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Lynx’s standalone XR HMD

Claiming to be the first 6DoF standalone passthrough video AR headset, the three-year-old, 10-person, Paris-based startup Lynx has introduced their Lynx-R1 that is scheduled to ship this summer. Introduced at the 2020 SPIE conference in San Francisco on February 3rd, the HMD uses an occluded display as a VR headset does with pass-through video for AR, making it a mixed ...

Jon Peddie

Claiming to be the first 6DoF standalone passthrough video AR headset, the three-year-old, 10-person, Paris-based startup Lynx has introduced their Lynx-R1 that is scheduled to ship this summer. Introduced at the 2020 SPIE conference in San Francisco on February 3rd, the HMD uses an occluded display as a VR headset does with pass-through video for AR, making it a mixed reality headset or an XR HMD. The key specifications are: Four-fold catadioptric freeform prism Optics Dual 1600 × 1600 resolution LCD screens refreshed at 90 Hz  FoV/PPD 90° (circular)/18 (with super-resolution)   The HMD has two outward-looking 60-Hz monochrome cameras
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