| oncept of the pico, or pocket projector is a bit | | | | a few years ago. |
| less than seven years old. In that short time span, | | | | Many of the pico and micro projectors began with |
| major advancements have been made which | | | | single LCoS chip. While this does offer higher |
| make it virtually an essential technology for small | | | | resolution and a speedy response time, it is at the |
| and large businesses. It is somewhat costly, but | | | | expense of the quality of color that the projector |
| the prices have gone down exponentially since the | | | | offers. One substantial performance enhancement |
| inception of the item, with average pricing now in | | | | that has come out since the technology began is |
| the neighborhood of 400-750 USD. | | | | the inclusion, by 3M and others of the color |
| The pico projector is a projector technology in a | | | | sequencing LEDs. This brings an highly improved |
| hand held device. The technology involves being | | | | quality of color but it does also add to the cost |
| able to project the information which you have in | | | | somewhat. Laser projectors such as the |
| hand, (quite literally) onto a nearby viewing | | | | Microvision SHOWWX offer laser projection which |
| surface. Explay first introduced the Pico hand-held | | | | means no fiddling around with adjustment knobs. |
| technology in 2003. They showed the concept to | | | | Given the advancements that have taken place in |
| several major players in the technology field. The | | | | the pico projection technology in the short span |
| response was a showcase of the actual | | | | of time since it's inception, we expect to see |
| technology in action at the Anza conference in | | | | great things as it continues to grow and to |
| late 2006.In a scant 3 years, the technology was | | | | evolve. When we look at the fact that the first |
| expanded on and made a reality. The bandwagon | | | | home PC's were not available to us until a scant |
| was quickly filled by players which included Himax, | | | | 25 years ago at a price that the average |
| Syndiant LCoS, Mitsubishi, 3M, Explay and multiple | | | | household could afford, and in consideration of the |
| others. | | | | vast scope of improvements and technological |
| These manufacturers of the pico projectors have | | | | advancements that have taken place in that |
| offered projectors that offer decreased energy | | | | technology, we expect similar advances in the |
| consumption, along with excellent brightness, and | | | | pico or hand-held technology as well. |
| superb high resolution imagery. Most of them tend | | | | With a few limitations, the hand-held projectors of |
| to run for about two hours on a single charge. | | | | today are well capable of offering you a |
| The only real critique of the pico technology is it's | | | | wonderful means for showing off your company |
| lack of brightness in some cases when they are | | | | or business in a favorable light, as well as to avail |
| used in normal daytime room lighting. They are | | | | yourself of new methods of gaming on a hand |
| best suited for darkened or dimly lit rooms but | | | | held device. Consider what a year or more of |
| even given that limitation they make possible a | | | | technological advancements might offer in the |
| wide array of things which were not possible just | | | | hand held technology field. |