An ophthalmic surgical system comprises: a camera optically coupled to a surgical microscope； a virtual reality (VR) headset worn by a surgeon； and a VR data processing unit configured to communicate with the surgical microscope, the VR headset, and an ophthalmic surgical apparatus, wherein the VR data processing unit is configured to: project a real time video screen of video received from the camera into the VR headset； project a patient information screen into the VR headset to provide the patient information directly to the surgeon during ophthalmic surgery； project a surgical apparatus information screen into the VR headset； project a surgical apparatus input control screen into the VR headset to provide the surgeon with direct control over the surgical apparatus； and control which ones of the screens are visible in the VR headset based inputs indicating head movements of the surgeon as detected by the VR headset.
