Media player in full virtual reality for Google VR, for both 2D and 3D movies
VR Theater for Cardboard — description
Are you waiting for the perfect media player in proper VR? Give this one a try, while you keep waiting!
Sporting great features, like: • plenty of bugs • sub-par graphics • incomplete and out of date instructions • clumsy controls • limited features • embarrassing User Interface • limited movie formats compatibility
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Got your Google Cardboard handy (or why not, maybe a better headset, like the Homido VR)? Great! Enjoy your own 2D and 3D movies in a virtual cinema, for free (it also supports panoramic 360° and 180° movies)!
Full Virtual Reality: turn your head around and watch the environment. 2 (honestly bare) 3D environments, and dozens of photographic ones to choose from. Works with all mp4 files (and with a bit of luck other formats...), can play movies from the web and other applications. Supports many 3D movie formats, like SBS, Over/Under and Red-Cyan anaglyph, but plays normal 2D movies as well. Supports .srt subtitle files: select them manually, or automatically if the subtitle file name matches the video. No ads, no in-app payments or statistics gathering: 100% free for personal use! Doesn't require buttons on the headset to work. Make yourself at home: check the "Options" menu and configure the theater as you like!
Support: couchgamessoftware@gmail.com
The movie represented on the virtual screen ("Elephants Dream" (c) copyright 2006, Blender Foundation / Netherlands Media Art Institute / www.elephantsdream.org), can be freely downloaded in both SBS and over/under version at the URL: https://orange.blender.org/blog/elephants-dream-in-stereoscopic-3d
Latest version
Version
0.15.1
Update
Jun 14, 2026
Package ID
it.couchgames.apps.cardboardcinema
What's new
Jun 14, 2026
I apologize for the inconvenience!
The 0.15.0 update left some of you with a black screen instead of a movie. This release hunts those bugs down:
- black/blank screen after updating - black video on some Samsung devices - a crash in the gaze controls - screen-lock breaking 180°/360° panoramic
Thanks to Muhammad R. and Albert L. for the help! A calm bug report beats an angry one-star — I read and answer every message, so reach out. Enjoy a (hopefully) less buggy app!