

                                   Exhibit 23
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Consent of Independent Accountants
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We  hereby  consent  to the  incorporation  by  reference  in  the  Registration
Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-10847),  Registration  Statement on Form S-8 (No.
33-87064),  Registration  Statement on Form S-8 (No.  33-76864) and Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (No.  333-42329) of Advanced  Machine  Vision  Corporation
(formerly Applied Laser Systems or ARC Capital) of our report dated February 29,
2000 relating to the financial  statements  and  financial  statement  schedule,
which appear in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.




PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Portland, Oregon
March 30, 2000

