Comments on: SHOWWX Demo…About as real as it gets

By: Matt Nichols

Matt Nichols — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:16:33 +0000

John, thanks for the questions/comments. I owe you a reply to two posts. 1) I actually video taped Ben Averch’s presentation at Projection Summit. The audio quality was pretty bad, so I’ve been trying to fix this and if successful will post his presentation with supporting slides. 2) I was visiting with my father last weekend who has a Kindle. I know what you mean about the readability. If the Kindle could support VGA or TV out (which it currently does not), SHOWWX could certainly be a secondary display source. This would be the same for any other type of e-reader host device, assuming the application that downloaded the e-book allowed the host device to display the information through the VGA or TV out source. This might be an interesting use of SHOWWX for individuals with low vision too? Ahhh, the application experiments/opportunities that await us when the product begins to ship. Thanks for the questions/comments. Matt

By: John Demitz

John Demitz — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:30:32 +0000

Do you see e-book readers as a potential application for the PicoP? Kindle doesn’t have backlighting and can be difficult to use in dark environments. A PicoP-based ebook reader would be an attractive alternative.

By: George

George — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:06:24 +0000

Yes! The market for Pico projectors is real and growing. However, the multitude of LED based light engines (Read: heat engines), only amplifies the desireability of the PicoP light engine. Microvision clearly owns a corner market on the increasingly busy micro-projection Blvd. Soon, there will be only a couple of players left on the playing field. The cellular carriers want embedded ASAP and Microvision’s technology seems to be the desired tech — maybe the only tech!