Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 
                        RULE 13a-14(a) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, 
                                       AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO 
                        SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Alexander Y. Tokman, certify that:

1.     I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K for the period ended
December 31, 2008 of Microvision, Inc.;

2.     Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
covered by this report;

3.     Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included
in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of
operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.     The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and
maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a- 5(e) and 15d - 15(e)) and internal
control over finanical reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be
designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b)
Designed such internal control over finanical reporting, or caused such internal control over financial
reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of
financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principals;

(c)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report
our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period
covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d)
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred
during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual
report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control
over financial reporting; and

5.     The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent
evaluation of internal control over finanical reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit commitee
of registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a)
All significant dificiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over
financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process,
summarize and report financial information; and

(b)
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant
role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Date: March 5, 2009

| |  | /s/ALEXANDER Y. TOKMAN
    Alexander Y. Tokman
    Chief Executive Officer
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