From: GBurch1@aol.com
Date: Sun Jun 13 1999 - 08:14:59 MDT
I've mentioned Microvision (MVIS on NASDAQ) a couple of times recently as a
personal investment I've made. Microvision is developing Virtual Retinal
Display (VRD) technology at a very fast rate, based on concepts originally
developed at the University of Washington (my undergrad alma mater!) Human
Interface Technology Laboratory (HITLab). I believe that VRD technology is a
key to the real advance of wearables and, especially, the significant
development of virtual reality and "Enhanced Reality" (Sasha Chislenko's
great term) applications.
The company has seen some significant developments this year and its stock
price has almost doubled in the last few months. Although I think serious
take-off will probably not occur until next year, I'm betting heavily on this
company to be a key player in the development of many businesses with a
transhuman orientation during the first decade of the 21st century.
A few of the investors in Microvision maintain a fairly independent web site
devoted to the company and its technology. Recently, they've begun to
publish a series of interviews with company executives. The first can be
found at:
http://www.mvispages.com/Willey.htm
This interview offers some good insight into the current state of the art and
coming developments in display technology, as well as an interesting
description of the management of development and financing of new
technologies.
Greg Burch <GBurch1@aol.com>----<gburch@lockeliddell.com>
Attorney ::: Vice President, Extropy Institute ::: Wilderness Guide
http://users.aol.com/gburch1 -or- http://members.aol.com/gburch1
"Civilization is protest against nature;
progress requires us to take control of evolution."
-- Thomas Huxley
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5 : Fri Nov 01 2002 - 15:04:09 MST