Texas Instruments out-picos itself with newer, tinier projector chip
By Laura June 
posted February 17th 2009 12:03AM
posted February 17th 2009 12:03AM
posted February 17th 2009 12:03AM
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What's with all the tiny projectors lately?
didn't you hear? The Doctor's trying to make a new holo-emitter based on 21st century technology.
This is so cool, I can totally see this tech being standard in a few years.
"WVGA resolution (the previous model has HVGA resolution)"
Excuse me, what's that in degrees farenheit per furlong?
800 x 480 in pixels.
All this WUXVGAWTFOMGBBQ stuff projector manufacturers give us is silly, I'd much rather see the resolution of what I am trying to buy without having to dig up the info.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vector_Video_Standards2.svg
If mobiles eventually become our main computer in the coming years projectors like this would free the device from the limitations of a small screen. I'm trying to think up ways you could control the interface with a screen projected at a distance. Blue-toothed mouse and voice control?
Exactly. Who needs to carry a laptop when you can carry a phone with a projected display. A second projector in the phone will display a virtual keyboard on the flat surface of your choice and a camera watches your fingers type. The technology already exists. Of course you will not get the feel of a keyboard and I will never give up my beloved trackpoint for mouse control...
Or we can go 10 more years into the future and wear our contact lens computers that read our brain waves.
The "I-Tech Virtual Laser Keyboard" is a device that projects a keyboard on any surface, and watches where your fingers touch the screen. It's not a huge leap to see this same tech attached to a portable video projector, to turn any wall into a full-touchscreen display.
I knew it was only a matter of time but wow..... By 2010 we should be seeing some serious projector phones being rendered...... MAYBE just maybe a launch of one or so.
good beginning though, i do not think these will go places until until you are ready to keep them plugged in all the time until you have batteries that can really last long. or atleast till solar power really rules...
Yes, though this is not your office project we are talking about here either. It is obviously more of a power drain than just a normal cellphone though it is not nearly as bright or powerful as a large boardroom unit. I also think the more practical use for a cell phone projector would be to quickly share a home movie or a photo with a group of friends, not necessarily make it your main screen.
yeah it is nothing serious we are talking about then we know the fate already, the success would seriously depend on how well the battery performs and also the cost of such phones, high cost might scare away casual users and bad battery would scare away any serious user :)
Chicago 16?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chicago16.jpg
Only 50"? It can't project my penis
You measured in nm... this is inches...
It is very cool to see how small they can make projectors at this time. However, it really does seem to fall into the category of "show-off gadgetry".
With all these leaps in projector technology, I don't understand why I can't buy a decent regular sized 1080p projector for less than 1,800. Smells like price fixing to me.