Scopemate: A Robotic Microscope

In this video, we propose a new interaction mechanism for inspection microscopy. The novel input device combines an optically augmented web-cam with a head tracker. A head tracker controls the inspection angle of a webcam fitted with ap-propriate microscope optics. This allows an operator the full use of their hands while intuitively looking at the work area from different perspectives. This work was done by researchers Cati Boulanger (Vaucelle) and Paul Dietz from the Applied Sciences Group at Microsoft.

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Science & Technology

Tags:

• Microscope
• hand free interface
• virtual window
• head tracker.