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Meta Neural Band (sEMG wristband)
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Muse S Athena (Gen 3)
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Emteq OCOsense
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Meta Neural Band (sEMG wristband)
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Muse S Athena (Gen 3)
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Emteq OCOsense
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Meta Neural Band (sEMG wristband)
0.0$
Muse S Athena (Gen 3)
Lowest price
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Emteq OCOsense
Meta Neural Band (sEMG wristband)
Meta (Reality Labs)
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- Sensors
- EMGIMU
- XR platforms
- standalone
- Sampling rate
- —
- Wireless
- BLE
- SDK
- not public
- Raw data access
- no public raw access
- Subscription required
- No
- Best for
- hands-free typing/pointing in AR via wrist EMG
- Limitations
- not a brain interface; closed ecosystem; no researcher access
Muse S Athena (Gen 3)
InteraXon
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- Sensors
- EEGfNIRSPPGIMU
- XR platforms
- —
- Sampling rate
- 256 Hz
- Wireless
- BLE 5.3; USB-C
- SDK
- Muse SDK
- Raw data access
- via SDK / research tools
- Subscription required
- NoSDK raw EEG has no Premium requirement; app features $49.99/yr
- Best for
- EEG/fNIRS focus training, sleep studies, portable experiments
- Limitations
- still 4 standard on-head EEG channels; frontal fNIRS coverage
Emteq OCOsense
Emteq Labs
shipping
- 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