Augmented reality, contrary to the views of most people, is not limited to the gaming industry and can be applied in quite serious areas. For example, Google employees have provided an "intelligent" microscope that, based on artificial intelligence and augmented reality technology, can conduct a fairly accurate diagnosis of cancer.

The development team is responsible for a team of scientists from Google Brain. The new device, in addition to AR and AI technology, is based on a standard optical light microscope, slightly modified to work with the technologies described above. To modernize the microscope, Google engineers placed two modules between the eyepiece and the lens. The first uses a semitransparent mirror that reflects part of the light on the photomatrix, while the second project the image and superimpose it on the image of the sample under study.

This means that the technology can be implemented in any more or less equipped medical laboratory. The platform allows for real-time analysis of the image and the results of recognition of the cells with which the study is being conducted. The refresh rate of the image is 10 frames per second, which is quite enough for diagnostics. The algorithm itself is based on computer vision and machine learning. As Google experts say, a new diagnostic method can be used to detect any oncological pathologies, but at the moment the device determines metastases of breast cancer in the lymph nodes, as well as prostate cancer.