EssilorLuxottica Acquires French XR Startup Lynx, Putting R2 Headset Release in Doubt

Lynx, the France-based XR hardware startup, has been acquired by global eyewear conglomerate EssilorLuxottica.
In a public email to backers, Lynx founder and CEO Stan Larroque confirmed the acquisition, which was rumored to have taken place two weeks ago.
This includes “[a]ll the IP, assets and most of the team is now transitioning from a startup to this big company,” Larroque says in the email, adding that “it might take a few months for the operations to be smooth again