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PiEEG XR
Best in group
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Meta Neural Band (sEMG wristband)
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OpenBCI Cyton
Best in group
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PiEEG XR
Best in group
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Meta Neural Band (sEMG wristband)
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OpenBCI Cyton
Best in group
Price (USD)
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PiEEG XR
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Meta Neural Band (sEMG wristband)
0$
OpenBCI Cyton
Lowest price
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
Meta Neural Band (sEMG wristband)
Meta (Reality Labs)
shipping
- 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
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