Stereoscopic Camera, System and Network

A stereoscopic camera comprising:

• an optical instrument having at least one optical path, wherein the instrument is capable of providing a plurality of optical views corresponding to a left view and a right view of a stereoscopic image of a location;
• a plurality of optical sensors in the at least one optical path, wherein each sensor comprises a plurality of pixel cells, wherein the plurality of optical sensors is configured to generate pixel data from the pixel cells, said data corresponding to at least one pixel data for each view of the plurality of optical views provided by the instrument;
• and
• an acquisition controller configured to:
• cause the plurality of optical sensors to generate at least one first data stream of pixel data corresponding to the left view and at least one second data stream of pixel data corresponding to the right view wherein the pixel data corresponding to a pixel of the left view is simultaneously generated with the pixel data corresponding to a pixel of the respective right view;
• combine the at least one first and second data streams into a third, single data stream wherein timing among data corresponding to respective pixels is known and maintained, and the single data stream is effective to represent the stereoscopic image of the location;
• and
• transfer the single data stream in real time to another device.