Lynx teased its subsequent combined actuality headset, which is hoping to focus on enterprise {and professional} customers throughout coaching and distant help.
The Information
At MicroLED Join final month, Lynx CEO Stan Larroque introduced he aimed to disclose the corporate’s subsequent combined actuality standalone someday in mid-November.
Nevertheless Somnium CEO Artur Sychov and main investor within the firm beat Lynx to the punch by posting a cropped picture of the France-based firm’s subsequent gadget.
I’ll simply say this – Lynx subsequent headset information goes to be wild…
Sorry @stanlarroque, I can’t maintain myself to not tease at the least one thing…
October & November 2025 shall be
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— Artur Sychov ᯅ (@ASychov) October 10, 2025
In response, Larroque posted the total picture, seen above. Right here’s a model with the white stability turned up for higher visibility, courtesy MRTV’s Sebastian Ang:
There’s nonetheless loads to study, together with specs and the gadget’s official title. From the picture, we will inform at the least two issues: the headset has a minimal of 4 digital camera sensors, now positioned on the corners of the gadget à la Quest 2, and an ostensibly extra comfortably headstrap that cups the again of the person’s head.
What’s extra, Lynx introduced late final yr the corporate supposed to combine Google’s forthcoming Android XR working system into its subsequent headset, which can even embody Samsung Challenge Moohan and forthcoming XR glasses from XREAL. Lynx hasn’t launched any replace on progress, so we’re nonetheless ready to listen to extra.
Notably, Lynx R-1 concluded delivery earlier this yr, which was initially positioned to focus on each shoppers {and professional} customers via its 2021 Kickstarter marketing campaign, which introduced in $800,000 in crowd-sourced funding.
Based on Larroque’s discuss at MicroLED Join final month, it seems the corporate is nonetheless focusing arduous on the enterprise sector with its subsequent {hardware} launch, together with duties like coaching and distant help.
My Take
Lynx R-1’s distinctive “4-fold catadioptric freeform prism” optics enable for a compact focal size, placing the shows flush with the lenses and offering a 90-degree area of view (FOV). Whereas pancake lenses are typically thinner and lighter, R-1’s optics have comparably higher gentle throughput, which is essential for combined actuality duties.
As a startup that’s weathered an admittedly “excruciating” fundraising surroundings, making the correct {hardware} selections in its follow-up shall be key although.
My hunch is the potential ‘Lynx R-2’ headset will in all probability hold the identical optical stack to save lots of on growth and manufacturing prices, and primarily push upgrades to the processor and show, that are possible extra essential to the kind of enterprise prospects Lynx is concentrating on anyway.
As it’s, Lynx R-1 is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 chipset, which was initially launched in 2019—the identical utilized in Quest 2—so an improve there may be nicely overdue. Its 1,600 × 1,600 per-eye LCDs additionally really feel equally dated.
Whereas an FOV bigger than 90 levels is nice, I’d argue that for enterprise {hardware} that isn’t concentrating on simulators, readability and pixel density are in all probability extra essential. Extra information on Lynx’s next-gen headset is due someday in November, so I’d count on to study extra then.
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