Asia Optical expects to ship one million LCoS pico projector modules built in smartphones and one million LCoS external pico projectors in 2012, according to company chairman Robert Lai.

Asia Optical has decreased production cost of built-in LCoS pico projector modules to below US$20 and has won adoption from China-based smartphone vendors, Lai pointed out.

Despite Asia Optical's optimistic outlook on built-in pico projector modules, some Taiwan-based makers indicated that there are not many opportunities to use smartphone-equipped pico projectors and such pico projectors have problems with power consumption and insufficient brightness.