An accompanying mobile app converts the EEG signal into audio feedback that is fed to the user via headphones.
[1] Muse is manufactured by InteraXon, a company based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada[2] that was founded in 2007 by Ariel Garten, Trevor Coleman, Chris Aimone, and Steve Mann originally at 330 Dundas Street West (Steve Mann's lab), in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
[2] In 2018, the company launched Muse 2, which also measures heart rate, breath, and body movement.
[7] It was demonstrated that Muse can be used for ERP research, with the advantage of it being low cost and quick to set up.
The use of Muse enables the use of biofeedback, differing from a device like Thync that claims to actually alter brainwaves by wearing it.