PicoProjector Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Laser VR: Projector + computer vision + laser pointer = fun!

by Erica Sadun (May 23rd, 2012)

On paper, Laser VR sounds like one of the worst product ideas ever: you need to buy an iPhone, a laser pointer, and a Pico projector just to get started, but darn if we here at TUAW aren't drooling over the prospect. An iPhone provides both the graphics generation piece, which is piped ...

Apple patent roundup: Pico projectors and schematic maps

by Chris Rawson (Aug 11th, 2011)

It's turning out to be a pretty big week for Apple's patent portfolio. Earlier this week the company was granted nearly 20 new patents, and it's just filed for two more eyebrow-raising patents. The first patent, described in detail at Patently Apple, covers so-called "pico" projectors that ...

360-degree gaming on a projector-equipped iPhone

by Mike Schramm (May 10th, 2010)

Our friends at Joystiq found this one -- it's a jailbroken iPhone hooked up to a picoprojector, with the software using the compass and the accelerometer to determine exactly where the projector is aimed. That brings in a fun augmented reality touch -- you can move the iPhone around real space to ...