[tesseract]

Video microscopes work OK for inspection but for working under the microscope, the video delay and the lack of stereo vision are pretty intolerable. What would probably work better is a Vision Engineering eyepieceless stereo scope.

[sitkack]

How about a stereo microscope hooked up an oculus rift?

[aaronem]

Sounds good for a second, and then you realize that it's going to induce a conflict between your visual and proprioceptive senses that'll make it impossible to work at best, and probably make you toss up your lunch besides.