Sony's head-mounted 3D video display gives surgeons an inside view

Having introduced its HMZ-T1 personal 3D viewer aimed at the home entertainment market in 2011, and updating it in 2012 with the HMZ-T2, Sony has ventured into the operating theater for its latest head-mounted display. Unveiled last week in Tokyo, the "head-mount image processing unit" gives surgeons virtual X-ray vision by means of an endoscope feeding images to a pair of head-mounted monitors. This setup allows surgeons to view high definition 3D images from inside the patient while carrying out laparoscopic surgery... Continue Reading Sony's head-mounted 3D video display gives surgeons an inside view

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Tags: 3D, Display, Head Mounted Displays, Japan, OLED, Sony, Surgery, Video

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