Does this mean we're one step closer to card games on motorcycles 🏍?

I am. But the screen is already right next to you. It's still reduntant. You're holding the unit up. It's not like you get a tripod and then display it on your table/wall.

You're stuck in one vision of how the projector will operate.  You have no idea how the image will project from the device. 

You're proposing projecting items on surfaces not meant for projection, during well lit conditions. (I doubt anyone wants to stumble around in the dark for AR experiences) You need a pretty powerful projector for that, as well as a sofisticated kinect like device build in to actively detect surfaces and people interacting with the projected images. (Next to the standard gyroscopes and positioning devices for orientation of the device)

It's possible, the celluon picopro laser projector has the advantage of always delivering a sharp image with laser projection and can cover an area of 36" in an indirect sunlit room (although that's measured on a projection screen) It's $349 but perhaps a lower res version (this one is 1920x720) could be made cheaper. I don't know what a miniaturized version of Kinect would cost, nor how much processing power you need to adjust the image to the surface in real time. Illumiroom did the scanning fase beforehand using standard Kinect, then used an expensive high powered projector to create the illusion in a dimly lit room with uneven surfaces.

Drawing in a picture on a phone screen is about 1000 times easier as what you're suggesting. An interactive version of illumiroom from a handheld device sounds a whole lot of steps ahead of what is possible atm.


But maybe there's more pieces to the puzzle we don't know about. A separate camera/pico projector combo you point at a table. Project and interact with board games on that table. Set it on top of the tv, filming/projecting down onto the coffee table. Playfield in front of you, details etc on the tv screen. Bring board games back to life. Perfect for trivial pursuit like games.

Yes, I never suggested full room projection.  I think it will be designed for simple style games or real-world interaction with what's happening on the screen. An Angry Birds style experience where something is projected on a table that you use your hands to interact with in order to create on-screen actions. Or look for a Pokemon but it only appears when you point the projector at a certain spot. You then interact with it using controls or touch screen.

This is a patent. It's not unusual for companies to make patents covering a vast array of technologies and ideas to add to their patent portfolio, the majority of these patents may never ever see the light of day... But they are also still stupidly valuable, especially when it comes to litigation time.

Companies which tend not to have many patents... Tend to be at the mercy of patent trolls, HTC found out the hard way, thus they purchased S3 graphics and entered into various cross-patent deals to protect themselves.

So the SD card slot on the Wii and Wii U finally becomes holographic.

I want news now!!!

maybe it displays another view like a wii u controller but on a wall imagine MK9 and you can see ahead as well as behind...

Would be bad ass if there was a Pokémon game that came out that projects the Pokémon onto the wall. The game comes with a sponge like PokeBall you can throw at it to try and catch it.