VirtuaLens · Co-founded by Dr. Branch
See your vision before you choose a lens.
You can’t test-drive a lens implant the way you try on contacts. So our founder, Dr. John Branch, co-founded VirtuaLens: the first-of-its-kind, patented VR simulator that lets you experience each lens option before you choose. Practices around the country are adopting it. Texas Vision is the practice where it was born.
The actual comparison you make in the headset: night driving, two lenses. Drag it.
Invented here, used nationwide
Most practices hand you a brochure. Ours built the simulator.
VirtuaLens grew directly out of the lens conversations Dr. Branch has with patients in these exam rooms. It launched nationally in 2025, and cataract practices around the country now use it to do what we do here every day.
For you, that means the person recommending your lens is not reading from a vendor sheet. You are getting the conversation the tool was invented to make possible, from its co-founder.
Curious about the technology itself? Visit virtualens.health
Patented
First-of-its-kind immersive IOL simulator, U.S. Patent No. 12,279,819, with more pending.
Real-world scenes
Night driving, reading, the kitchen, the golf course. You compare lenses in the situations you actually live in.
Every lens type
Monofocal, multifocal, toric, monovision, light-adjustable, and extended depth of focus, side by side.
Founded in Cedar Park
Headquartered where Texas Vision practices. Your consultation happens at the source.
How it works
Sit in the chair. Put on the headset. See the difference.
In a single visit, you can experience what each premium lens actually looks like, in the situations that decide whether you'll be happy with it.
Driving at night
See how oncoming headlights, streetlights, and glare look through each lens, the single most common reason people love or regret a premium lens.
Reading & screens
Preview your phone, a menu, and a book at the distance you actually hold them, and where each lens needs help.
Distance & everyday
Compare clarity across the room and down the street, then switch lenses in real time until one feels right.
What you'll compare
The lens decision is the whole outcome. This is how you make it with your eyes open.
Premium lenses aren't better or worse, they're different trade-offs. The VR preview lets you feel those trade-offs instead of reading about them.
Monofocal
One sharp focal distance, usually distance, with glasses for the rest.
In VR: See how crisp distance is, and exactly where reading glasses would still come in.
Multifocal / Trifocal
A working range across distance, computer, and reading.
In VR: Compare near and intermediate clarity, and judge night halos for yourself.
Extended depth of focus (EDOF)
A continuous range that favors distance and intermediate with fewer night artifacts.
In VR: Feel the trade-off between an everyday range and the sharpest possible reading.
Light-adjustable
A lens fine-tuned with light treatments after surgery, based on how you actually see.
In VR: Understand what 'dialing it in after surgery' really means before you commit.
Pick a lens. See where you would see clearly, and drag the night scene to feel the glare trade-off. This is the conversation we have in the chair, made visual.
The widest glasses-free range
Where you would see clearly
Reading
book, phone
Screens
computer, dashboard
Distance
driving, across a room
Glasses: Glasses-free across reading, screens, and distance for most people.
Night driving, drag to compare
HalosClearVisible halos and starbursts at first, which most people neuroadapt past.
The trade-off: The most complete glasses-free range. The trade is more noticeable halos around lights at night, early on.
Which lenses are right to compare depends on your eye and prescription. In a real VR preview, your surgeon narrows the options first, then you experience them. Individual results vary.
Which lenses are right to compare depends on your eye and your prescription, your surgeon narrows the options before you ever put on the headset.
Why it matters
The most permanent decision in vision correction shouldn’t be the one you can see the least.
A lens implant stays in your eye for life. Yet most patients are asked to choose one from a glossy brochure and a few minutes of explanation, then live with the result.
The patients who regret a premium lens almost always say the same thing: “I didn’t know it would look like that at night.” The VR preview exists to make sure that sentence is never yours. You see the trade-offs first, decide second.
It’s also why we can be honest about candidacy. If a lens won’t give you the result you’re picturing, you’ll see that for yourself, not hear it as a sales pitch.
Questions about the VR preview
It's a close, honest simulation built to show the meaningful differences between lens types, how each handles distance, reading, and night driving. It's a decision tool, not a guarantee; your surgeon still confirms what your specific eye can achieve.
The VR lens preview is part of how we help you choose. We'll walk through it as part of your consultation, ask us when you book.
An intraocular lens is implanted permanently, there's no trial pair. That's exactly the gap the VR system closes: it lets you experience each option before the decision is made, instead of choosing from a brochure.
Whichever one fits your eye, your prescription, and how you actually use your vision. The VR preview helps you feel the trade-offs; your surgeon makes sure the choice is medically right for you.
See your vision before you choose.
Book a consultation and ask about the VR lens preview. We'll narrow your options, then let you experience them, before any decision is made.