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NextMind Dev Kit
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PiEEG XR
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OpenBCI Ganglion
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NextMind Dev Kit
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PiEEG XR
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OpenBCI Ganglion
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NextMind Dev Kit
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PiEEG XR
0.0$
OpenBCI Ganglion
Lowest price
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- historical reference for consumer visual-cortex BCI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
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
OpenBCI Ganglion
OpenBCI
shipping
- Sensors
- EEGEMG
- XR platforms
- —
- Sampling rate
- 200 Hz
- Wireless
- BLE (dongle sold separately)
- SDK
- GUI + BrainFlow
- Raw data access
- unrestricted (open)
- Subscription required
- No
- Best for
- low-cost neurofeedback, simple BCI, education
- Limitations
- 4 channels; no microSD; BLE compression