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Showing posts with label awesome. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Why MicroVision? Because THIS. -- UPDATED 5/25/2015

Everyone wants (and consumers DEMAND) bigger smartphone screens.

MicroVision's PicoP technology makes a HUGE screen (bigger than most people's television sets) fit in a pocket.


Like this: (through a Celluon PicoAir)


Down at the bottom of this picture, is my phone, showing the same content. (These are delicious Dungeness crab I caught for dinner last year.)

Wouldn't you rather share you pictures like this -- so the whole family can see them at once, instead of passing your phone around?

These are ONE picture. That is how big the projected image was, and the phone was sitting right there. It isn't tweaked or size adjusted in any way.


My phone is featured in the same place for each picture. It works for video too.

THIS is why soon EVERYONE will want this technology. 








Taking these pictures was pretty tricky. Due to the nature of a laser-scanning display, with a fast shutter speed, only part of the display will appear. That is one reason the phone screen is a little brighter than it should be in these photos.

I may try to do the same setup and find out what the speed of a single frame is, which would allow a more accurate light comparison. (this one isn't bad, but it's not perfect.)


UPDATE: 5/25/2015

For those of you who would like to see HOW these pictures were taken, see the image below.

* The room was dark -- certainly not totally dark, but the shades in the room are good. It was not too dark for us to see and do the things we needed to do.

* The white wall was a very white wall, and excellent for projected images.

* The camera was on a tripod, because of a slowish shutter speed. (As indicated above, a "snapshot" would end up showing only a band of the projected image.) The shutter was open probably about a quarter to a third of a second -- the target was as fast a shutter speed as possible without seeing a scan line (which you can't seen when you're looking at the projected image.)

* The projector was about four feet from the wall. (the picture of the setup -- including the phone against the wall, is below.)


















Thanks T!!

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

In Depth Sony LifeSpace Video

A lot of it is in German, but 3 minutes in, it's excellent already.



After finishing... WOW. This is going to be huge. Especially the Cube.

Laser projector confirmed at 2:45

Thanks to Suzanne

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Friday, June 14, 2013

Stuff from the Microvision Investors Meeting 

I saw prototypes of embedded or accessory Microvision projectors yesterday.

 In a Kindle Fire® tablet . --- You want one... I mean REALLY you WANT one. This tablet had a picture as good as my TV at home, showing a screen nearly as big as my TV at home in a dimly lit room... (It wasn't a brightly lit room, but it was not dark.

attached comfortably to a Samsung phone --- with as good a picture as the other! 

In each of the tablets they were able to embed the projector without any change to the form factor (they cut a little hole in the side, installed the projector and sealed it up... there's no bump or anything.

Video of Kindle Fire prototype


A summary of the stockholder meeting. (Talked to this guy & gave him a lift home)




The key players are happier than I've ever seen them... and they acknowledged that they are.

Just before the main presentation, the CEO grabbed my arm (I've met him enough times that he recognizes me) and said something to the effect of "I feel like the anchor lines have been cut and I have my jet pack on."

There was an interesting pop in the stock this morning that I suspect strongly was an bout of insider buying.... (It's only suspicion at this time, but the timing, and the way the trade was conducted looks like an insider buy footprint... I'll watch for an SEC document release.)