1. A digital stereo microscope apparatus, comprising: a display unit located over an area of interest such that a human operator places hands, tools, or a combination thereof in the area of interest and views a magnified and augmented live stereo view of the area of interest with eyes of the human operator having a view substantially collocated with the hands, tools, or combination thereof of the human operator; an image display located on a first side of the display unit providing the magnified and augmented live stereo view; an optical system and an image acquisition system located in part on a second side of the display unit providing image capture and data capture of the area of interest; and a processing system communicatively coupled to the image acquisition system and the image display providing the magnified and augmented live stereo view to the image display based on the image capture and the data capture of the area of interest from the optical system and the image acquisition system, wherein the optical system and the image acquisition system is configured to provide the image capture with adjustments to provide the magnified and augmented live stereo view performed by the processing system.