Media player in full virtual reality for Google VR, for both 2D and 3D movies
4.32·9,087 reviews·1,000,000+ downloads
Pros & Cons
No ads or in-app purchases, making it purely free for personal use.
Supports both 2D and 3D movies in VR for immersive viewing.
Subtitle support with .srt files for accessibility.
Local and web/other-app playback for flexible viewing.
Limited movie format compatibility compared to some competitors (primarily mp4 with occasional other formats).
Reported rough edges in user experience such as UI and controls in user feedback.
Long-form updates and instructions appear to be out of date in some descriptions, suggesting room for more polished onboarding.
About VR Theater for Cardboard
VR Theater for Cardboard is a video players & editors app developed by Couch Games Software.
How many times has VR Theater for Cardboard been downloaded?
VR Theater for Cardboard has been downloaded 1.9 million times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 5.8 thousand times.
What is the rating of VR Theater for Cardboard?
VR Theater for Cardboard is rated 4.32 out of 5 stars, based on 9.1 thousand ratings.
Is VR Theater for Cardboard free?
VR Theater for Cardboard is free to download. The APK download size is 34.59 MB. The latest version available is 1.0.1. The last update was on August 1, 2026.
What are the requirements for VR Theater for Cardboard?
VR Theater for Cardboard requires Android 8.0+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play November 2014.
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Sporting great features, like: • plenty of bugs • sub-par graphics • incomplete and out of date instructions • clumsy controls • limited features • embarrassing User Interface • limited movie formats compatibility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
Recent changes: VR Theater 1.0 — the theater finally has seats.
Turn on "Theater seating" next to the Play button: the empty room becomes an auditorium, and you're sitting in it. Off by default — if your phone can take it, try it.
Also: - spatial audio got a serious upgrade, on by default this time - the usual bug fixes, and certainly some new ones
Something, somewhere, will break. Write to me when it does.
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Excellent. Good app for viewing normal mp4 videos of 16:9 videos in side by side firmat to view in VR Headset. Love this.
★★★★☆Minimol Mr· Nov 28, 2024
I lick vr theater it is good app for vr 😊.is support normal and vr and 3d videos. Good video adjust ment with baten and non baten.
★★★★★Ritesh Rajbanshi· Aug 3, 2025
Need additional video format support or codec support, now it time to run without Google cardboard license, for streaming options could be helpful I mean as an external player, plz get reference from Vars vr player they are literally good and at last web browser player like iWebVR Pro also fine get reference from there. Everything is good thanks to open source developer
★★★★★Joe Shmo· Nov 1, 2024
Works Extremely well, even with a Cheap V. R Headset, good for watching Movies close up and feel like you're in the Show! "Thank you"
★★☆☆☆Robert Chapman· Jan 20, 2025
Decided to test my Shin econ VR headset, and this app was the perfect test for it! Other than a random app crash when I tapped the settings button (only once did that happen between installation completion and when I send this review), the app worked flawlessly! Even better: It reads from SD cards so if you have videos lying in SD storage, use them in this app! 5 stars to a single developer who managed to get this app in a stable state! Edit: No longer compatible for my devices. 2 stars for now.
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