Microvision's current pico projection engine uses red and blue laser diodes and a frequency-doubled "synthetic" green laser to create a full color image.

ENGADGET: Microvision integrates direct green laser into pico projector prototype, completes RGB achievement

The combination of smaller size, lower power, and lower cost make direct green lasers an attractive alternative to synthetic green lasers for Microvision's mobile display solutions.

ENGADGET: Microvision integrates direct green laser into pico projector prototype, completes RGB achievement

The 75x64 LCD screen was a big step up from the Microvision but, as you can tell from the number of people who have actually ever heard of the device, it never caught on.

ENGADGET: A Brief History of Handheld Video Games

Milton Bradley, a company then better known for Hungry Hungry Hippos than video games, has the distinction of being the first to introduce a handheld video game console with interchangeable cartridges with its Microvision.

ENGADGET: A Brief History of Handheld Video Games

Joining ViewSonic, Microvision, and Sharp, it looks like Optoma has a trio of its own projectors to lust over at CES, and they're all sporting that trendy DLP sticker as well.

ENGADGET: Optoma announces trio of DLP projectors

It looks like Microvision tends to favor the diminutive kind, however, as the company is looking to showcase its "ultrathin, miniature full-color projection display" at next week's CES. Hoping to cram this bad boy into your next mobile phone, PDA, or other handheld gizmo, the firm is touting its incredibly small form factor as the next coming of mobile displays.

ENGADGET: Microvision unveils tiny projector for mobile devices