According to chairman Robert Lai, Asia Optical is set to send out 8-million pocket projector units for handsets in 2010 – an exponential number from 2010’s mere 100,000 units.

Together with Microvision, Asia Optical has launched Microvision’s SHOWWX pico projector and expects to send Microvision 200,000 – 250,000 pico projector modules.

According to Digitimes, “Lai cited Gartner data saying that global built-in pico projector shipments are expected to reach eight million units in 2010, 20 million units in 2011, 34 million units in 2012, 54 million units in 2013, 77 million units in 2014 and 116 million units in 2015.”