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Varjo XR-4
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EMOTIV Insight 2.0
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InteraXon Muse 2
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Varjo XR-4
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EMOTIV Insight 2.0
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InteraXon Muse 2
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InteraXon Muse 2
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Varjo XR-4
Varjo
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- 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

EMOTIV Insight 2.0
EMOTIV
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- Sensors
- EEGIMU
- XR platforms
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- Sampling rate
- 128 Hz
- Wireless
- BLE 5 + 2.4GHz dongle
- SDK
- Cortex JSON/WebSocket
- Raw data access
- included (consumer entitlement)
- Subscription required
- NoNo extra API licence; EmotivPRO optional for advanced recording
- Best for
- portable BCI development, teaching, neurofeedback prototypes
- Limitations
- 5 fixed locations; 128 Hz ceiling; proprietary ecosystem

InteraXon Muse 2
InteraXon
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- Sensors
- EEGPPGIMU
- XR platforms
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- Sampling rate
- 256 Hz
- Wireless
- BT 4.2
- SDK
- Muse SDK (iOS/Android); 3rd-party BrainFlow/Muse-LSL
- Raw data access
- via SDK / LSL tools
- Subscription required
- NoRaw EEG needs no Premium; app features ~$49.99/yr; commercial SDK licence separate
- Best for
- meditation/neurofeedback, intro EEG, large-N deployments
- Limitations
- 4 frontal/temporal channels; 12-bit; BT packet loss