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Its name may never be spoken aloud, but Syba’s new RCG RC-VIS62002 pocket projector looks like it should at least get the job done for anyone in the market for a basic, not-quite-pico projector. As is par for the course with the more budget-minded models, this one packs a basic 640 x 480 native resolution (with “support” for XGA), along with a brightness rating of 10 ANSI lumens, a maximum projected image size of 40 inches from just over two feet away, and what seems to be the most basic of port selections: just VGA and composite. With a list price of $399, it’s also not the cheapest pocket projector out there, but we suspect this one should see some discounts if and when it becomes more widely available.

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Syba debuts RCG RC-VIS62002 pocket projector originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 25 Feb 2009 05:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The pico projector market has practically exploded over the past six months or so, but all the while it was 3M’s MPro110 leading the charge. Given that you’ve now had a few months to toy with it, we’re wondering if this thing really has lived up to the hype. Is having a projector in your pocket as awesome as advertised? Is the image quality sufficient for impromptu wall splashings? Would you recommend holding off for round two? We have all ideas we’ll hear tons of “make it brighter!” and “where’s the 1080p version?” type comments, but if you have something else besides that to add, then — by all means — drop some knowledge on us in comments below.

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How would you change 3M’s MPro110 pocket projector? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 19 Feb 2009 23:12:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We love pico projectors, we love phones — so the combo pack known as the Samsung Show stopped us in our tracks when we first spied it at CES. Well, Texas Instruments, makers of the DLP projector chip that runs the Show, if you will, have just announced the second generation DLP chip which is — you guessed it — smaller! The second-gen chip is about 20 percent smaller and thinner in fact, and it boasts the ability to display WVGA resolution (the previous model has HVGA resolution), all while delivering a brighter display! TI’s press specifically mentions mobile phones, so don’t be surprised if the Show doesn’t have a host of comptitors to deal with any day now. Texas Instruments is on hand at MWC, and their press conference is tonight, so we’ll be watching, magnifying glass in hand, to see what else they have in store for us.

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Texas Instruments out-picos itself with newer, tinier projector chip originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It may not technically qualify as a pico projector, but this new so-called Miseal projector available from Thanko is certainly at least somewhat pico-ish, and fairly unique as far as tiny projectors go. The stand-out feature, as you can see above, is an included speaker dock (2W, if you must know), which also includes a headphone jack and a line-out port in case you’re looking for a bit more wattage. As for the projector itself, you can expect to get an adequate SVGA resolution, plus a whopping 25 nits of brightness, a 100:1 contrast ratio, and an image up to 112 inches in size from a 16 foot distance. No word on a release ’round here, but those in Japan (or those willing to pay the necessary import-related costs) can grab one now for ¥39,800, or roughly $435.

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Tiny Miseal cube projector can dock with equally tiny speakers originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We’ve got ourselves some video of MIT’s new “sixth sense” project, which really helps explain the concept. MIT basically plans to augment reality with a pendant picoprojector: hold up an object at the store and the device blasts relevant information onto it (like environmental stats, for instance), which can be browsed and manipulated with hand gestures. The “sixth sense” in question is the internet, which naturally supplies the data, and that can be just about anything — MIT has shown off the device projecting information about a person you meet at a party on that actual person (pictured), projecting flight status on a boarding pass, along with an entire non-contextual interface for reading email or making calls. It’s pretty interesting technology, that, like many MIT Media Lab projects, makes the wearer look like a complete dork — if the projector doesn’t give it away, the colored finger bands the device uses to detect finger motion certainly might. There are patents already in the works for the technology, which the MIT folks have been working on “night and day” for the past four months, and we’re guessing (and hoping) this isn’t the last we’ll see of this stuff. Video is after the break.

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MIT’s “sixth sense” augmented reality device demonstrated on video originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 06 Feb 2009 09:43:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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