Lynx teased its subsequent blended 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 blended actuality standalone someday in mid-November.
Nonetheless 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 system.
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 can be 🔥 pic.twitter.com/XidrdTqqlp
— Artur Sychov ᯅ (@ASychov) October 10, 2025
In response, Larroque posted the total picture, seen above. Right here’s a model with the white steadiness turned up for higher visibility, courtesy MRTV’s Sebastian Ang:
There’s nonetheless lots to study, together with specs and the system’s official identify. From the picture, we will inform at the least two issues: the headset has a minimal of 4 digicam sensors, now positioned on the corners of the system à la Quest 2, and an ostensibly extra comfortably headstrap that cups the again of the consumer’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 may 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 customers {and professional} customers by means of its 2021 Kickstarter marketing campaign, which introduced in $800,000 in crowd-sourced funding.
In keeping with Larroque’s speak at MicroLED Join final month, it seems the corporate is nonetheless focusing onerous 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 usually thinner and lighter, R-1’s optics have comparably higher gentle throughput, which is necessary for blended actuality duties.
As a startup that’s weathered an admittedly “excruciating” fundraising atmosphere, making the suitable {hardware} selections in its follow-up can be key although.
My hunch is the potential ‘Lynx R-2’ headset will in all probability maintain the identical optical stack to save lots of on improvement and manufacturing prices, and primarily push upgrades to the processor and show, that are possible extra necessary to the kind of enterprise prospects Lynx is focusing 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’s 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 focusing on simulators, readability and pixel density are in all probability extra necessary. Extra data on Lynx’s next-gen headset is due someday in November, so I’d anticipate to study extra then.
