Varjo’s Enthusiast Grade VR Headset is Getting a Brain-computer Interface (and it’s not cheap)
Varjo, maker of high-end XR headsets, and OpenBCI, a company creating open source brain-computer interface solutions, today announced a new partnership that’s bringing OpenBCI’s long-awaited neural interface ‘Galea‘ to Varjo’s latest Aero VR headset, something the companies say will provide “a deeper understanding to augment the human mind.” Update (11:15 ET): Previously OpenBCI had tapped Valve […]

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Valve, OpenBCI & Tobii to Launch VR Brain-computer Interface ‘Galea’ in Early 2022
Valve co-founder Gabe Newell previously revealed Valve was working on a brain-computer interface (BCI) with OpenBCI, the minds behind open source BCI software and hardware solutions. Now Tobii, the eye-tracking firm, announced it’s also a partner on the project and that developer kits incorporating eye-tracking and “design elements” of Valve Index are expected to first […]

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OpenBCI Announces Brain-Computer Interface Designed Specifically for VR/AR Headsets
OpenBCI, the neurotech company behind the eponymous open-source brain-computer interface (BCI), are making a new hardware and software platform specifically for immersive headsets. Called Galea, the company says its new hardware is designed to attach to both AR and VR headsets, arriving with a multiple sensors designed to monitor biometric data streams in real time. Galea […]

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