Near Eye Display.
Pico Projection.
Interactive Pico Projection
LiDAR
Whatever the "Black Box" is.
Showing posts with label #Interactive Projection. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #Interactive Projection. Show all posts
Thursday, January 18, 2018
Monday, January 30, 2017
Interesting Patent From Microsoft, Possible now with Microvision
So, Joe sent this to me on Friday morning.
This is good stuff.
It looks a lot like the video from Microvision.
This is good stuff.
It looks a lot like the video from Microvision.
And similar in concept to what NVDIA showed at CES (Fast forward to 30:00)
Way beyond voice activation, Microsoft's system will offer a highly sophisticated 3D depth camera in tune with a pico projector to allow video conferencing to occur in any room in your home or office as the imagery could be projected on a wall instead of a computer display as noted in our cover graphic. Microsoft's home automation system could be set up in a user's home or office and act as a form of video-intercom. The system could be set up in a home in various configurations such as a device like the Amazon Echo or on the wall or ceiling so that a conversation could take place while a user is moving from room to room.
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The projection unit 100 also comprises a rotating projection module #304 comprising at least one pico projector and optionally comprising an optical arrangement comprising mirrors and/or lenses configured to optically move light projected by the pico projector.
Friday, January 6, 2017
Mid Range LIDAR
Screenless displays, interactive projection, near eye displays and LiDAR are major growing areas in electronics. (Microvision's tech is useful in all of these areas.)
Much of the talk recently in tech is about self-driving cars, and what they need are really good sensors to look around.
I heard a conversation yesterday about just how good that is and did a little checking up. The story I hears was about how the car is taking pictures of everything all the time -- lots and lots of sensing going on -- and when the car detected in front of it a car that was slowing, and a following car that couldn't possibly stop in time -- warned the driver about the accident BEFORE it happened.
There's video of this happening.
A lot of old-timers who are used to having their hands on the wheel ( and being surrounded by lesser drivers ) have some hesitance about accepting assistance from a machine.
Will this all be perfect? No. Will it need better sensors to get there? Yes. The Mems LIDAR will be very useful for this, and is driving down prices.
Microvision is in LIDAR with STM, which is a tremendous partner.
Ford is working with Velodyne, and Velodyne is mentioning Microvision in at least one LiDAR patent -- the current Velodyne laser scanner is large and expensive.
CNET - LIDAR and self-driving cars.
Mercury News -- more at source
More Background - ABC Australia
Much of the talk recently in tech is about self-driving cars, and what they need are really good sensors to look around.
I heard a conversation yesterday about just how good that is and did a little checking up. The story I hears was about how the car is taking pictures of everything all the time -- lots and lots of sensing going on -- and when the car detected in front of it a car that was slowing, and a following car that couldn't possibly stop in time -- warned the driver about the accident BEFORE it happened.
There's video of this happening.
A lot of old-timers who are used to having their hands on the wheel ( and being surrounded by lesser drivers ) have some hesitance about accepting assistance from a machine.
Will this all be perfect? No. Will it need better sensors to get there? Yes. The Mems LIDAR will be very useful for this, and is driving down prices.
Microvision is in LIDAR with STM, which is a tremendous partner.
Ford is working with Velodyne, and Velodyne is mentioning Microvision in at least one LiDAR patent -- the current Velodyne laser scanner is large and expensive.
CNET - LIDAR and self-driving cars.
Mercury News -- more at source
More Background - ABC Australia
Wednesday, January 4, 2017
Hololamp
Check out the scan lines in the first ten seconds. Looks like Microvision.
...and it looks REALLY cool.
...and it fits with recent communications from Microvision
...and Microvision has plans to start mass production of interactive projection.
VentureBeat
Source -- More there
“A headset reduces a user’s field of view and tends to be uncomfortable, whereas HoloLamp enables the user to achieve an immersive experience without having to hold or wear any equipment,” said HoloLamp cofounder Guillaume Chica in a statement provided to VentureBeat. “The hands-free and glasses-free technology allows users to easily engage with their surroundings while using HoloLamp, making it an ideal solution for numerous business and personal environments.”
Objects created by HoloLamp can be manipulated with a PlayStation 4 controller today, but in the future the company wants to make control of objects possible by touching the surface where an image is projected.
Hololamp Website
...and it looks REALLY cool.
...and it fits with recent communications from Microvision
...and Microvision has plans to start mass production of interactive projection.
VentureBeat
Source -- More there
“A headset reduces a user’s field of view and tends to be uncomfortable, whereas HoloLamp enables the user to achieve an immersive experience without having to hold or wear any equipment,” said HoloLamp cofounder Guillaume Chica in a statement provided to VentureBeat. “The hands-free and glasses-free technology allows users to easily engage with their surroundings while using HoloLamp, making it an ideal solution for numerous business and personal environments.”
Objects created by HoloLamp can be manipulated with a PlayStation 4 controller today, but in the future the company wants to make control of objects possible by touching the surface where an image is projected.
Hololamp Website
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