Best Free VR Video Player Apps for PC, Mac, iPhone, Android

The trend of VR (Virtual Reality) has triggered an incredible storm around the world and is leading us to enter a new era. Compared with the normal video footage, a VR video give us a more vivid and immersive streaming experience.

List of the Best VR Players

1. VR Player FREE

http://www.vrplayer.com/

Platform: iOS/Android/Windows

Pros: VR Player is a powerful free VR player designed specifically for watching immersive content on head mounted displays (HMD). It can not only play VR video, but also play 2D, 3D SBS, 3D Top/Bottom, 360 degree videos.

Cons: Sometimes you may come across some performance issues with Oculus Rift DK2, but it's still a good VR player.

2. Homido 360 VR Player

Platform: iOS/Android

For iOS: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/homido-360-vr-player/id909196467?mt=8

For Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.homido.homidoplayer&hl=en

Pros: It is used for the Homido HMD headset. You can watch 360° spherical videos as if you were seated in an IMAX theater. The first ever HMD internet browser allows you to watch any VR content directly from YouTube or other VR video sites in the headset. Also, you can record SBS videos from your headset.

Cons: Again, to fully enjoy this app, you will need a Homido virtual reality headset.

3. AAA VR Cinema Cardboard 3D SBS(DOWN)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.candlify.vrplayer

Platform: Android

Pros: AAA VR Cinema Cardboard 3D SBS is a free and great VR video player Android app. Except for the wide ranges of options to play 360 as well as normal 3D VR videos, rotation killer mode and pure gyro mode are added to head tracking option in the newest version 1.6.1. This player only supports MOV, MP4 and M4V format. You may need some VR video converter app if your video format is excluded.

Cons: Pay attention, this app will crash when you open a file that contains "%" in the file name. Please rename before open the file. And Bluetooth mouse is disabled temporary in the current version 1.6.1.

4. Mobile VR Station

https://apps.apple.com/sg/app/mobile-vr-station/id959820493

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mgatelabs.mobilevrstation&hl=en_SG&gl=US

Platform: iOS/Android

Pros: Mobile VR Station is a free VR player which is designed for iOS and Android users and it works with every headset. It's an alternative to Homido 360 Player and even better, you can view your Photos, Panoramas, Videos & Files projected onto a virtual screen floating in space for a unique heater experience. You can watch HTML5 videos from mobile safari with Micro VR Station extension and get better viewing experience on 3D content, 360/ Spherical movies.

Cons: But remember, the app won’t display any content that are DRM-protected, for example the content you bought from iTunes.

5. LiveViewRift

http://soft.viarum.com/liveviewrift/

Platform: Windows/Mac

Pros: LiveViewRift is one of the most popular virtual reality players which allows you to watch different sorts of media files with the Oculus Rift. With its powerful distortion and field-of-view-correction functions, LiveViewRift lets you enjoy media as your eyes would be where the camera is.

Cons: You can only download it free for Mac OS X 10.9 and Windows 7/8 so far. There’s no version for windows 10 currently.

6. SKYBOX VR PLAYER

https://skybox.xyz/

Platform: Windows 64bit/Mac/Android/Steam...

Pros: Like Kolor Eyes, Skybox VR Player is a great and free VR video player on Windows 64bit/Mac/Android/Steam... computers. You are able to stream local videos from PC to mobile devices with zero quality loss when connecting to Wi-Fi network. It also supports watching one video with multiple devices and can play nearly all video formats. You can experience HD, full HD, and 4K playback on this one.

So, these are the best free VR players for multi-platform to watch VR videos with ease. And there are more VR players like FreeVRPlayer, Delight VR Player that can also do a great job when playing VR videos. They may have their own pros and cons, but all of them aim to provide the best experience to users. Depending on your platform and preference, just choose the best VR player as you wish.