Virtual Reality Lab

Eye Hospital, UMC Ljubljana
Leader: Assist. Prof. Ana Fakin, PhD. MD., Specialist in ophthalmology, FEBO

The laboratory was established in 2021 with the aim of introducing modern methods that combine virtual reality with biometrics to investigate visual function in healthy people and patients with various visual impairments.
The laboratory is located at the premises of the National Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired (NCRSS) (head: Prof. Dr. Nataša Vidović Valentinčić, MD, PhD), which is a part of the Eye Hospital Ljubljana, which enables the direct inclusion of patients referred to the NCRSS in studies, which are carried out in the Laboratory.

Equipment:

The virtual reality laboratory is equipped with hardware and software, including three powerful computers, two virtual reality glasses with biometrics (HP Reverb G2 Omnicept), visual field test software (IC TEST), facial recognition research software (IC FACES), pupillometry software (IC PUPILLOMETRY) and eye movement analysis software (IC FUSION).

Current studies:

1. Examination of the field of vision with virtual reality glasses in patients with retinitis pigmentosa and other forms of visual impairment

2. Face recognition in patients with age-related macular degeneration and other forms of visual impairment

Publications and presentations:

ARVO World Congress of Ophthalmology, 2022
 

KLOBUČAR, Pia, VIDOVIĆ VALENTINČIČ, Nataša, FAKIN, Ana. The Use of virtual reality glasses with biometry to study eye movements and visual function in patients with retinitis pigmentosa. V: ARVO Annual Meeting 2022, Denver (CO), USA, May 1-4, 2022. Denver: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, 2022. Vol. 63, iss. 7, str. 716-f0444. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science (Online), Vol. 63, iss. 7. ISSN 1552-5783.
https://iovs.arvojournals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2779457

Ješe's Day, Comprehensive rehabilitation of the blind and partially sighted, 2022
 

KLOBUČAR, Pia, VIDOVIĆ VALENTINČIČ, Nataša, FAKIN, Ana. Uporaba očal za navidezno resničnost pri določanju vidne funkcije. V: VIDOVIĆ VALENTINČIČ, Nataša (ur.), GLOBOČNIK PETROVIČ, Mojca (ur.), CVENKEL, Barbara (ur.). Celovita rehabilitacija slepih in slabovidnih : izbrana poglavja iz oftalmologije : Ješetov dan : Ljubljana, maj 2022. Ljubljana: Univerzitetni klinični center, Očesna klinika, 2022. Str. 182-197. ISBN 978-961-7105-13-1. [COBISS.SI-ID 110504451]
https://www.zos-szd.si/doc2/zborniki/2022-celovita-rehabilitacija-slepih-in-slabovidnih.pdf

Tour of the Laboratory by representatives of the European Association for Rare Eye Diseases (ERN-EYE; ern-eye.eu) at the regular annual meeting in Ljubljana, 2023
 

Financial support:

ARRS project J3-1750 - Preparation of prerequisite conditions for gene therapy of hereditary eye disorders
(2019-2022)
Tertiary project UMC LJ 20220038 - Development of a virtual reality laboratory (2022-2024)

Contact:

ana.fakin@kclj.si