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PicoMagic™ Touch Interactive and 3D Display Applications Lead the
Pico Projection Revolution
LAS VEGAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jan. 9, 2012–
This year at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show, MicroVision,
Inc. (NASDAQ:MVIS), the leader in innovative ultra-miniature laser
display technology, is revealing immersive and boundary-pushing mobile
experiences for future pico projection products. Powered by its new
PicoP® Gen 2 HD laser display engine, MicroVision’s new PicoMagic™
demonstration platform will debut two new applications: the first-ever
focus-free touch interactive and 3D displays that create an entirely
new, immersive mobile experience for pico projection devices.
MicroVision’s PicoMagic(TM) display applications take business presentations to the next level. (Photo: Business Wire)
Whether used for business, entertainment or gaming, the PicoMagic
applications will revitalize the basic user experience often associated
with ultra-miniature projection technology. PicoMagic demonstrates how
mobile device users can have an immersive, “infinite reality” experience
in the palm of their hand. The MicroVision PicoP Gen 2 HD laser display
engine and PicoMagic display applications will be ideal for various
consumer and commercial mobile applications such as entertainment,
advanced gaming, business projection, and education.
Touch interactive and 3D mobile displays are two PicoMagic applications
MicroVision will be demonstrating at CES. Touch interactive displays
will allow users to instantly interact with a projected image on any
surface, as well as create multi-user applications such as virtual
whiteboards. For business users, touch interactive technology will
provide the convenience to conduct business presentations with only the
touch of their fingertips on a large display surface. Avid mobile gamers
would also benefit from touch interactive technology by interacting with
projected images with high response levels, making mobile gaming more
realistic. As MicroVision continues to dedicate itself to enhancing the
user experience for pico projection use cases, 3D displays are another
natural next step. MicroVision’s PicoP 3D will provide an incredibly
immersive viewing experience, from an ultra-compact and portable device.
“Pico projection is an emerging market with great growth opportunity for
MicroVision and we believe consumers want a more engaging experience
than just projecting information from mobile devices,” said Alexander
Tokman, president and CEO of MicroVision. “We have developed the first
two PicoMagic display applications based on this feedback from customers
and consumers. The PicoMagic display applications open up new
possibilities for OEMs and developers to create the next generation of
pico projection products that go beyond basic projection. Combining the
PicoP Gen 2 HD laser display engine with PicoMagic applications can give
business users, educators and gamers an unmatched interactive and
immersive content display experience.”
Available today as demonstrators, the PicoMagic applications are
expected to be provided to MicroVision’s future PicoP Gen 2 HD laser
display engine customers in late 2012 for 2013 products.
MicroVision is inviting CES attendees to its technology suite at the
Venetian Hotel (31-231) to experience the future of mobile projection
with the new PicoMagic display applications, including touch interactive
and 3D displays. Also in the exhibition suite is the newest generation
of Project Tuatara, MicroVision’s prototype gaming gun. Project Tuatara
enables an “infinite reality” experience to gamers where first- and
third-person games can be played on walls, ceilings and floors with
immersive movements that are unmatched by any console or mobile device
experience today.
About MicroVision
MicroVision provides the PicoP® display technology platform designed to
enable next-generation display and imaging products for pico projectors,
vehicle displays and wearable displays that interface with mobile
devices. The company’s PicoP® laser display engine uses highly efficient
laser light sources that create vivid images with high contrast and
brightness. For more information, visit us on:
Website: microvision.com
Blog: microvision.com/displayground
Twitter: twitter.com/microvision
Facebook: facebook.com/MicrovisionInc
YouTube: youtube.com/mvisvideo
PicoP and PicoMagic are trademarks of MicroVision, Inc. in the United
States and other countries. All other trademarks are the properties of
their respective owners.
Forward-Looking Statements Certain statements contained in this
release, including those relating to demonstrations, future product and
application availability, future product and application benefits and
those using words such as “will,” “can” and “expect” are forward-looking
statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Factors
that could cause actual results to differ materially from those
projected in the company’s forward-looking statements include the
following: our ability to raise additional capital when needed; our
customers’ failure to perform under open purchase orders; our financial
and technical resources relative to those of our competitors; our
ability to keep up with rapid technological change; the timing of
commercial product launches and delays in product development; the
ability to achieve key technical milestones in key products; dependence
on third parties to develop, manufacture, sell and market our products;
our ability to enforce our intellectual property rights and protect our
proprietary technologies; the ability to obtain additional contract
awards; potential product liability claims; government regulation of our
technologies; and other risk factors identified from time to time in the
company’s SEC reports, including the company’s Annual Report on Form
10-K filed with the SEC. Except as expressly required by federal
securities laws, we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise
any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information,
future events, changes in circumstances or any other reason.
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Source: MicroVision, Inc.
MicroVision, Inc.
Tiffany Bradford, 425-882-6629 (investors)
tiffany_bradford@microvision.com
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