Lynx released a teardown video of the R-1 headset. Interesting to see a company do this for their own hardware.
And there’s even another youtube live stream scheduled, 30 August, no, postponed to September 6th (“in true Lynx tradition”, as someone on the Discord said), no, postponed to September 9th, 18:00, titled “Surprise”.
Also, the latest twitter post from Stan seems to suggest they’re going to ship headsets again…
Today a new (written) update appeared on the Lynx kickstarter page: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/stanlarroque/lynx/posts/4189045
Main points:
- “Hundreds of devices are ready to ship”, after being recalibrated in the Paris office. But unclear when a next batch of devices will be produced in the factory.
- You can indicate if you still want your kickstarter-order/pre-order Lynx R1, or if you want a refund. Forms are on the page linked above for both cases.
- The company Lynx apparently now has a partnership with “a major company”. Too soon to announce who it is, so we’ll see what comes out (if anything, i.e. Lynx-style)
The R1 has seen some delays and we can understand the frustration.
Well, that’s a bit of an understatement (btw, the italics are in the original text)…
Edit: on Twitter Stan adds “I was happy to write this entry.”
Not too much news in this youtube live update:
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Regarding R1 orders. As mentioned above, there’s one form to update your address, and one to request a refund. Refund data information will be updated next Thursday based on all inputs and then processed. It isn’t entirely clear if filling in the update-address form gives any kind of benefit in terms of priority of delivery. But any requests for refunds will shorten the queue, of course.
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They have around 400 headsets ready, and started shipping those last week. Will continue in the coming weeks. There’s n transparent headsets produced, unclear when that would happen.
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“The company is now much more stable […] Found a partner”. However, can’t talk to much about this yet. Stan had another version/draft of the update for Kickstarter, which was basicaly “sorry guys, it all ended”. However, that one wasn’t needed. “We’re out of trouble”.
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Lyxn have a finished controller product, but need to check some IP things before showing it publicly. Ready to be put in production somewhere. But question where it will produced. Compatible with R1 and next products.
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Probably another update by end of October, probably show controllers and
software updates
Some answers based on Q&A:
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Still working on OS. Will open-source 6 DOF software stack, based on OpenSLAM. Will work with Wolvic (indirectly) on the WebXR stack.
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Are looking into eye tracking. Eye tracking BOM is around 50-100 dollars. Are not expecting <500 dollar headset with eyetracking, so don’t expect it to become an industry standard on all headsets.
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Snapdragon Spaces currently not aligned with Lynx products. But keep an eye out on updates in the future.
There seemed to be a few more interesting questions placed in the chat that Stan ignored (such as, have you shipped more or less than 500 headsets to backers?)