Just two days after the Retinalogik AI-based virtual reality (VR) system reached New Zealand shores it was on display on Medix21’s stand at the RANZCO NZ 2025 conference, ready to wow eyecare professionals.
The Canadian-designed and manufactured shiny new VR field testing headset gave attendees the chance to 'leave’ the exhibition hall and enter a stylish lounge with a magnificent mountain view, not unlike those in Queenstown. Retinalogik’s virtual AI agent ‘Robyn’, who can speak in 20 languages, was there to give tutorials and voice prompts.
By integrating AI and VR, the headset tests visual fields, visual acuity, colour vision and contrast sensitivity “all in one go”, said Medix21’s surgical sales manager Camille Furnandiz. “Retinalogik provides print outs that are identical to Humphrey – the gold standard for visual field testing. Its visual field capabilities allow for progression analysis and detection and monitoring of glaucoma, macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy.”
The beauty of the headset is the patient can sit comfortably in the clinic waiting room and have all their tests done there in just a few minutes without the need to move around or having a technician keeping them on task, she said. “They don’t have to sit in the dark or have one eye patched.”
Furnandiz said Retinalogik will also be integrated with CatTrax to push the tests via DICOM, making the transfer of patient data into digital records seamless.
