devise appropriate treatment, support and visual aids to improve patients' quality of vision and quality of life.