Lynx R2 Launches as Open, Enterprise-Ready Mixed Reality Platform

• Lynx has debuted the R2 headset, aimed at professional use in healthcare, industry, and research, with availability details still to come.
• The device offers raw sensor access, a wide field of view, and runs on a sovereign OS designed for offline operation and data control.

Lynx has unveiled the R2, its next-generation mixed reality headset built for professional environments, including healthcare, industry, and research. The device combines open hardware access with privacy protections designed to meet institutional standards. While pricing and general availability remain unannounced, Lynx says the R2 is intended to support large-scale deployment across enterprise settings.

The R2 uses curved pancake lenses to deliver a wide field of view of 126° horizontal by 103° vertical within a 550g standalone form factor balanced between the front module and back-head battery. A flip-up visor and adjustable eye relief are designed for use with glasses. The headset includes four black-and-white cameras for SLAM and hand tracking, two RGB cameras for color passthrough, an iToF depth sensor, and infrared flood illuminators. Developers can access raw, synchronous data from all sensors through the Lynx API. It runs on LynxOS, an operating system developed entirely by the company in France that supports full offline operation and gives users direct control over data and deployment.

This release follows a quiet period for the Paris-based company, which acknowledged a challenging 2024–2025 marked by limited visibility and financial constraints in a recent blog post. Despite what founder Stan Larroque describes as a ten-to-one investment gap between the US and Europe, Lynx has remained independent and used the time to improve its first headset, the R1, and prepare for its successor. The R2 builds on that foundation, with Lynx renewing its focus on large-scale professional deployment of open XR systems.

🌀 Tom’s Take:

In fields like robotics, AI research, and surgical training, raw sensor access is a requirement. It enables users to build things like precision systems and validate complex models. Lynx offering full, synchronous access out of the box is a serious differentiator.

Source: Lynx