Projector "The Freestyle" that allows you to project your smartphone screen anywhere

Do you often find yourself looking at your smartphone screen at home and wishing you could see it in a larger size? Recently, more and more TVs are capable of projecting smartphone screens. However, installing a 100-inch class large TV in a small home is also difficult.

"The Freestyle" announced by Samsung is a compact projector that meets the needs of "I want a large screen anywhere". Various manufacturers have already commercialized projectors, and they are not new products. However, The Freestyle is a projector that can be used "freely" as its name suggests, and will change the conventional concept of small projectors by 180 degrees. It is a product that you will definitely want to use even in Japan, where there are many small rooms, but pre-orders have already started in the United States, and the price is 899.99 dollars, about 103,000 yen.

The Freestyle is about 95mm x 135mm cylindrical and weighs 830g. The main body color is pink, brown, green, white and fun colors. The main body has a pedestal, and the cylindrical projector part rotates 180 degrees. In addition, it supports Amazon's Alexa and Samsung's Bixby, and it is also possible to operate the power ON / OFF operation by voice.

The Freestyle, like a regular projector, has an HDMI input (Micro HDMI terminal) so you can output content from other video sources. It also has a USB Type-C terminal and Wi-Fi, so you can project the screen of your smartphone or tablet. Projection sizes range from 30 inches to 100 inches. You can put it on the bedside of the bed and project the screen of the smartphone on the wall. The main unit also has a built-in speaker.

However, this kind of function is a standard feature in small projectors from other manufacturers, isn't it? The Freestyle has accessories that other companies don't have. First of all, with the battery unit, you can install The Freestyle wherever you like by installing the same cylindrical battery as the main body. For example, you can usually use The Freestyle in your living room, and when you're ready to cook, you can bring it to the kitchen and use it to project movies on battery power.

We also provide an adapter that attaches to a standard light bulb socket (type E26). In other words, The Freestyle can be attached to the light bulb of the ceiling light or the desk light placed on the desk. Since electricity is supplied via the socket, there is no need to connect a separate power supply cable.

How can you actually use it? You can put it on a table and project movies, etc., or when you invite friends over for a meal or party, you can connect your smartphone and display pleasant scenery and videos. Yes.

If you connect the battery, you can use it in the tent when you go camping. Even if you don't have to go out of your way, if you have a veranda at home, it might be fun to set up a mini-camping table and watch a movie while breathing in the fresh air.

For people with many visitors such as friends or private restaurants, The Freestyle is attached to the lighting part of the ceiling and usually projects white light instead of content on the table, sometimes playing animation etc. It seems interesting to use it to make cooking fun. This is a usage that cannot be done with small projectors from other companies.

It also seems convenient to use it by attaching it to a desk light and projecting the smartphone screen on the desk. Since it is a projector, the room must be dark to some extent, and it would be a little difficult to connect a keyboard and mouse and work with a smartphone in this state. However, it seems possible to use it by inputting comments from the keyboard while playing SNS videos.

The number of types of small projectors is increasing as we spend more time at home. However, it is also true that there are many products that are not very user-friendly, such as having limited uses or being unusable without a power supply. The Freestyle, a projector that can be used freely, will make your daily life more enjoyable if you buy it in combination with your smartphone. I would like to expect the release in Japan as well.