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NextMind Dev Kit
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Muse S Athena (Gen 3)
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Emteq OCOsense
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Muse S Athena (Gen 3)
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Emteq OCOsense
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NextMind Dev Kit
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Muse S Athena (Gen 3)
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Emteq OCOsense
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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- historical reference for consumer visual-cortex BCI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
Muse S Athena (Gen 3)
InteraXon
shipping
- 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