In addition to holding product demonstrations at CES, we’ve been busy on the show floor checking out all the cool technology and throwing pop-up Pico Parties. Yes, that’s right, a Pico Party. Using the SHOWWX+ HDMI and an iPod/iPhone, we invited users to play mobile games, sing karaoke, and even watch music videos in the taxi lines. Who doesn’t enjoy a little Lady Gaga while waiting for a taxi?
The mobile gaming and karaoke Pico Parties were a great brain-break for CES attendees. For the karaoke party, we used our SHOWWX+ HDMI, an i-device, a WOWee ONE portable speaker and a portable microphone to create a mobile karaoke station. The SHOWWX+ HDMI projected the lyrics onto any type of surface at any spot on the show floor, and attendees got to do their best “American Idol” impression.
While hosting pop-up Pico Parties, we also got to check out all the cool technology on the show floor including Pioneer’s Augmented Reality HUD, which is powered by MicroVision’s PicoP technology. It’s amazing to see what other companies are doing with our technology and how the PicoP engine is being used in a variety of industries.
Overall, day three at CES 2012 was a big success. Make sure to check out our Facebook page for more photos and videos from the show. Stay turned for a CES wrap-up later this week!
As CES continues, we’re getting the opportunity to meet with many great folks and have been excited to see people’s responses to our technology. We’ve heard positive things about the possibilities that lay ahead for mobile display and the future of mobile gaming, and we’re pleased to say that Popular Science has awarded our PicoP Gen 2 laser display engine with the CES Product of the Future award! The award compliments the great article Popular Science posted yesterday, which emphasizes MicroVision’s PicoP Gen 2 laser display engine as an embedded display solution. Here’s a quick highlight from the award:
“If there’s one thing we love at PopSci, it’s a pico projector. And, well, we’ve seen a lot of them over the last three years. But MicroVision’s new PicoP Gen2 is sorta the one we’ve been looking for. Not only is it the first pico to display 720p HD video, it’s also the first one we’ve seen that’s small and efficient enough to be built into more things that just standalone projectors–we’re talking projector phones that aren’t bricks and even portable gaming systems that can be standalone mobile entertainment centers.”
MicroVision's PicoP Gen2 wins Popular Science CES 2012 Product of the Future
Popular Science isn’t the only one impressed with our technology. Jason Gilbert at The Huffington Post wrote a great article about MicroVision’s PicoP touch interactive display and compared the technology to a scene out of the movie “Minority Report.” The article includes a video of our own Mark Burson playing a helicopter game with our PicoP touch interactive technology, painting a clear picture of what Gilbert means when he says “the technology that could one day allow you to play any video game, anywhere, at any time, on any surface.” You can read the full article and watch the video here.
We’re having a great time here at CES! With the show in full swing, we’ve been busy showing off our newest technology including the PicoMagic display applications and PicoP Gen 2 laser display engine. In case you missed our announcements on Monday, the PicoMagic display applications are the first ever portable, focus-free, touch interactive and 3D display, and they are powered by the PicoP Gen 2 laser display engine—the first ultra-miniature display engine to utilize direct green lasers.
So far, people at the show have been enthusiastic about this technology and we’re excited about the possibilities that lay ahead. Below is a picture of our very own Mark Burson demonstrating the PicoP touch interactive technology being featured in our exhibition suite at the Venetian hotel.
PicoMagic applications demonstrated at CES.
We also had a great time at the Showstoppers press event Tuesday night, meeting with lots of folks and showing off the PicoMagic display applications. For more information, check out this Engadget article and video from the event.
Additionally, we are also having fun on the show floor checking out all the great technology and inviting people to play games and watch videos on the SHOWWX+. If you’re at the show keep an eye out for our pop-up “picoparties” on the floor. You never know when our team will get creative with the SHOWWX+ for “pop-up” karaoke fun!
