Stan Larroque (Lynx) on the Power and Potential of Video Passthrough

AR Show with Jason McDowall

Stan Larroque is the CEO and co-founder of Lynx, a company creating the first all-in-one mixed reality headset. The Lynx R1 offers a unique VR device with good video-passthrough of the real world to create mixed reality experiences.

Stan was inspired by the early Oculus device, the DK2, but wanted a better connection to the real world. As he finished his university education, he embarked on the journey to establish the leading European mixed reality hardware technology company. Along the way, he’s received support from industry founders and insiders including Oculus founder, Palmer Luckey, and optics expert, Bernard Kress, of Microsoft and Google.

In this conversation, Stan shares how his passion, a great team, and a few mentors have helped shape the company into Europe’s leading mixed reality hardware company.

Stan starts by laying the foundation for why he believes the Lynx approach to video passthrough is the right path for the market.

Stan goes on to touch on:

- the retention issue for VR devices,

- why the fully-featured AR headsets such as Hololens will cease to exist,

- his approach to establishing a contender to compete against Meta,

- Lynx’s approach to privacy, and

- the opportunity and imperative of being based in Europe.

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