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Muse S Athena (Gen 3)
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NextMind Dev Kit
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InteraXon Muse 2
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Muse S Athena (Gen 3)
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NextMind Dev Kit
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InteraXon Muse 2
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Muse S Athena (Gen 3)
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NextMind Dev Kit
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InteraXon Muse 2
Lowest price
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
xr_bci
NextMind Dev Kit
NextMind (Snap)
discontinued
- Sensors
- EEG
- XR platforms
- Meta QuestVive
- Sampling rate
- —
- Wireless
- BLE
- SDK
- NextMind SDK (Unity) — no longer supported
- Raw data access
- no raw research access
- Subscription required
- No
- Best for
- historical reference for consumer visual-cortex BCI
- Limitations
- discontinued; proprietary stimulus paradigm; no raw access
InteraXon Muse 2
InteraXon
shipping
- 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