You can almost beam yourself up to wherever you want to go with MicroVision's prototype of an embedded projector in an Android-based device. The company showed the device — which looks like a smart phone and has a 3.5-inch capacitive touchscreen — at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. (They call it a "mini-tablet.")
"The PicoP display engine ... does not require projection lenses, focus wheels or complex optics and it dissipates less heat, yielding an extremely small form factor," the Redmond-based company said in a release.
Carrying a big screen in your pocket is part of MicroVision's vision. It also showed the ShowWX+, a smart phone-sized laser pico projector that was made for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad and can connect to the devices and display video or images — from Netflix movies, home movies and photos, as well as from games — from a distance of 6 to 100 inches away.
It also can be connected to other devices, from DVD players to game consoles, but its real charm is in its portability. (It also works with Nokia's N-series of phones, as well as Apple's line of mobile devices.) It retails for $399.
