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EMOTIV Insight 2.0
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Cognixion ONE (Axon-R)
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Varjo XR-4
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EMOTIV Insight 2.0
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Cognixion ONE (Axon-R)
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Varjo XR-4
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EMOTIV Insight 2.0
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Cognixion ONE (Axon-R)
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Varjo XR-4
EMOTIV Insight 2.0
EMOTIV
shipping
- Sensors
- EEGIMU
- XR platforms
- —
- Sampling rate
- 128 Hz
- Wireless
- BLE 5 + 2.4GHz dongle
- SDK
- Cortex JSON/WebSocket
- Raw data access
- included (consumer entitlement)
- Subscription required
- NoNo extra API licence; EmotivPRO optional for advanced recording
- Best for
- portable BCI development, teaching, neurofeedback prototypes
- Limitations
- 5 fixed locations; 128 Hz ceiling; proprietary ecosystem
Cognixion ONE (Axon-R)
Cognixion
beta
- Sensors
- EEGIMUeye-tracking
- XR platforms
- standalone
- Sampling rate
- —
- Wireless
- standalone AR unit
- SDK
- Cognixion research SDK
- Raw data access
- via research programme
- Subscription required
- No
- Best for
- hands-free AR speech generation via SSVEP BCI
- Limitations
- assistive-focused; research/clinical access; SSVEP fatigue
Varjo XR-4
Varjo
shipping
- Sensors
- eye-trackingpupillometryIMU
- XR platforms
- standaloneVarjo
- Sampling rate
- 200 (eye tracking) Hz
- Wireless
- tethered (DisplayPort/USB-C)
- SDK
- Varjo SDK; OpenXR; eye-tracking API
- Raw data access
- eye/gaze data via SDK
- Subscription required
- Yessome enterprise features need a Varjo subscription
- Best for
- high-fidelity MR, the hardware base Galea builds on, gaze research
- Limitations
- no neural sensing itself; tethered; enterprise pricing