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Dr. Andrew Viterbi, Mitbegründer von QUALCOMM und bis 1996 Technik-Vorstand, berät ab sofort Microvision.

Microvision hat die sogenannte „Retinal Scanning Display Technology“ entwickelt, mit der über eine spezielle Spiegel-Optik an einem tragbaren Gerät, bzw. über einen Headset ein modulierter Lichtstrahl auf die menschliche Retina projeziert wird. Dort entsteht dann der Eindruck eines Bildes in LapTop-Qualität.

Viterbi sagt, heutige drahtlose Internet-Geräte sind wegen ihrer kleinen Displays nur von begrenztem Nutzen. „Der Schlüssel, um das mobile Internet wirklich zum Leben zu erwecken, ist eine neuartige Display-Technologie. Microvision bietet eine Lösung an, die von Kosten, Performance und Miniaturisierung für diese Art Anwendung geeignet ist.“

Viterbi ist in den USA als Visionär in Sachen drahtloser Mobilfunktechnik hoch angesehen. Er hat entscheidend zur Entwicklung des CDMA-Standards beigetragen, den Qualcomm patengesichert vermarktet. Außerdem hat er den Viterbi-Algorithmus entwickelt, der in vielen Anwendungen der Signalverarbeitung eingesetzt wird.

Autor: Klaus Singer (© wallstreet:online AG),15:33 09.10.2001

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Und wieder gute News:

Microvision Ships Prototype of Next Generation Automotive Head-Up Display to Ford

BOTHELL, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 11, 2001--Microvision, Inc., (NASDAQ:MVIS), the leader in light scanning technologies, announced today that it has shipped a laser-scanning projection display to Ford Research Laboratory as the result of a four month development effort.

The delivery will be evaluated as a driver`s head-up (HUD) display, similar to those used in military and commercial aircraft.

The automobile industry is keen to equip cars with new features ranging from head-up maps, and instrumentation displays to traffic advisories and a variety of network-based information services. Microvision`s unique head-up projection system creates a very high brightness monochromatic image that is designed to appear only when the driver looks in a particular location.

The palm-sized projection display contains proprietary technology that creates an image by precisely scanning a single beam of laser light at very high speed. The beam is projected through a rectangular lens that causes the image to appear in space when the viewer focuses on the selected location.

"Our technology is a perfect fit for the automobile industry," said Tom Sanko, Microvision`s Vice President of Marketing. "Automotive displays need to deliver very bright images in small affordable packages, have a long lifetime and not generate heat. Current projection technologies aren`t able to achieve most of these requirements. Compared to the expensive lamps in existing projection systems, Microvision`s use of laser light sources make a key difference. Our light sources are very small, very bright and very power efficient.

"While the automotive category is a relatively new market for Microvision," continued Sanko, "we are greatly encouraged by our ability to demonstrate some fundamental advantages of our technology. We were able to prototype this system very rapidly because it was based on pre-existing technology. We look forward to continuing development in this category and expect to build upon our early results very quickly."

Mr. Sanko will be presenting a paper highlighting Microvision`s work in scanned light displays for automobiles at the Society of Information Display`s 8th Annual Symposium on Vehicle Displays, October 15-16, in Detroit, Michigan. He will also be demonstrating prototypes of Microvision`s Nomad Personal Display System and microdisplay.

About Microvision: www.mvis.com

Headquartered in Bothell, Wash., Microvision Inc. is the developer of the patented retinal scanning display technology and a world leader in micro miniature optical scanning technology for display and imaging applications. The company`s technology has applications in a broad range of military, medical, industrial, professional and consumer information products.

Forward Looking Statement

The information set forth in this release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and is subject to the safe harbor created by those sections. Certain factors that realistically could cause results to differ materially from those projected in the company`s forward-looking statements are set forth in the company`s Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.