Online Driving Vision Test: Licence-Ready & Accessible

Why driving vision testing matters

Safe driving depends on more than sharp central vision. Drivers need a wide, reliable visual field to detect hazards from every direction. For many licensing authorities, visual field testing is a key part of determining whether someone is fit to hold a licence.

Traditionally, this has meant attending a clinic equipped with a perimeter, often involving long waits, travel, and a test that can feel uncomfortable and intimidating.

Eyeonic changes that experience. The Driving Vision Test provides a binocular, supra-threshold assessment, designed specifically for driving licence decisions. Drivers are tested with both eyes open, reflecting real-world driving conditions, and the outcome is a clear, licence-focused result.

Supra-threshold testing for licensing

There are two broad types of visual field tests:

Threshold tests: used in clinical practice to diagnose and monitor eye disease by measuring sensitivity at each point in the visual field.

Supra-threshold tests: used for licensing. Instead of measuring sensitivity, they apply a fixed pass/fail standard at each location to confirm whether vision meets the required legal criteria.

Eyeonic’s Driving Vision Test is a supra-threshold, binocular test:

Both eyes are open and tested together, mirroring real-world driving.
Test locations and criteria are tailored to each country’s licensing standards (for example, in Australia a 120° × 40° binocular field is assessed).

The result is a clear pass/fail outcome that supports licensing decisions.

Designed for accessibility, affordability, and ease

Traditional, machine-based visual field testing for licences is:

Capital-intensive and expensive to purchase
Fixed in a clinic, with limited mobility
Time-consuming and labour-intensive to run
Often claustrophobic and stressful for patients
Dependent on a dedicated, controlled-lighting space

Eyeonic removes these barriers by offering online visual field testing on any compatible computer, in clinic or at home.

No specialised perimeter hardware
Reduced setup and staffing overhead
A more comfortable, open-screen experience for patients
Expanded access to testing in regions where traditional perimeters are scarce

How the Eyeonic Driving Vision Test works

Eyeonic combines smart software, AI-enabled monitoring, and an adaptive testing algorithm to deliver a reliable visual field assessment in minutes:

Step One

Smart visual target

A flickering stimulus is resistant to differences between screens and environments.

Step Two

Dynamic fixation

A moving fixation target guides the driver’s gaze to different corners of the screen, allowing each quadrant of the field to be tested efficiently.

Step Three

Webcam-based user monitoring

AI facial detection (not recognition) tracks head position and viewing distance, flagging if the user is too close, too far, or not aligned with the screen.

Step Four

Blind spot localisation

Confirms correct positioning and helps compute fixation losses to improve test reliability.

Step Four

Adaptive algorithm

Uses prior probabilities and real-time updates to focus testing where it matters most, typically completing the test within a few minutes for a normal visual field and slightly longer for glaucoma.

Results are summarised in a licence-oriented visual field map with a straightforward pass/fail interpretation aligned to the relevant standard.

Clinical performance

Eyeonic’s online binocular driving test has been evaluated against the standard machine-based Esterman visual field test:

Excellent agreement between tests (intraclass correlation coefficient 0.86)
High diagnostic accuracy (area under the curve 0.84)
Shorter test times compared with the Esterman test

These data support Eyeonic as a robust alternative for licence-related visual field assessment.

Where it fits in the licensing workflow

The Driving Vision Test is one component of a comprehensive visual assessment for licensing. Authorities typically also require:

Visual acuity testing (not provided by Eyeonic)
Clinical evaluation for underlying eye disease where appropriate

Eyeonic is designed to integrate into existing workflows used by ophthalmologists, optometrists, and licensing authorities, providing a modern, scalable solution for assessing visual fields in drivers.

Who this test is for

Ophthalmologists and optometrists conducting visual field assessments for driving licences
Licensing authorities seeking a validated, scalable alternative to traditional perimeters
Hospitals and eye clinics wanting to extend testing to satellite sites or telehealth settings