This is its lowest price since the public launch of Capsule, so if you missed out on the Indiegogo campaign, now may be the perfect time for you to get in on the Nebula fun!
I agree, but I think it needs a step up. Good 1st attempt, I’d want it increasing to 720p or 1024p better still and for the brightness to increase. Non-trivial engineering challenge because doing both those asks increases the CPU performance requirements and the lazer power in a small item already challenged by the fan noise and battery life. Given those non-trivial challenges I expect it will take a couple of years. In the interim you can get some decent 13"-15" Chromebooks up to the 1080p needs and then you have Chromecast or Raspberri Pi (or similar which more RAM and faster CPU and eMMC) with HDMI monitors which can get brighter. For $279 you can make something a lot better.
I’ll probably buy one in a couple of years once they get a lot better, but with LCD TVs and monitors so ubiquitous, HDMI ports nearly everywhere now, most offices have a properly configured room, 10" tablets are <$200, there is a lot of very good alternatives.
I also think the issue of heat can be better solved by projecting directly into the eye, because you need a tiny fraction of the light if you’re not bouncing off a distant wall. So this type of product type:
I’m really intrigued by the concept but, as it’s a completely new product category that I have no experience with, it’s hard for me to assign it a value. I’d really like to get my hands on one for a two week trial to see if it’s something I’d really get use out of.