Will microdisplays change how you interact with the world?

By now you should know that Micron is in the business of microdisplays. It’s exciting stuff.

Researchers and engineers are on the cusp of discovering entirely new applications for microdisplay technology– far beyond simply displaying pictures and movies on a screen. Remember that Tom Cruise movie, Minority Report? Well, the ability to project information onto a surface and manually interact with it, to overlay real-time meta-data on a real-world object is not just for the movies anymore. Really smart people are designing products that can do just these kinds of things—with technology that exists today.

Once you combine microdisplays with other semiconductor technologies – such as accelerometers, image sensors, and wireless network connections– the possibilities are limitless. To get just an inkling of what’s coming, watch this presentation given at TED by Patti Maes – head of MIT’s media lab.