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How do you spice up the traditionally unexciting projector market? You take your finest laser projector, with its “infinite focus” skills, pair it with a weapon-styled motion controller, and you offer FPS gamers the opportunity to get out of their seats and perform their murdering sprees as nature intended. So Microvision thinks, and we’ve no doubt that the prototype being demonstrated over at the Intel Extreme Masters will be fulfilling a few fanboy dreams, but we’re more interested in how it all works. If you remember the GameGun (and who could forget that mullet?), this’ll be familiar territory: the projector reacts to movements of the controller so that the game view tracks your real world view, lending the experience a bona fide 3D feel. Microvision won’t spill the full details just yet, but a video demo awaits past the break.

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Continue reading Microvision’s PicoP laser projector meets rifle-shaped motion controller, mayhem ensues

Microvision’s PicoP laser projector meets rifle-shaped motion controller, mayhem ensues originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 11 Dec 2009 03:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The projector phone mishmash idea has been around (and even demonstrated) for quite some time now, but only recently have we seen one of these two-pronged, hunchbacked monsters land on a major US carrier. LG’s eXpo is carrying that crown (or burden, depending on perspective), and while we’re itching to get one into our own labs for testing, we’ll happily pass along what looks to be the world’s first real good look at this handset in action. Make no mistake — the DLP-based beamer affixed on the back adds quite the bulge, but the actual video performance looks about as good as any dedicated pico projector that we’ve seen to date. Have a peek past the break to see for yourself.

Continue reading LG’s projector-laden eXpo smartphone gets demonstrated on video

LG’s projector-laden eXpo smartphone gets demonstrated on video originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Continue reading WowWee Cinemin Swivel iPod and iPhone pico projector review

WowWee Cinemin Swivel iPod and iPhone pico projector review originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Fujitsu’s splitting F-04B cellphone gets tested, found to contain no Energon cubes originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:13:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The world needs another VGA pico projector about like it needs another ton of plastic goop swirling in the Pacific, but thanks to FPS, that’s exactly what we’re getting. (The former, just so we’re clear.) The LCoS-based beamer puts out an image between 5- and 66-inches and packs a native resolution of 640 x 360; there’s a composite input, stereo output, USB socket and a microSD expansion slot. You’ll also find a one-watt internal speaker and a 2,500mAh battery for projecting on the go, while most every file format you can think of is supported. If, for whatever reason, you’ve found yourself overcome with want (and you can’t hold off for Microvision’s laser-based SHOW WX), it’s available to purchase right now for $219.

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FPS hopelessly leaps into pocket projector game with Pearl M3 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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