Document and Entity Information - shares	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2019	Apr. 22, 2019
Contract with Customer, Liability, Current, Change
Entity Registrant Name	Microvision, Inc.
Entity Central Index Key	0000065770
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Mar. 31, 2019
Amendment Flag	false
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Is Entity's Reporting Status Current?	Yes
Entity Small Business	true
Entity Emerging Growth Company	false
Entity Filer Category	Accelerated Filer
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		103,522,820
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2019