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Meta Neural Band (sEMG wristband)
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PiEEG XR
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InteraXon Muse 2
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Meta Neural Band (sEMG wristband)
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PiEEG XR
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InteraXon Muse 2
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Meta Neural Band (sEMG wristband)
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PiEEG XR
0.0$
InteraXon Muse 2
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
beta
- Sensors
- EEGface-EMGEOG
- XR platforms
- Meta Quest
- Sampling rate
- 250 Hz
- Wireless
- SPI to Raspberry Pi / USB
- SDK
- open PiEEG stack (Python); LSL
- Raw data access
- unrestricted (open)
- Subscription required
- No
- Best for
- students, makers, low-budget BCI+VR experiments
- Limitations
- beta; requires a Raspberry Pi; DIY assembly; forehead montage
InteraXon Muse 2
InteraXon
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- Sensors
- EEGPPGIMU
- XR platforms
- —
- Sampling rate
- 256 Hz
- Wireless
- BT 4.2
- SDK
- Muse SDK (iOS/Android); 3rd-party BrainFlow/Muse-LSL
- Raw data access
- via SDK / LSL tools
- Subscription required
- NoRaw EEG needs no Premium; app features ~$49.99/yr; commercial SDK licence separate
- Best for
- meditation/neurofeedback, intro EEG, large-N deployments
- Limitations
- 4 frontal/temporal channels; 12-bit; BT packet loss