Developing brain–computer interfaces (BCIs) based on electroencephalography (EEG) technology, Emotiv Systems produced the EPOC near headset, a peripheral targeting the gaming market for Windows, OS X and Linux platforms.
[1] The EPOC has 16 electrodes and was originally designed to work as a BCI input device.
[2] Emotive Systems Pty Ltd was founded in 2003[3] by technology entrepreneurs Tan Le, Nam Do, Allan Snyder, and Neil Weste.
Emotiv Research Pty Ltd was founded in 2011[4] also by Tan Le.
Nam Do, Allan Snyder, and Neil Weste are not affiliated with this business.