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Metronor Coordinate System

Written by Michael Cone

Updated at January 30th, 2026

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This image shows the Metronor SOLO camera coordinate system.

From the perspective of the LightPen:

Because the camera lens is the datum, the Z value at the probe will always show as a negative value in the VTube-LASER DRO when using the default Metronor coordinate system.

 

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