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OpenBCI Cyton
Best in group
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HP Reverb G2 Omnicept Edition
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PiEEG XR
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OpenBCI Cyton
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HP Reverb G2 Omnicept Edition
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PiEEG XR
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OpenBCI Cyton
Lowest price
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HP Reverb G2 Omnicept Edition
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PiEEG XR
OpenBCI Cyton
OpenBCI
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- Sensors
- EEGEMG
- XR platforms
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- Sampling rate
- 250 Hz
- Wireless
- RFDuino USB dongle
- SDK
- GUI + BrainFlow (Python/Java/C++/C#/MATLAB/Julia/Rust/R)
- Raw data access
- unrestricted (open)
- Subscription required
- No
- Best for
- custom EEG/EMG/ECG hardware, student BCI projects
- Limitations
- bare board; assembly required; older radio architecture
discontinued
- Sensors
- PPGeye-trackingpupillometryface-EMG
- XR platforms
- standalone
- Sampling rate
- —
- Wireless
- tethered
- SDK
- Omnicept SDK (cognitive load, attention)
- Raw data access
- sensor + inferred metrics via SDK
- Subscription required
- NoOmnicept licensing applied for commercial deployment
- Best for
- historical reference for physiological VR; cognitive-load research
- Limitations
- discontinued; no EEG; Windows Mixed Reality platform wound down
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