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Meta Neural Band (sEMG wristband)
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OpenBCI Galea
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Varjo XR-4
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Meta Neural Band (sEMG wristband)
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OpenBCI Galea
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Varjo XR-4
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Meta Neural Band (sEMG wristband)
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OpenBCI Galea
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Varjo XR-4
Lowest price
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
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
Varjo XR-4
Varjo
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- 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