Benchmark // 3
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EMOTIV EPOC X
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LooxidLink
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OpenBCI Cyton
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EMOTIV EPOC X
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LooxidLink
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OpenBCI Cyton
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EMOTIV EPOC X
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LooxidLink
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OpenBCI Cyton
EMOTIV EPOC X
EMOTIV
shipping
- Sensors
- EEGIMU
- XR platforms
- —
- Sampling rate
- 128/256 Hz
- Wireless
- BT 5.0 + dongle
- SDK
- Cortex
- Raw data access
- via paid Premium Developer API
- Subscription required
- YesPremium Developer API licence required for real-time raw EEG in a custom app
- Best for
- mobile whole-head research, ERP/BCI experiments
- Limitations
- fixed montage; saline dries; sequential sampling; raw-data licensing
LooxidLink
Looxid Labs
beta
- Sensors
- EEG
- XR platforms
- Meta QuestVive
- Sampling rate
- 500 Hz
- Wireless
- USB-C to headset / BLE
- SDK
- LooxidLink SDK (Unity); LSL
- Raw data access
- raw EEG via SDK
- Subscription required
- No
- Best for
- attention/engagement in VR, frontal-asymmetry studies
- Limitations
- 6 frontal-ish channels; headset-fit dependent; limited availability
OpenBCI Cyton
OpenBCI
shipping
- Sensors
- EEGEMG
- XR platforms
- —
- Sampling rate
- 250 Hz
- Wireless
- RFDuino USB dongle
- SDK
- GUI + BrainFlow (Python/Java/C++/C#/MATLAB/Julia/Rust/R)
- Raw data access
- unrestricted (open)
- Subscription required
- No
- Best for
- custom EEG/EMG/ECG hardware, student BCI projects
- Limitations
- bare board; assembly required; older radio architecture