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Business Summary: Microvision Inc. MVIS
Microvision, Inc. (Microvision) is a developer of miniature display and imaging engines based upon its integrated photonics module (IPM) technology platform. The Company’s technology platform combines two dimensional Micro-Electrical Mechanical system (MEMS) light scanning technologies, lasers, optics, electronics, and its system controls expertise into compact display or imaging solutions that will lead to new applications and products in the consumer and automotive markets. It has entered into development agreements with commercial and United States government customers to develop advanced prototype and demonstration units based on its light scanning technologies.
Article: More on Microvision Inc. MVIS
Madrid, 1st of December, 2009. - Vodafone Spain launches the SHOWWX pico projector, an innovative portable projector thanks to Microvision Inc. (NASDAQ:MVIS), a global leader in innovative ultra-miniature projection display and image capture products for mobility applications.
The SHOWWX pico projector uses revolutionary laser-based display technology that delivers large, colorful, bright, and vivid images that are always in focus, regardless of projection distance.
The SHOWWX is a simple plug-n-play pico projector for people on-the-go who want to spontaneously view and share multimedia applications and programs such as mobile TV, movies, photos, presentations and more. Users can take the pocket-sized projector anywhere, plug it into their portable media players, mobile phones, notebooks and other portable mobile media devices and share a big screen experience with friends, family or business associates. Depending on the ambient light, the projected images range in size from 12” to 150”. The SHOWWX uses the revolutionary laser-based PicoP display engine technology that delivers large, colorful, bright, and vivid images that are always in focus, regardless of projection distance.
Pico Projector Displays:
Microvision develops small projector displays as stand alone systems or embedded into mobile products. The display industry is calling this new class of projectors pico projectors. In January 2009, the Company demonstrated its pre-production pico projector named SHOW WX at both Macworld in San Francisco and at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The SHOW WX is a battery operated plug-and-play projector that can project a color, WVGA (848 X 480 pixels), digital versatile disc (DVD) image with colors and contrast.
Vehicle Displays:
The Company produced prototypes that demonstrate its PicoP's ability to project a high-resolution readable image during day or night onto the windshield of an automobile to provide the driver with a range of information related to the car's operation. The Company is working with Tier 1 automotive suppliers to develop a PicoP enabled HUD prototypes and market them to their original equipment manufacturer (OEM) customers.
Wearable Displays:
Wearable display platform could be in the form of ruggedized helmet mounted display systems or lightweight fashionable eyewear displays. Wearable displays could be used to provide personal viewing of information that originates from a mobile device and arrives at the display through a wired or wireless connection. Microvision is working with the United States military and commercial customers to further develop the optical design and integration of the PicoP display engine for military applications, such as helmet mounted displays and color see-through eyewear.
Bar Code Scanners:
The Company markets its line of hand held bar code scanners and bar code scanner enabled enterprise solutions. The ROV Scanner incorporates its MEMS technology and is designed to accommodate mobile workers who need simple and affordable data collection solutions on the mobile platforms of their choosing. ROV Scanners are manufactured for the Company by a contract manufacturer located in Malaysia. It distributes ROV Scanners directly to end-users through value added resellers, OEMs and phone and Internet orders.
The company, based on its light scanning technologies, also develops and produces prototype and demonstration units for commercial customers and the United States government. It serves customers in the consumer, automotive, defense, industrial, and medical markets. Microvision, Inc. was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Redmond, Washington.
The Company competes with Texas Instruments Incorporated, 3M, Light Blue Optics Ltd., Siemens VDO and Nippon Seiki.
More information on Microvision Inc. MVIS, is available at their website: http://www.mvis.com
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