Stan Larroque (Lynx) on the Power and Potential of Video Passthrough
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The Guest
David Jiang is the CEO and founder of VITURE, a company creating a smartglasses solution for video gaming and streaming content.
After studying human computer interaction and industrial design at university in China, David continued his studies into human computer interaction at Harvard, where he fell in love with the Boston Celtics basketball team.
David joined Google in the early years of their work on Google Glass and went on to become the Chief Designer and Head of AR for AI company, Rokid. David then became CEO of Meteorolite, where he pushed the boundaries of AR positioning technology and designed a number of AR experiences for retail and theme parks, before setting out on his own with VITURE.
The Conversation
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.
Links From The Episode
- Article: Lynx Mixed Reality headset: Q&A with Stan Larroque
- Article: Lynx Secures $4M in Series A Funding, Aims to Become “European Champion of Mixed Reality” by Scott Hayden for Road to VR
- Videos: Lynx on YouTube
- Article: Apple buys startup focused on lenses for AR glasses by Stephen Nellis for Reuters
- Site: Wolvic Browser – Open source browser for XR
- Press Release: Qualcomm Launches Snapdragon AR2 Designed to Revolutionize AR Glasses
- Book: The Charterhouse of Parma by Stendhal (book summary)
- Episode Transcript