{"id":130337,"date":"2021-11-10T09:24:06","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T17:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/lynx-r-1-mr-headset-kickstarter-comes-to-an-end-with-over-800000"},"modified":"2021-11-10T09:24:06","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T17:24:06","slug":"lynx-r-1-mr-headset-kickstarter-comes-to-an-end-with-over-800000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/lynx-r-1-mr-headset-kickstarter-comes-to-an-end-with-over-800000","title":{"rendered":"Lynx R-1 MR Headset Kickstarter Comes to an End with over $800,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WhsuyL7bW1c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>French startup <a href=\"https:\/\/lynx-r.com\/\">Lynx<\/a> launched a Kickstarter campaign for Lynx R-1 in October, a standalone MR headset which is capable of both VR and passthrough AR. Starting at \u20ac530 (or $500 if you\u2019re not subject to European sales tax), the MR headset attracted a strong response from backers as it passed its initial funding goal in under 15 hours, going on to garner over $800,000 throughout the month-long campaign.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"\"><p><strong>Update (November 10th, 2021)<\/strong>: Lynx R-1 Kickstarter is now over, and it\u2019s attracted \u20ac725,281 (~$835,000) from 1,216 backers. In the final hours the campaign managed to pass its first stretch goal at $700,000\u2014a free facial interface pad.<\/p>\n<p>If you missed out, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lynx-r.com\/collections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the company is now offering direct preorders<\/a> for both its Standard Edition for $600 and Enterprise Edition for $1,100. It\u2019s also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lynx-r.com\/collections\/lynx-r1-accessories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">selling a few accessories<\/a> including compatible 6DOF controllers, facial interfaces, and a travel case.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>French startup Lynx launched a Kickstarter campaign for Lynx R-1 in October, a standalone MR headset which is capable of both VR and passthrough AR. Starting at \u20ac530 (or $500 if you\u2019re not subject to European sales tax), the MR headset attracted a strong response from backers as it passed its initial funding goal in [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1498,1879],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-augmented-reality","category-virtual-reality"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130337\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}