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Motorola signs on with Microvision's PicoP laser projection

by Thomas Ricker, posted Jul 25th 2007 @ 8:33AM

After months of eyelash batting and heavy petting, Microvision and Motorola have officially exchanged vows. In a deal inked yesterday, Motorola has agreed to help Microvision bring their PicoP laser projection technology to market. Not a surprise really what with Microvision's penchant for using Moto handsets in their marketing collateral. Unfortunately, the agreement looks to amount to the production of a functional prototype only for the time being. While the prospect of an 854 x 480 resolution projection is certainly titillating, we doubt our gadget vanity can withstand the extra chub and battery drain the tech would introduce on our slim, sexy handsets. Then again, the geek cred gained could offset the lack of swank. No worries, we've got several months (if not a couple of years) to grow up before product is ready for consumers.

[Via Pocket-lint]

Microvision touts improvements to PicoP projector

by Chris Ziegler, posted May 28th 2007 @ 9:30PM

Microvision's subminiature projector hasn't even found its way into a single production cellphone yet, but that's not stopping the company from going back to the drawing board and improving the lil' bugger. Round 2 (our terminology, not theirs) improves viewing angle significantly, giving it a projected image size four times as large as the original without increasing the device's 7mm thick size. The so-called PicoP rocks out with wide VGA (854 x 480) resolution to provide passers-by with a "DVD-quality viewing experience." Guess the only thing left is to integrate it into something we can buy, right, Microvision?

[Via Business Wire]