An ophthalmic surgical system comprises: a camera optically coupled to asurgical microscope； a virtual reality (VR)headset worn by a surgeon； and a VR data processing unit configured tocommunicate with the surgical microscope, the VR headset,and an ophthalmic surgical apparatus, wherein the VR data processing unit isconfigured to: project a real time video screen of videoreceived from the camera into the VR headset； project a patient informationscreen into the VR headset to provide the patient informationdirectly to the surgeon during ophthalmic surgery； project a surgicalapparatus information screen into the VR headset； project a surgicalapparatus input control screen into the VR headset to provide the surgeon withdirect control over the surgical apparatus； and controlwhich ones of the screens are visible in the VR headset based inputsindicating head movements of the surgeon as detected by theVR headset.
