The Dell S300wi is a short throw projector that will provide an image at a size of 24.5 ft from a distance of 10.8 ft (or a size of 5 ft from a distance of 2.2ft away) at a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels.
The projector provides wifi (b/g/n) in addition to the normal wired connections for VGA, HDMI , S-Video and composite inputs.
It also comes with a wireless pen that can work as a pen, mouse or pointing device. The pen has 3 buttons equivalent to a Left Mouse button, Right Mouse button and a 3rd button to switch between different interactive modes and a retractable nib that allows a user to “draw” on the projected image surface. It is powered by 2 AA batteries that provide up to 50 hours of usage time.
Watch it in action in the following video
and if that’s not enough …
… the S300wi is 3D ready, which actually means that it is 3D DLP-Link compatible, and with a pair of suitable active shutter glasses you can view the projected image in glorious 3D.
Scheduled for general availability in late May at a price to be announced…
SHOW WX is the codename for a full colour laser based pico projector from Microvision, which is likely to be launched under another brand name. WX stands for Wide Experience which refers to the wide image format, wide colour range and wide, always-in-focus operation.
A pre-production model was shown at the recent Macworld Conference and Expo 2009 and CES 2009.
SHOW WX Pico Projector
All specifications are “targets” and subject to change in the final production version, the resolution is aimed to be 848 x 480.
“SHOW WX is a major milestone on the transition path to product launch of our first PicoP enabled consumer product later in 2009,” said Alexander Tokman, President and CEO of Microvision.
http://www.microvision.com/showwx
WowWee is showing a number of different Pico projector models at this years CES 2009.
The models on display include the Cinemin Swivel – offering 3 hours of battery life and a resolution of 480 x 360 and can be bent in the middle to provide ceiling projection.
WowWee Cinemin
The Cinemin Stick incorporates an SD card slot and provides a resolution of 800×480 as does the Cinemin Station which incorporates an iPod Docking Station.
More pictures of these devices can be seen on Engadget at
http://www.engadget.com/photos/wowwee-cinemin-swivel-stick-and-station-pico-pjs-hands-on/1262278/
Other manufacturers devices in this category include: the BUG Labs BUGprojector DLP Projector and the Optoma Pico DLP Projector.
At the forthcoming Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2008, Microvision (http://www.microvision.com/) is due to reveal an ultra-thin, handheld, battery powered, full colour, laser projector which is possibly the worlds smallest.
Press Release at:
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=114723&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1090397&highlight=
This version, with the codename SHOW, is an advanced, standalone, fully functioning prototype using the proprietary miniature PicoP (TM) display engine – which can display a widescreen, DVD quality image at 848×480 pixels (WGVA) using red, green and blue lasers.
Find out exactly how it works at
http://www.microvision.com/pico_projector_displays/howitworks.html
SHOW can connect directly to laptops, mobile phones, portable media players, digital cameras and other mobile devices to project large, high-resolution images and video onto any surface. The images projected can range anywhere from 30cm to 2.5m in size depending upon the projection distance and are always in focus. The production version of the device is expected to offer approximately 2.5 hours of continuous battery life, sufficient to watch a full-length movie without a need for recharging.
Back in July (2007) Microvision announced that it had signed an agreement with Motorola and more recently signed a development contract with one of the world’s leading distributors and manufacturers of diverse consumer electronics products to create Pico Projectors For Mobile Applications.
Press Release at
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=114723&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1090863&highlight=
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