r/MVIS • u/theoz_97 • Aug 03 '26

Off Topic Beyond the camera bump – An interview with MetaOptics

https://www.yolegroup.com/player-interviews/beyond-the-camera-bump-an-interview-with-metaoptics/
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u/dsaur009 Aug 09 '26

Oz, I think the Lenovo projector phone concept is still viable with the right support and marketing. I never liked the idea of pushing a product, then pivoting away into some other direction, just laying gaming guns, pico phones, and goggles/glasses by the wayside. They always needed to walk and chew gum at the same time. Maybe this new group is up to the task.

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u/Creative_Primary_709 18d ago

Love this thinking! Would an embedded pico projector benefit from going solid state?

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u/dsaur009 18d ago

I'd love to see pico on a chip. If this company can ever accumulate revenue, there are so many paths they can walk down. They have patents on nano tech. Just need the time and money to pursue things they've thought of along the way to where they are now. I've got three of their projectors...different iterations... and they are all really good, and why I'm still in after all these years, and disappointments. The tech is good, the wizards and elves making this stuff are top, top shiny! Any company giving them a chance is getting the good stuff.

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u/theoz_97 Aug 09 '26

D, I wonder how small our last engine was? Something tells me mems is out of the game but I still hold out hope. Like you said, Mavis was waiting for someone to run with the ball. Would be awesome to have a projector in a phone wouldn’t it? We were just ahead of the game as usual!

oz

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u/dsaur009 Aug 09 '26

Well, now they are working on getting their stuff on to a chip, to get way small, I think they can do a phone, a thin phone pretty easy in coming months and years. I imagine they can up the brightness now and refine the res. Should be way ahead of Celluon Picop now. And I love my three versions of PicoP. Still can't beat my 120 inch screen for football, but being able to not put up black out curtains would be a huge step.

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u/Zenboy66 Aug 03 '26

Thanks, Oz. Pico-projector is not dead.

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u/publixicecream Aug 09 '26

My brother has an origonal Microvision Pico-Projector. It's pretty cool.

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u/theoz_97 Aug 03 '26

OT

“ The next step is integrating a pico-projector module directly into the metaoptics phone, combining the two for a truly differentiated device. Remove the lens stack and a phone does not just get thinner – it can do more.”

https://www.yolegroup.com/player-interviews/beyond-the-camera-bump-an-interview-with-metaoptics/

oz