Good evening everyone, this is a copy of my post over on the Yahoo Microvision Club message board, regarding the Clubs Demo that was held this afternoon at Microvision.
Ah Ha, I am the first to post regarding the Yahoo Microvision Club demo. I would like to thank the uni-dude for all of his effort that he put in to make this such a success, even though he almost didn't make it himself due to ferry problems. Well done UNI. we had a very good time and saw some amazing VRD devices, we were treated absolutely first class, by some absolutely first class people, we had an opportunity to talk at length with Rick Rutkowski (CEO), Steve Wiley (VP,eng) and Andrew Lee (VP Marketing). We divided into 3 groups and alternated between the high performance Demos, the man wearable demos and the break room where we had the opportunity to chat one on one. In the high performance demo, we saw the Wallace-Kettering guided surgery display and the Army's BCBL display. In a word, fantastic. Very sharp, very clear, very bright and VERY colorful. resolution for these displays was 600x800 for the Kettering display and 1280z1024 for the BCBL. What more can I say about these displays, fantastic, they are everything that is being claimed for them. The Manwearable demo showed us a product I had seen earlier at the Shareholders meeting, namely the Navy "Fast Boat" portable display. This was an adaptation of the earlier scanner technology, but proved the point that a battery powered display that was daylight readable was practical. There was a later version that incorporated the new mechanical scanner that will be incorporated into the Beta units that are scheduled for shipment. We also saw the UCSD eye screening device, that was very impressive, in that it appears to be a ready to go product that could be shipped now. We were also treated to a laser diode display, (blue and Green) that we were to understand are only available to Microvision and are available at a commercially acceptable price. Rounding out the night was a MEMS demo that showed the actual MEMS chips and the MEMS in the form of a processing wafer. Impressive. I understand from my conversations that the developmental problems with the MEMS are still in the area of controlling electronics and are not optically related. There is a high priority being placed on the development of the MEMS, but most importantly a greater emphasis is being placed on PRODUCT. well enough ranting for one night, I would be interested to hear what some of the others had to say.
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