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 no less than one thing… 😬😅
October & November 2025 might 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 stability turned up for higher visibility, courtesy MRTV’s Sebastian Ang:
There’s nonetheless loads to be taught, together with specs and the gadget’s official identify. From the picture, we will inform no less than 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 consumer’s head.
What’s extra, Lynx introduced late final yr the corporate meant to combine Google’s forthcoming Android XR working system into its subsequent headset, which can even embrace Samsung Mission 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 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 discipline of view (FOV). Whereas pancake lenses are usually thinner and lighter, R-1’s optics have comparably higher mild throughput, which is essential for combined actuality duties.
As a startup that’s weathered an admittedly “excruciating” fundraising atmosphere, making the best {hardware} selections in its follow-up might be key although.
My hunch is the possible ‘Lynx R-2’ headset will most likely 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 probably extra essential 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 effectively 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 most likely extra essential. Extra information on Lynx’s next-gen headset is due someday in November, so I’d anticipate to be taught extra then.
