Guest nedge2k Posted January 8, 2007 Report Share Posted January 8, 2007 [teaser] Screw VGA-out ports! In the not-too-distant future our beloved devices could double as full blown projectors! :) Microvision To Demonstrate Breakthrough Ultra-Miniature “Thin Mint” Candy Sized Projection Display for Mobile Devices Company to Unveil Tiny Display Module During Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Microvision (NASDAQ:MVIS), the global leader in light scanning technologies for display and imaging products, announced today that it will unveil and demonstrate during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas an ultra-thin, miniature full-color projection display that is small enough to be embedded in portable hand-held devices including mobile phones. The miniature projection display prototype, based on Microvision’s proprietary Integrated Photonics Module (IPM), has been developed in collaboration with one of the Company’s high volume manufacturing partners to position Microvision to deliver mobile users worldwide a large screen viewing experience inside a thin and sleek portable package. “Small, two inch displays that are common to mobile devices such as cell phones are barriers to growth of exciting mobility markets, because they limit the user viewing experience,” said Alexander Tokman, President and CEO of Microvision. “Our projection display solution is expected to eliminate this bottleneck, benefiting consumers, mobile operators, content providers, and consumer electronics OEMs. As our display is further optimized for high volume manufacturing, OEMs are expected to create a new generation of mobile devices with powerful projection display capabilities. Content providers should benefit by expanding their portfolio of visually rich content and application services. Mobile operators should benefit from an enhanced user experience by increased adoption of mobile data services such as mobile TV. Consumers should be able to obtain a radically new viewing experience by projecting photos, videos, movies, and TV from personal mobile devices onto virtually any surface for entertaining and sharing with friends and family -- whenever, wherever.” The image produced by Microvision’s display is extremely sharp and vivid whether being projected to view an image the size of a laptop screen or further away to view an image the size of a big screen plasma TV. Currently measuring a slim 8 mm this extremely small display package, about the size of a “thin mint” chocolate candy or the generation two iPod® shuffle, has been dramatically miniaturized to 1/10 the size of the company’s original prototype shown in June 2006 at the Society for Information Display. The Company and its high volume manufacturing partners will continue to develop this exciting technology into products that are expected to meet very aggressive market requirements for size, power, cost, and performance. Microvision plans to demonstrate the projection display prototype at private showings for prospective global OEM customers, members of the media and institutional investors during the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, January 7 – 11. The company is showcasing how its display could be embedded directly into a device like a mobile phone, as well as be used as a standalone accessory display with a variety of mobile devices. “This development represents a major milestone in the company’s turnaround and growth strategy set in place in 2006,” – concluded Tokman. “Our product development team has done an outstanding job and we believe that our customers and partners will be delighted by what we have to show during CES.”[/teaser] [Source] via Engadget Mobile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul (MVP) Posted January 8, 2007 Report Share Posted January 8, 2007 I'd love to see this in the Universal II :) P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest crafty Posted January 8, 2007 Report Share Posted January 8, 2007 More pics here: http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/hands-o...itty-projector/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FlangeArtist Posted January 9, 2007 Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 More pics here: http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/hands-o...itty-projector/ Does anyone know what the resolution of the projector is? So, given this projector, and having it embeded in our Mobiles, can we also have the IR Keyboard. Then we can do away with the keyboard and screen (just have a small touch pad?) and our devices can then replace the Laptop! Whatcha think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 9, 2007 Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 Cool idea, and usefull. I reckon power consumption and price will decide its fate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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