2009
At the American Academy of Ophthalmology in San Francisco, California from 24-27 October, 2009, VRmagic presents for the first time an augmented reality simulator that allows training of binocular indirect ophthalmoscopy as well as diagnosis of retinal diseases.
2008
VRmagic Holding AG is founded.
At the AUTOMATICA Trade Fair in Munich, the "Walter Reis - Innovation Award for Robotics" is awarded to a hand-held operation robot developed by an interdisciplinary team consisting of different departments at the University of Heidelberg and regional companies. VRmagic supports the project through development of the camera technology.
Dr. Markus Schill and Dr. Clemens Wagner receive the Relja Zivojnovic Award for development of Eyesi at the Annual Congress of the European VitreoRetinal Society, EVRS, in Prague.
VRmagic presents its camera portfolio “Streaming, Smart, Intelligent Components” to an international audience at the VISION trade fair for image processing technology in Stuttgart. At the trade fair, VRmagic presents for the first time a new multi-sensor camera with up to four freely positionable, pixel-synchronous sensors and a programmable intelligent camera.
2007
For development of Eyesi Cataract, VRmagic is chosen from 450 European competitors and receives the “European ICT Prize” of the European Union.
VRmagic founds a subsidiary in the U.S.: VRmagic Inc, headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, takes over sales and marketing of medical simulators in North America.
With the launch of a new camera series featuring FPGA technology, VRmagic considerably extends its portfolio in the camera field: the product range now includes over 68 camera models.
2006
VRmagic organizes the first European Vitreoretinal Drylab in Mannheim: Ophthalmologists from all over Europe are trained on Eyesi simulators.
2005
Presentation of Eyesi Cataract at the Conference of the American Association of Ophthalmologists (AAO) in Chicago, USA. Removal of the clouded lens of cataract patients can now be trained on the same simulator platform that is used for simulation of vitreoretinal surgery.
The international non-profit organization Orbis, which has the goal of making operations against blindness available all over the world, equips its training plane and various national programs with Eyesi simulators in order to train ophthalmologists in developing countries on the surgical techniques for removal of cataracts.
2004
Eyesi is awarded the title “Most Innovative Product” by the British Royal College of Ophthalmologists in Manchester, UK.
The first “dry lab” in the world takes place with six Eyesi simulators at the 6th International Vitreoretinal Symposium in Frankfurt/Marburg.
2003
Presentation of Eyesi in the U.S. at the Annual Conference of the American Association of Ophthalmologists (AAO) in Anaheim, CA.
The Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology supports development of Eyesi as part of the PRO INNO program to increase the innovation competence of small and medium-sized enterprises.
VRmagic launches the first certified USB 2.0 camera on the market.
2002
Market launch of the first product generation of Eyesi at the Congress of the German Society of Ophthalmology (DOG) in Berlin.
VRmagic Technology Group (VRmTech) is founded as part of VRmagic GmbH with the goal of developing own cameras and image processing components that meet the demands for real-time tracking in ophthalmic surgical simulators.
2001
VRmagic GmbH is founded as a cooperation of medical specialists, physicists and computer scientists from the Universities of Heidelberg and Mannheim. The land Baden-Württemberg supported establishment of the company as part of the “Young Innovators” program.
The first prototype of the ophthalmic surgical simulator Eyesi Vitreo-Retinal for operations on the retina and vitreous body is presented at the Conference of the German Society of Ophthalmology (DOG) in Berlin.
In the same year, development of Eyesi receives the Research and Innovation Prize of the Rhein-Neckar-Dreieck Foundation, awarded by the Manfred Lautenschläger Foundation.