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OpenBCI Cyton
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NextMind Dev Kit
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Cognixion ONE (Axon-R)
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OpenBCI Cyton
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NextMind Dev Kit
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Cognixion ONE (Axon-R)
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OpenBCI Cyton
Lowest price
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NextMind Dev Kit
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Cognixion ONE (Axon-R)
OpenBCI Cyton
OpenBCI
shipping
- Sensors
- EEGEMG
- XR platforms
- —
- 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
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- historical reference for consumer visual-cortex BCI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
Cognixion ONE (Axon-R)
Cognixion
beta
- Sensors
- EEGIMUeye-tracking
- XR platforms
- standalone
- Sampling rate
- —
- Wireless
- standalone AR unit
- SDK
- Cognixion research SDK
- Raw data access
- via research programme
- Subscription required
- No
- Best for
- hands-free AR speech generation via SSVEP BCI
- Limitations
- assistive-focused; research/clinical access; SSVEP fatigue