May 25, 2007 — Microvision Inc., developer of ultra-miniature projection display and image capture products for mobile applications, has announced new advancements to its PicoP display system. The advancements were made in collaboration with several of Microvision’s high-volume manufacturing and key component supply chain partners.

The company’s newly developed wide-angle MEMS scanner enables nearly twice the projection angle compared to earlier versions, creating images with a viewable area approximately four times as large as images created by its predecessors, while still maintaining its small and sleek form factor. A prototype based on it delivers WVGA resolution (854 x 480 pixels) in a 16:9 aspect ratio, thereby providing a DVD-quality view from a package that is expected to be only 7 mm thick.

“We learned a great deal about the potential usage models for PicoP based projectors after polling our customers through direct user focused studies,” stated Alexander Tokman, President and CEO of Microvision.

PicoP is an ultra-miniature projector capable of producing large, high contrast, color rich, high resolution images. It is expected to be small and low-power enough to be embedded directly into mobile devices, such as cell phones. Its “infinite focus” operation naturally lends itself to mobile applications. Other potential display applications include tiny projectors for laptops, DVD players and digital cameras. The company is also seeking to leverage the PicoP into automotive and aerospace head-up displays, as well as full-color displays designed as fashionable eyewear.