In-Stat is forecasting the market for picoprojectors to exceed $1.1 billion
within five years. Cellphones and accessory projectors will lead the
picoprojector market, with computing devices and consumer products
following.
Recent research (Embedded Picoprojectors Ready To Break Out Worldwide) by In-Stat found the following:
- Illumination
technologies continue to develop with vendors offering both LED and
laser. Green laser is a critical development area.
- Projector
module economies of scale will expand the market for embedded
picoprojectors to lower-priced cellphones and media players in the near
future.
- Among companies
offering picoprojectors include 3M, Displaytech, Foxxcon, Light Blue
Optics, Oculon, Optoma, Microvision, Toshiba, and TI.
The research includes the following:
- Market
shipments, attach rates and five-year forecasts for products using
picoprojector modules: cellphones, computing devices, personal media
players, digital cameras, digital camcorders, and accessory projectors.
- Worldwide picoprojector module shipments and revenue forecasts.
- Analysis
of competing illumination technologies (LED, laser) as well as MEMS and
liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) displays.
- Profiles of key technology vendors.
The price is $2,495.
