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NextMind Dev Kit
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Varjo XR-4
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OpenBCI Galea
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NextMind Dev Kit
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Varjo XR-4
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OpenBCI Galea
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NextMind Dev Kit
0$
Varjo XR-4
Lowest price
0$
OpenBCI Galea
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- historical reference for consumer visual-cortex BCI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
Varjo XR-4
Varjo
shipping
- 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
OpenBCI Galea
OpenBCI
shipping
- 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