OpenBCI brain games
Connect your OpenBCI and watch your own brain respond to a gentle light flicker, a 40 Hz sound, and an attention challenge. Each game takes under two minutes.
- Sensors
- 8 channels
- Sample rate
- 250 Hz
- Connect
- No install (USB serial connection)
Does the OpenBCI work with iborg's brain games?
Yes. The OpenBCI is a 8 sensors (Fp1, Fp2, C3, C4, P7, P8, O1, O2) headset reading at 250 Hz, one of five headsets the iborg Brain Arcade supports. iborg records the device and sensor layout with every session, so your OpenBCI data is only compared with other OpenBCI recordings, never blended with a different headset.
Do I need to install anything to use a OpenBCI with iborg?
On a supported browser (Chrome or Edge on a computer) iborg connects to the OpenBCI straight from the page over a USB serial connection, with nothing to install. On other browsers, use the small helper app instead.
What can I see with a OpenBCI?
Watch the slow brainwave called alpha rise and fall as you open and close your eyes. See your brainwaves lock onto a 40 Hz sound, with no flashing at all. Its back-of-head sensors pick up the response to a gentle light flicker especially clearly. It's all for research and curiosity: every read-out is an estimate of a signal we saw this session, not a claim about you.
Are iborg's brain games safe on a OpenBCI?
Yes. Only one game uses a gentle light flicker, and it never starts until you pass a quick photosensitivity check and confirm your age. You can Stop any time (button or the Esc key), it honours your device's reduced-motion setting, and the flickering patch stays small. Every flicker game also offers a no-flashing, sound-only version, so nothing dead-ends.
Is my brain data private with a OpenBCI?
Yes. New accounts are private by default: nothing you record is shared until you choose to. Your brainwaves are encrypted, sharing an anonymized reading to the public average or to research is a separate opt-in you can change any time, and any optional webcam eye-tracking runs on your own device (only coordinates leave it, never video).
How do I get started with a OpenBCI, or with no headset at all?
Open the Brain Arcade, choose OpenBCI, and play a 30-second game, or run a quick calibration first to see what your setup can do. No headset yet? Try it with a built-in demo signal, no hardware and no sign-up (the demo is clearly labelled and never counts as a real reading).
No headset? No problem.
These brain games are for research and curiosity, not for any kind of diagnosis. See how the OpenBCI compares to other headsets on the compatibility & reliability matrix.