4 EEG channels · dry Muse 2, Muse S, Muse Athena The most common headset in VRChat clips, with forehead and behind-the-ear sensors that players wear under a VR strap. Supported by BrainFlow and muse-lsl. choosemuse.com
8 EEG channels · dry Neurosity Crown Covers all four lobes, with on-device processing and an official SDK. Check how it sits with your VR strap before you buy. neurosity.co
1 EEG channel · dry NeuroSky MindWave Cheap and old, with built-in attention and meditation scores. SensorAssistantAndroid uses it. Fine for a first experiment, not for decoding.
5 to 14 channels Emotiv Insight and EPOC X Prosumer headsets with their own software ecosystem. Raw data access depends on your licence tier, so check before you plan an open-source project around one.
8 or 16 channels OpenBCI Cyton The open-source research board, 8 channels or 16 with the Daisy module. Pair it with your own electrode cap and you can place electrodes where VR leaves room. shop.openbci.com
4 channels · Bluetooth OpenBCI Ganglion The smaller, cheaper OpenBCI board. Used by the Paethos VR art piece on the builds shelf.
8 or 16 channels · DIY PiEEG An EEG shield for the Raspberry Pi, with Jetson and Bluetooth siblings. PiEEG-server adds a dashboard and VRChat OSC out of the box. pieeg.com
Mobile research EEG Mentalab Explore Wearable research-grade EEG with an open Python API, explorepy. Used in VR neurofeedback research.
EEG, EMG, EOG, EDA, PPG, eye tracking OpenBCI Galea A multi-sensor headset designed to mount on a VR headset, developed with Valve and Tobii around the Valve Index. Beta units began shipping in August 2024. Supported by BrainFlow.
Discontinued NextMind A visual-attention BCI that clipped to the back of a strap. Snap bought the company in March 2022 and the dev kit was discontinued. Projects built on it are now history.
EMG, not EEG Meta Neural Band A wrist-worn surface EMG band that ships with Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses. It reads the motor nerve signals to your fingers rather than the brain, and is one of the first neural-interface inputs sold to the mass market.