UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

MICROVISION, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

91-1600822

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

6244 185^th Avenue NE, Suite 100

Redmond, WA 98052

(425) 936-6847

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

David J. Westgor.

Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

MicroVision, Inc.

6244 185^th Avenue NE, Suite 100

Redmond, WA 98052

(425) 936-6847

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copies to:

Joel F. Freedman

Ropes & Gray LLP

Prudential Tower

800 Boylston Street

Boston, MA 02199

(617) 951-7000

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:

As soon as practicable after the effective date of this registration statement

If the only securities being registered on this form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box.  ¨

If any of the securities being registered on this form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box.  ¨

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  x 333-184703

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ¨

If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box.  ¨

If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box.  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

This Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission in accordance with Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

EXPLANATORY NOTE AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

This Registration Statement is being filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Rule 462(b)”), and General Instruction IV.A. to Form S-3 to register the Registrant’s securities, with an aggregate initial offering price not to exceed $2,517,000. In accordance with Rule 462(b), this Registration Statement incorporates by reference the contents of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-184703), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on November 1, 2012, and declared effective by the SEC on November 15, 2012, including all exhibits thereto and all information incorporated by reference therein, other than the exhibits included herein.

The required opinion and consents are listed on the Exhibit Index attached to and filed with this registration statement.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Redmond, State of Washington, on March 13, 2014.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

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