The final product -- officials say it will likely be fielded in the
fourth quarter of FY21 -- will include a variety of features: a color
see-through digital display that makes it possible for the user to
access information without taking his eye off the battlefield; thermal
and low-light sensors that make it possible to see in the dark,
literally; rapid target acquisition and aided target identification;
augmented reality and artificial intelligence, to name just a few.
When optimized, the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) is a
single platform that features advanced goggles connected to a body
wearable computer, or puck, to perform multiple situational awareness
functions, including a simulated training environment (STE), advanced
night vision, target acquisition and language translation for enhanced
situational awareness.
A lot of people have asked me about this lately. Here are my thoughts. There are a lot of people who never look at their stocks except to make decisions once a quarter or so.
If you were holding MVIS five months ago, you may be one of those people and just put a sell order on --- "when it gets to $1 sell." I think that happened. Then your sell order becomes a market order, and the default at target price -15% or better. (That's how it worked with my broker, when I did such things)
So if 15% of the shares were targeted that way we'd need to sell off about 18 million shares before the price can keep going higher after $1.00. I think that's what's happening.
I think the price is going to close @ .85 +/- a couple of pennies, until there are that many shares traded below a buck. at the current rate, that will be next week...
Sorry the report is late, family came first for the last few days.
So, Saturday morning, 20 minutes after the exhibit opened, I was at the museum.
Luckily, when they asked if I had an appointment and did not, there was one available in 20 minutes.
In the room there were some chairs to wait, and this amazing model of Mont-Saint-Michel. The model was interesting, but I was more interested in HL2. This is a Mont-Saint-Michel exhibit, not a Hololens exhibit -- as you can see from the link to the exhibit page. People were using the Hololens, but were intently focused on the display and what it offered. (Which is exactly as it should be. It was seamless.) 70 & 80 year old people (or so they seemed) were using it without any fuss -- completely seamless and instinctive to use it.
I sat down as they fitted HL2 to my head. The host staff here didn't have long experience with the HL2 (One that I talked to had tried HL1.) It is MUCH more comfortable than HL1. I wear glasses, and with glasses on, I can take about 20 minutes with HL1 before it becomes very uncomfortable. I would easily be able to wear HL2 for most of the day and enjoy it.
There was little interactivity with the exhibit. You looked at the model, it gave instructions: when the ball moves around, focus on the ball with your eyes, and it will continue. Easy enough. The first thing it did then was add moving surroundings to the model... instead of just looking at the model, you were looking at the model with waves and water surrounding it. (Cool!) It was clearly scanning the model because when I moved around it would only put the waves where they belonged, around the outside of the model castle.
I followed the ball, it added and subtracted from the model, superimposing graphics over the physical thing in front of me. If I changed my position, it would compensate, and I could effectively walk around the model and see the changes from whichever position I had.
At one point the ball launched upwards, and I scanned around looking for it... then I was IN the cathedral. The room was maybe 20 by 30 feet, but I could see the other end of the cathedral 150 feet away. In any direction I looked, there was what I would see, and it changed as I moved. (I was tempted to see if I could walk all the way to the other end, but decided they wouldn't appreciate it.)
At another point, there was another completely computer generated model floating in the room. I could walk around that one too and see if from different angles.
One of the more interesting uses of the Hololens was it showed the INSIDE of the model. Here's how they used this part of the structure -- that and it showed pop-up illustrations, and narrated... you could hear it perfectly, but you couldn't hear the sounds from other headsets (I think there were 5 in use at a time.)
This wasn't the HL2 demonstration I was hoping for however. This presentation was designed on Hololens 1 and seemed like the display hadn't changed from HL1. I looked around the outside of the display, and it seemed like there was some display "acreage" that was unused. I was puzzled by this, but I strongly suspect what happened is that they took the presentation that was designed on HL1, and transferred it directly to HL2 -- with the same display dimensions and the same resolution that they were using on HL1.
I’m in Redmond, Washington, in a room at Microsoft, pondering an
all-terrain vehicle that has a busted engine. I have no idea how to fix
it. I’ve never done engine repair before.
But I do have some help: On my head, I’m wearing the HoloLens 2,
Microsoft’s “augmented reality” device. It has a see-through visor,
almost like the one on a motorcycle helmet, and the HoloLens projects
images onto the visor so they appear to float in the air before you.
When I look at the vehicle, the HoloLens flickers to life, and a
guide to fixing the engine pops up in the air. A blue arrow points at a
tableful of tools, and when I walk over to it, the arrow indicates that I
should grab a torque wrench. Once I take that tool, a new arrow
appears, beckoning me across the room to a case of bolts. I grab a bolt,
and a third arrow shows me where on the engine to install and tighten
it. In under two minutes I’ve completed the repair.
The sensation is bizarre, like living in a world of Harry Potter
magic. I can even touch the holograms. While I’m doing another repair
job, a virtual screen with the face of a remote mechanic materializes
before me to talk me through the job. The screen is in my way, though—so
I grab it by the corner with my fingers, right there in the air, and
drag it off to the side.
Trimble announced the availability of the Trimble XR10 with HoloLens 2
system, a worksite-ready mixed-reality solution that enables workers to
visualize 3D data on project sites for more efficient planning,
collaboration and reporting.
The new solution is enabled by two central components:
Trimble XR10 with HoloLens 2 - a mixed-reality device
purpose-built for integration into an industry-standard hardhat for use
in safety-controlled environments
Trimble Connect for HoloLens - cloud-based software that allows
for open and collaborative communication across all stakeholder types,
optimized to maximize the benefits of HoloLens 2
Enabling front-line workers in the construction, oil and gas,
manufacturing and mining industries, the Trimble XR10 meets
international certification standards for impact and electrical
protection in most major markets. The device includes all of the new
functionality of HoloLens 2, including a flip-up-visor, wider
field-of-view and more instinctual interaction enabled by
state-of-the-art hand-tracking technology.
The XR10 enables users to
overlay Constructible Building Information Models (BIM) and other
digital project data onto the physical context of the jobsite.
The video is from Fox news.... I've had trouble getting it to play.
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Most of the biggest names in Big Tech are racing to create smart
glasses that we wear everywhere and that may replace our phones.
Microsoft,
Amazon, Google, Snap, Facebook Apple, Magic Leap and others are all
working on some form of smart glasses or headset that will change how we
view the world around us. Instead of pulling a phone out of our pockets
to talk to people or interact with apps, we may do these things simply
by speaking to, and looking through, a set of glasses.
There’s
a race to be the first to make a set of glasses that everyone will
wear, which means they have to be fashionable and sleek enough to wear
all day and everywhere you go. Advocates of the technology hope that
you’ll one day be able to replace every screen in your life with just
one pair of smart glasses.
Our
activities related to our Interactive Display solutions resulted in a
major step forward during the past few months as customer due diligence
work has now led to negotiations for a component purchase agreement
that we aim to complete this quarter* for a targeted launch of our Interactive Display module in 2020.
"...we
aim to complete" seems to imply that terms have been agreed to and the
ball is in MicroVision's court with the contract
sitting on PM's desk waiting for him to sign and reveal at an opportune
moment. I believe that he has learned his lesson of prematurely
announcing expectations from the delay caused by Tier-1s requesting the
switch to Class 1 laser light engines.
"These
engagements over the past few quarters continue to reinforce our belief
that MicroVision has the potential with our Interactive Display product
to sell 1 to 3 million units during the first 12 to 24 months of
production.
If 3 million units = $100 million in revenue, then we can estimate our expected revenue to be in the area of $33 per unit.
We
believe that this capability expands the potential market for our
Interactive Display products
to include personal mobile gaming devices. With a larger potential
market, we believe that we have increased the opportunity for our
Interactive Display product to sell well in excess of 10 million units
to multiple customers.
So 10 million additional Interactive Display units
sold for mobile gaming should lead to revenues of about $330 million with margins increasing due to economies of scale!
I believe that the TAM will be much greater, but let us err on the conservative side.
I think that is pretty exciting!
I agree, Mr. Mulligan!
Leveraging
our years of Laser Beam Scanning experience and our demonstrated
capabilities in
LiDAR, the Automotive LiDAR vertical is a natural fit for MicroVision.
That said, we needed to develop critical additional capabilities to meet
some of the performance requirements in this space. With new IP for
these innovations recently filed we believe
we have the right solution at the right time. Early in 2019 we engaged
several top tier Automotive OEMs and presented an outline of our first
product to market. This product would be intended to support up to ADAS
Level 3 autonomy.
So
MicroVision has been working on this vertical for some time in silence
and has filed for patents on new IP, and in early
2019 engaged with several top tier Automotive OEMs. Sounds like NRE
opportunities exist along the lines of the April 2017 contract with
Microsoft and revenues from this could result. Now which Automotive OEMs
were heavily committing to Microsoft HoloLens2?
Toyota was one, IIRC.
So we could be looking at MicroVision revenues over $400 million, not counting HoloLens2 and other AR/MR contributions or
Display Only or Consumer LiDAR, in the next few years from a public company selling for $0.75 per share currently.
And now it's all public information if you know how to read between the lines.
I've been gone a lot and extremely focused on some training. Arrived home yesterday just as the conference call was getting started.
This company will be the source of key components in multiple emerging technologies.
I said "I told you you'd hear numbers like that eventually." a number of times yesterday.
Most of the delay is probably from trade adjustments with China. Short term disruptive, long term, this should be a very positive development. "I can say that certainly looks like our logo." Is one of the all time best lines in any conference call ever. Hololens Shipping Conference Call Transcript
CC Links including recording Production unit shipments for our April 2017 contract customer began in the third quarter and continue to proceed smoothly, meeting our customers production schedule. Our activities related to our Interactive Display solutions resulted in a major step forward during the past few months as customer due diligence work has now led to negotiations for component purchase agreement that we aim to complete this quarter fora targeted launch of our interactive display module in 2020.
As customer products come to market, we expect our company revenues could reach $100 million over a 12-month period, following product launches that we expect to start in the second half of 2020Let's move on to our automotive LiDAR product. The markets for advanced driver assistance systems is experiencing high growth that we expect to accelerate with the need for safety features and new regulations targeted to come into effect in the next 3 to 4 years.
More Later.... Michael Fawzy Malouf - Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC, Research Division - Partner, Senior Research Analyst & Head of Boston Team
Yes. That's helpful. I didn't realize if this was specifically for Interactive Display only. So that's helpful.And then if I could just ask 1 more question. Just recently, Alex Kipman, who has been really the guru behind the HoloLens 2 did this whole presentation about a month ago, talking about the HoloLens 2 and in that he showed a slide actually of the prototype of the device and its clearlyseen on their the MicroVision logo on the PCB Board. So I'm just kind of curious, is that sort of a public validation that you're on the HoloLens 2? And I would love to get a little bit of comments, specifically, tied to that presentation that Alex gave?
Perry M. Mulligan - MicroVision, Inc. - CEO & Director
Yes. So just that we're on the same page, Mike, I believe that this is -- you're referencing the presentation that Alex made on October 3rd at the ETHGlobal Lecture Series in Zurich? Michael Fawzy Malouf - Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC, Research Division - Partner, Senior Research Analyst & Head of Boston Team That's right. In fact, it was titled the HoloLens 2 - Unpacked. Perry M. Mulligan - MicroVision, Inc. - CEO & DirectorRight. So he called -- he referenced some of the pictures I think the HoloLens 2 model. And in that picture, it looks like you can see the MicroVisionlogo on some of those components.We can confirm that it appears to be our logo. And beyond that, I can't make any other comment.
We’re using new technologies for predictive maintenance and remote support through wearable technology, such as HoloLens – this takes away the necessity of being reliant on a specific skillset in each and every market. In turn producers have less downtime and save resources. We have set this up in 56 customers’ sites already. This is growing and depending on what service agreement we have with our customers, there’s more or less interaction between the local workforce and the global support system.
This is an interesting something I haven't seen anywhere else before. It might be the truth or a significant error. (they're not uncommon in tech press, so I don't give this a lot of weight, but it's something to look at.... certainly, Microsoft has manufacturing partners.)
HoloLens is simply wearable technology – field engineers can wear the glasses and connect to a remote specialist, who might be sitting in Germany, Italy or any of our main production centres. It allows remote interactive support between the two. While the technology is Microsoft’s, the actual hardware is provided by Siemens.
Apple’s next big thing might be augmented reality glasses, according to a research note from TF Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who follows Apple.
Kuo, in his Wednesday note, says that unlike other glasses tested in the marketplace before, Apple is planning for its specs to be used as an accessory to its iPhones -- not packed with processing hardware -- so they will be less bulky.
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Kuo originally said the glasses would be ready by mid-2020. In his new note, he said Apple expects the product to come to market early next year. Word of his report first came via website MacRumor.com. ******
Most notably, Microsoft marketed Hololens in 2016 and is now allowing pre-orders of Hololens 2, for up to $3,500. They're none too pretty.
The Hololens 2 website includes a video that appears to show surgeons, engineers and theatrical set designers using the glasses to guide their work.
Everything AR on your phone will be AR with Glasses.... Minecraft is Microsoft. The Most popular Youtube Video on Hololens.... Minecraft. I'm still slammed, and unable to pay as much attention as I'd like... things are getting interesting again. Thanks Mike C|net
When is Minecraft Earth coming out?
Starting this month, Microsoft plans to roll out to individual regions early access to game, until it's available worldwide by the end of the fall. Once it hits your area, you can start playing.
There is a new paradigm coming. It will arrive in full force by 2025.
It is Spatial Computing.
Computing that you, a robot, or a virtual being, can move through.
Some
think it's ambient computing. That's a piece. Some think it's augmented
reality. That's a piece. Some think it's virtual reality. That's a
piece. Those all fit under the spatial computing tent.
We can feel it when we go into an Amazon Go store where hundreds of cameras and sensors are watching our every move.
We can feel it when we put on a Microsoft HoloLens and move virtual factories around with our bare hands. No mouse needed.
We
can feel it when we look at the new Samsung Note 10 phones that have a
3D sensor with hundreds of thousands of data points. That lets your
phone do augmented reality that is pretty mind blowing, actually.
We
can feel it when we see surgeries being prepared for, and done, with
augmented reality glasses (and I know of one, coming, that even saves
surgeons' own lives).
We can feel it when we see robots delivering things in Las Vegas hotels.
We
can feel it when we see a self-driving car whiz past while we sit in a
Mountain View cafe. Or, when you let a Tesla drive you, like I do every
day.
We can feel it when Merge Labs announces they have sold a
million augmented reality cubes, mostly to teachers who are starting to
teach in a new way.
We can feel it when we talk to the founder of
Sketchfab and he shows us his stats are going up exponentially, now with
millions of 3D models in his search engine.
I remain sure that demand will be higher than Microsoft originally anticipated.
Seeing this, and knowing that Toyota has clearly invested time and effort to study this... you have to ask yourself "are they going to us it more, or less?"
The eye-catching finish of a new car does not come easy. At Toyota,
the coating film thickness of every vehicle goes through a strict
inspection process to ensure it is uniform and evenly distributed. Until
now, that had been a laborious task. Custom-made papers — with holes at
regular intervals — had to be cut and carefully applied onto a car’s
curved surface. The holes served as guides for workers with measuring
equipment, who scan the whole vehicle.
The process was tedious. A single inspection would take two people an entire day to complete. With HoloLens, the process of inspecting paint thickness of new cars has reduced from a day to two hours.Now with HoloLens, one person can do in just two hours.
Kayano’s have designed an app that enables them to skip the
cut and paste process. Using HoloLens, a digital array of dots is
projected directly onto a real car. Workers with HoloLens headset scan
and inspect a car’s painted surface quickly and easily. This increases
their productivity and frees up their time to do more meaningful tasks.
Been doing a lot of studying and preparation for going a new direction -- and as the biggest job here is to wait for an announcement it's getting the most attention.
Next week I'll leave for some training that will have me head-down and fully occupied until November.
Watch at least a couple of episodes on Netflix. Not only is it a good show, but they like some familiar technology in this science fiction crime show. Better than Us Thx A!
Last week I stopped by the Microsoft campus, and visited the Microsoft store there. I asked if I could see a Hololens 2.
I did see one, but it was on the head of an employee who was "gathering data." He raved about it but didn't let me try it on.
The folks at the store there said that their Hololens 2 was overdue. They expected it a couple of weeks ago and still haven't seen it. So they're on the "any day now" plan.
When it shows up I'll head down to check it out in person.
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp’s second generation HoloLens augmented reality headset will go on sale in September, the company’s executive vice president Harry Shum said on Thursday.
Shum made the comment in a speech at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai.
Display first... In the strictest sense, it's still speculative that Microvision's tech is in Hololens. (But there is enough evidence that I'm all in) This contract when mentioned, Microvision stated that once development was complete, Microvision could sell the results to whoever they wanted to. I think the enterprise focus of Microsoft made things happen a bit more slowly, but a lot better. I think consumer versions will be close behind.
To the largest part of the market(where the most money is moved,) the idea that Microsoft will make any headway with Hololens is speculative.
I expect we'd hear this if we asked them about it: "We've heard something about it, and saw something once, and... show me. Until then I have paying customers who want to get into UBER."
Microsoft hasn't really made any efforts to move it into the mass market yet.
If you go to their store and look up devices, it's not even listed. (VR and virtual reality are listed) but then you end up on the splash screen below... where Hololens will appear...second -- after Facebook's Oculus Rift.
Hololens is there, but not really there. If you're going out of your way to find it, you can find it. If you just wait for it to jump in front of you... it's not going to happen.
In spite of all of the glowing reviews - amazing results and demonstrations - and the huge Military contract for the device, the most popular video about it on YouTube is about.... Minecraft. (Has less than 5 million views... ) The amazing demonstrations of it in use improving productivity are way down the list. (They don't need YouTube to get the word out to people who will employ it that way.)
The idea that Microvision is in the Hololens is secondary speculation. Which in my view both painful and awesome.
We do not have definitive proof that MicroVision's tech is in the Hololens, but there's enough evidence that it could win the court case, and the appeals.
Meanwhile, there are 1.7 billion shares of UBER, trading at $33. It has a market cap of 57 Billion, and loses $3 per share. --- but it's popular, and people like to throw their money into it.
Given the behavior of Microsoft around Hololens.... when they do their media blitz they will get it a lot of attention... and the part of the market where the most money is moved will notice.
If you want to use gesture control in a room... or in a room with multiple people then you're going to need a high-resolution LiDAR to pick up the gestures accurately and distinguish between people who should be able to control the smart house and those who shouldn't be able to.
More and more, tech companies are leaning on AI to solve the equation for AR wearables in terms of form factor and functionality. Even Microsoft is blending the AI approach of ARKit and ARcore in detecting surfaces for the new scene understanding capabilities of the HoloLens 2. The software approach could be the key in arriving at smartglasses that are slim enough to wear every day instead of just in the comfort of the user's home or office.
The partners they highlighted on their new page. Videos from them. (couldn't find a good one from Medvis) The Page CAE Healthcare Pearson Siemens Truck Maintenance Bosch
Upskill Phillips
LASER TO HOLOGRAPHIC COMBINER: Pico-laser-based near-eye displays were pioneered by Microvision. With this kind of display system, a laser is bounced off a micro-mirror, mounted on a dual-axis gimbal. Early versions of these Microvision displays simply used a beam-splitter, otherwise known as a two-way mirror to combine the view of the real world with the view of virtual content. Over time, a more sophisticated optical combiner was developed, similar to the holographic waveguide. A series of micro-mirror-like holographic elements could be embedded inside a lens and the laser targeted at them, to reflect into the user’s eye. These laser displays—in their current form—have one distinct shortcoming compared to waveguides: a very narrow field of view (that being the width of the user’s view that can be augmented with virtual content). But as a competitor to waveguides, they also have a tremendous lens-crafters like Interglass of Switzerland, or Canadian consumer smartglasses brand, North, have shown that these kind of laser-based displays can be embedded within a traditional prescription lens.
North also has a patent to embed a waveguide within a prescription lens. Interglass says they’re also working on a waveguide within a prescription lens, and DigiLens have IP around a curved waveguide applied to the surface of a prescription lens. A representative from Interglass has suggested that a holographic waveguide embedded within a prescription lens should be expected in time for the Consumer Electronics Show in January 2020.
The waveguide display also requires a “light engine,” or micro-display to project into its input grating—the image source. These are also miniaturizing, getting brighter and falling in power consumption.
In future generations, expect lenses to combine displays with tunable focus lenses.
There are many people concerned about this, but for now, the FCC has determined it to be safe.
This may have been part of the later than expected Hololens news (recent approval from FCC)
5G would be beneficial to MVIS -- delivery of more data, at faster rates will make delivery of video and Augmented Reality Date much more efficient -- and likely cheaper over time.
The Federal Communications Commission has officially announced this week that 5G and the radio waves that come with it — while draped in controversy — are indeed safe for everyday use.
5G networks have only just begun hitting the market for smartphone users, and the buzz is substantial. With reported speeds as high as 1.1 Gbps, everyday users and industry experts are drooling at the potential uses for this blazing fast network. Plus, with Apple finally getting in on the action, 5G will soon become the standard for all devices.
However, many have worried that the higher frequency radio waves used for 5G could have negative health effects on citizens around the world. Luckily, according to the FCC, there's nothing to worry about. What Did the FCC Say?
In a statement released earlier this week, the FCC outlined their plan to maintain current radio frequency exposure standards, which stated pretty matter-of-factly that 5G is not only safe, but that the regulations in place to protect you are also pretty strict.
“The FCC sets radio frequency limits in close consultation with the FDA and other health agencies. After a thorough review of the record and consultation with these agencies, we find it appropriate to maintain the existing radio frequency limits, which are among the most stringent in the world for cell phones,”
Samsung plans to ship the Note 10 with Microsoft’s Your Phone app pre-installed too, which mirrors text messages and notifications onto Windows 10 PCs.
Microsoft head of mobile and cross-device experiences Shilpa Ranganathan announced this morning the app will also let users make and receive calls from their PC later this year, similar to a feature that allows Mac users to place calls from their computer through a connected iPhone.
This illustrates why some articles about some companies should be ignored....I counted 10 this morning... they all appear to be roughly the same kind of click-bait without the entertaining bug.
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I've been hitting the brain-trust hard, getting opinions from various other people and discussing mine -- a few things that have stuck out from the last few days.... all my own (educated?) opinion....
CLASS 1 I suspect that the class 1 reversion mentioned in the CC is part of a multi-level situation -- not all of the parts are related to each other
A) The issue with China is significant. With relative rapidity a large number of countries decided that they were transferring manufacturing OUT of China. (Mentioned here) -- and this was mentioned during the ASM that some issues with China could pop up and cause problems. This certainly would have the potential of throwing all production into chaos and This could cause significant disruptions around multiple supply chains.
This could rearrange manufacturing priorities.
I don't know, we don't know, probably no one knows the extent of the rearrangement that will be required because of this.
Suddenly Foxconn's weird behavior in Wisconsin makes sense... they may have been expecting that something was up and wanted to have a foothold somewhere in the US, just in case
B) It is my impression based on previous PicoP projector releases that Class 2 & 3 laser products needed individual approvals for many different countries they went to. This could be a significant impediment to rapid adoption of the tech across national boundaries
C) there is some stated improvement in the projector brightness with Class 1 lasers.... (related to the April 2017 contract partner?) There is no such thing as a projector that it's safe or comfortable to look into... I do not think that class1/class3 is a long-term impediment. But what is most important to me is that they can get the most customers this way. (I'm going to watch for it in portable gaming... because this is easy to do in a dimly lit room and is a HUGE market.) Xbox Scarlett / Sony - Xbox Partnership
Hololens (Augmented Reality) This has ALWAYS been a CLASS 1 Laser product!! (allegedly and possibly, in all likelihood using Microvision's near-eye display -- Laser Mems Display.) I visited the Microsoft Store near the University Of Washington in Seattle this week. I asked to see the Hololens 2. They didn't have one in the store, but they connected me with someone who attended the build conference and had the "opportunity" to try it. "Well, how was it??" I asked. "I didn't get to try it" she replied. "What?" "The line was 200 people long to try it. I didn't have time -- people that had tried it absolutely raved about it." she said. Combine that with the results from Airbus and NASA... I think Microsoft has a problem... a really good one to have. The results with this thing are so fantastic that they're not going to be able to keep up.
If you approach a company with a tool that can improve their efficiency by 10-15% reliably, they're going to be really happy. 97% better? 80% better.... that is a stunning, mind-bending improvement. I'm extremely confident that this will be a run-away success. NASA , Airbus Given patent flow, I think the next company out the gate is Apple. (remember, Microvision can sell this to whoever they want to once the development is done)
Also tried these... not great next to Hololens, and we're pretty sure --- same field of view as an iPad mini held at arms length.
