Microvision recently announced a number of pieces of news at the same meter, according to my buddy Ron over at picoprojector-info.com. Some of that news is what I’d file under ‘related’ (for example they have got repeat order for their pico projector, the Show WX 2, which tin attach to the likes of mobile devices), but one piece of news was most interesting – namely they should be shipping their embedded pico projector modules by Q2 2010 – tin you imagine a WinMo gimmick, iPhone, or Android smartphone, backpacking one of these modules?!!
As it goes, pico projectors are a real number dilemma for device manufacturers – whilst they should be a great firearm of functionality, they have traditionally added a LOT of mass to the gimmick – which of course of action these days, with sub-11mm devices, is frowned upon! So this is wherefore we’ve seen the likes of offprint projector modules (like the Show WX 2), and even projectors that ‘climb’ the gimmick to become role of it, for when forcing out duties ar required.
Given many devices have a 9-12 calendar month design wheel, this means that we should potentially expect a tranche of mobile devices packing pico power, around Q1-Q2 2011. Of course, Microvision are not the only pico-projector manufacturer, but I’d wager that each of these companies is facing the same exercise set of challenges in miniaturising their technology, whilst maintaining brightness, and (!) minimising assault and battery drainage.
[Via: picoprojector-info.com]
