Good to see Morimoto looking to become a tier 1 supplier.
OK, first of all, there is no such company as "Morimoto". That's a brand name, not a company. Second of all...says who? I mean on both parts of this: Aside from themselves who says they're going to become a Tier-1 supplier? That takes a
huge amount of investment and capabilities and process documentation/control I seriously doubt if TheRetrofitSource has even begun to think about. And aside from themselves (and you), who says it would be a good thing for them to be a Tier-1 supplier? And why, what makes you say so? Would it be good to see Nabisco looking to become a lighting Tier-1, too? How about Wrigley's? Trojan? Marlboro? Budweiser?
Would have to see actual beam specs but that wall shot looks promising
Not really. Just about any light source crammed into a projector will produce a wall shot like this very easily with any camera.
Don't get me wrong; the idea is interesting on its own and holds promise, if they can develop it to the point where it
really works (for a complete and legitimate definition of "works"). And I think it is a very good thing that they were able to show themselves at the DVN conference and get some exposure and "face time" with the legitimate players in the automotive lighting field; it shows commitment to straightening up and flying right after years of getting rich by endangering road safety with fraudulent and dangerous trinkets. But it is wayyyyyyyy too early to be applauding them. Wait and see what, if anything comes of this.
I think they're seriously mistaken to think any auto maker or headlamp maker has been dreaming of a product like this for OE usage. If that was the case, it would already exist. LED and Laser-based vehicle lights are just not evolving in this direction. For the aftermarket, yes, maybe this kind of architecture has some promise.
Also let's not forget the extremely stringent mandatory safety measures required for lasers used in any application that could even conceivably result in human exposure to laser radiation. Given TRS' track record of complete, laughing disregard for the safety aspects of vehicle lighting (even perverting the concept by claiming their products
increase safety), what is there to make me think they're suddenly going to be all concerned with safety measures that would add cost and complexity, when they can just go sell OMG WAY COOL LASER HEADLIGHT BULBS!!!! to clueless kids in the aftermarket?
I would love to be wrong and have to eat my words, but for now I think the weight of evidence justifies me being skeptical.