Lynx teased its next headset with a dark image.If you're unfamiliar, Lynx is a French startup that in 2020 announced Lynx-R1, a standalone mixed reality headset with an open periphery design, and ran a Kickstarter for it in 2021.Had it shipped on time, in 2022, Lynx-R1 would have been the first consumer standalone headset with color passthrough. But after repeated delays it was beaten to market by Meta Quest Pro, and by the time most backers had received their headset, Quest 3 and Apple Vision Pro had shipped too.Further, at the time of the Kickstarter Lynx R1 was envisioned as a roughly $500 consumer product, directly competing with Meta Quest headsets, and backers did eventually receive their headsets for this price. But the price for new orders rose to $850 and then $1300 as the company pivoted to primarily targeting businesses.Lynx-R1 Production Has Been “An Absolute Mess”Lynx-R1 production has been “an absolute mess”, says the founder & CEO in a new blog post explaining the reasons.UploadVRDavid HeaneyLynx founder Stan Larroque tells UploadVR that his company has "learned so much with the R1" in regards to electronics supply chains, and will not do a Kickstarter for the new headset.He's staying tight-lipped in regards to specs and details, but will share more "early next month".We expect the headset to use Qualcomm's Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 or XR2+ Gen 2, the chipsets in Quest 3 and upcoming Samsung Galaxy XR respectively, given that the current Lynx-R1 uses the original Snapdragon XR2 (also used in Quest 2).