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Emteq OCOsense
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Neurosity Crown
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OpenBCI Galea
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Emteq OCOsense
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OpenBCI Galea
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Emteq OCOsense
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Neurosity Crown
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OpenBCI Galea
Emteq OCOsense
Emteq Labs
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- Sensors
- face-EMGPPGIMU
- XR platforms
- standaloneMeta Quest
- Sampling rate
- —
- Wireless
- BLE
- SDK
- Emteq SDK (expression, valence/arousal, activity)
- Raw data access
- sensor + affect metrics via SDK
- Subscription required
- Yesanalytics platform is subscription-based
- Best for
- real-time facial expression + emotion in VR, wellbeing research
- Limitations
- no EEG; measures expression not brain activity; enterprise-only
Neurosity Crown
Neurosity
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- Sensors
- EEG
- XR platforms
- —
- Sampling rate
- 256 Hz
- Wireless
- Wi-Fi ac + BLE 4.2
- SDK
- JS/TS + Python SDK; OSC/LSL/BrainFlow/MCP
- Raw data access
- raw filtered + rawUnfiltered
- Subscription required
- NoFirst membership year included; then $29.99/mo optional
- Best for
- rapid dry-electrode BCI development, focus/neurofeedback apps
- Limitations
- 8 fixed positions; ~250 g; ADC bit depth undisclosed
OpenBCI Galea
OpenBCI
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- Sensors
- EEGEOGEMGPPGEDAeye-trackingpupillometry
- XR platforms
- Varjo
- Sampling rate
- up to 500 Hz
- Wireless
- Wi-Fi; LSL/UDP/OSC
- SDK
- C/C++ SDK + BrainFlow; Unity/Unreal
- Raw data access
- full multimodal
- Subscription required
- No
- Best for
- VR/AR neuroscience, HCI, synchronized EEG + eye tracking + face EMG + EDA
- Limitations
- very expensive; 10 EEG channels; tied to the Varjo ecosystem