DEVICE MATRIX // 8 SYSTEMS
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| Name | Manufacturer | Status | Sensors | XR platforms | Channels | Sampling rate | Resolution bits | Wireless | SDK | Raw data access | Subscription required | Price (USD) | Best for | Limitations | |
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| OpenBCI GaleaLast verified: Aug 30, 2026 | OpenBCI | shipping | EEGEOGEMGPPGEDAeye-trackingpupillometry | Varjo | 10 | up to 500 Hz | 24 | Wi-Fi; LSL/UDP/OSC | C/C++ SDK + BrainFlow; Unity/Unreal | full multimodal | No | $33,990.00 | VR/AR neuroscience, HCI, synchronized EEG + eye tracking + face EMG + EDA | very expensive; 10 EEG channels; tied to the Varjo ecosystem | Buy |
| Varjo XR-4Last verified: Aug 30, 2026 | Varjo | shipping | eye-trackingpupillometryIMU | standaloneVarjo | — | 200 (eye tracking) Hz | — | tethered (DisplayPort/USB-C) | Varjo SDK; OpenXR; eye-tracking API | eye/gaze data via SDK | Yessome enterprise features need a Varjo subscription | $3,990.00 | high-fidelity MR, the hardware base Galea builds on, gaze research | no neural sensing itself; tethered; enterprise pricing | |
| HP Reverb G2 Omnicept EditionLast verified: Aug 30, 2026 | HP | discontinued | PPGeye-trackingpupillometryface-EMG | standalone | — | — | — | tethered | Omnicept SDK (cognitive load, attention) | sensor + inferred metrics via SDK | NoOmnicept licensing applied for commercial deployment | discontinued (was ~$1,249) | historical reference for physiological VR; cognitive-load research | discontinued; no EEG; Windows Mixed Reality platform wound down | |
| LooxidLinkLast verified: Aug 30, 2026 | Looxid Labs | beta | EEG | Meta QuestVive | 6 | 500 Hz | 24 | USB-C to headset / BLE | LooxidLink SDK (Unity); LSL | raw EEG via SDK | No | quote / limited availability | attention/engagement in VR, frontal-asymmetry studies | 6 frontal-ish channels; headset-fit dependent; limited availability | |
| Cognixion ONE (Axon-R)Last verified: Aug 30, 2026 | Cognixion | beta | EEGIMUeye-tracking | standalone | 8 | — | — | standalone AR unit | Cognixion research SDK | via research programme | No | research access / clinical programme | hands-free AR speech generation via SSVEP BCI | assistive-focused; research/clinical access; SSVEP fatigue | |
| Wearable Sensing DSI-VR300Last verified: Aug 30, 2026 | Wearable Sensing | shipping | EEG | Meta QuestVivestandalone | 7 | 300 (600 optional) Hz | 16 | Bluetooth; LSL/TCP | DSI API (C/C++, Python); Unity/Unreal | raw CSV/EDF + LSL/TCP | No | quote | P300 / VEP / SSVEP experiments inside VR | 7 task-specific posterior channels; quote-only pricing | |
| PiEEG XRLast verified: Aug 30, 2026 | PiEEG | beta | EEGface-EMGEOG | Meta Quest | 8 | 250 Hz | 24 | SPI to Raspberry Pi / USB | open PiEEG stack (Python); LSL | unrestricted (open) | No | crowdfunding / beta pricing (low-cost) | students, makers, low-budget BCI+VR experiments | beta; requires a Raspberry Pi; DIY assembly; forehead montage | |
| NextMind Dev KitLast verified: Aug 30, 2026 | NextMind (Snap) | discontinued | EEG | Meta QuestVive | 8 | — | — | BLE | NextMind SDK (Unity) — no longer supported | no raw research access | No | discontinued (was ~$399) after Snap acquisition | historical reference for consumer visual-cortex BCI | discontinued; proprietary stimulus paradigm; no raw access |