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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Schedule Of Stock-Based Compensation Expense By Statement Of Operations) (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Share-based employee compensation expense $ 713,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense $ 1,606,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense
Cost of product revenue    
Share-based employee compensation expense 0us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis
= mvis_CostOfProductRevenueMember
1,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis
= mvis_CostOfProductRevenueMember
Cost of contract revenue    
Share-based employee compensation expense 28,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis
= mvis_CostOfContractRevenueMember
19,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis
= mvis_CostOfContractRevenueMember
Research and development expense    
Share-based employee compensation expense 34,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis
= us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpenseMember
466,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis
= us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpenseMember
Sales, marketing, general and administrative expense    
Share-based employee compensation expense $ 651,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis
= mvis_SalesMarketingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpenseMember
$ 1,120,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis
= mvis_SalesMarketingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpenseMember