In February 2010, AAXA Technologies Inc. introduced the first consumer pico-projector, named AAXA L1, featuring a laser-based LCoS light engine. The overall mechanism of this engine is not much different from the LED-based LCoS projection explained earlier in Section 2.1.3. Instead of LED light source, AAXA L1 involves laser light sources and performs projection by bouncing red, green and blue laser lights off its LCoS chip.
In addition to light source replacement, AAXA introduced the PCOS laser light engine which integrates a revolutionary laser light source, proprietary despeckling technology, and an LCoS imager.