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OpenBCI Galea
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Meta Neural Band (sEMG wristband)
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Muse S Athena (Gen 3)
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OpenBCI Galea
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Meta Neural Band (sEMG wristband)
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Muse S Athena (Gen 3)
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OpenBCI Galea
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Meta Neural Band (sEMG wristband)
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Muse S Athena (Gen 3)
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OpenBCI Galea
OpenBCI
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- 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
Meta Neural Band (sEMG wristband)
Meta (Reality Labs)
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- Sensors
- EMGIMU
- XR platforms
- standalone
- Sampling rate
- —
- Wireless
- BLE
- SDK
- not public
- Raw data access
- no public raw access
- Subscription required
- No
- Best for
- hands-free typing/pointing in AR via wrist EMG
- Limitations
- not a brain interface; closed ecosystem; no researcher access
Muse S Athena (Gen 3)
InteraXon
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- 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