2026-09-15

immerGallery 1.4.5 "Hand Tracking and Steam Frame standalone support" released

Hand Tracking (Quest 3 / 3S, PICO 4 Ultra):

• Added initial hand tracking support.
• Switch between hands and controllers at any time.
• Enable optional swipe gestures to move to the next or previous photo or video (experimental).
• Configure hand tracking under Settings, Input.

Video Player
On Meta Quest 3, immerGallery now automatically adjusts the display refresh rate for smoother video playback. For example, using 100 Hz for 50 fps videos.

Steam Frame

• immerGallery now runs directly on Steam Frame in standalone mode, without a connected PC.
• One purchase on Steam includes both the Windows PC VR and Steam Frame standalone versions.

Other

• Fixed an issue with browsing the favorites folder.
• Fixed an issue that prevented the UI sound mute setting from being remembered across app restarts.

2026-08-30

immerGallery 1.4.4 "File Explorer, Hardware-Decoding MV-HEVC and USB Android support" released

• File Explorer
  With copy, cut, paste, rename, and folder creation, immerGallery can now be used as a file explorer to organize and move your media files. Access these new features for marked favorites through the "..." menu.
  
• Hardware-accelerated MV-HEVC "Spatial Video" support
  3D videos captured with iPhone, Apple Vision Pro, Pico 4 Ultra, and Samsung Galaxy S25/S26, including 8K (4K per eye) recordings, can now be played back smoothly in immerGallery on Meta Quest 3 / 3S and Pico 4 Ultra.
  
• Play media from USB
  Meta Quest: exFAT, FAT32
  PICO: exFAT, FAT32, NTFS
  Windows: all supported file systems
  
• Significantly faster ZIP extraction, e.g. for Rewards
• SMB optimizations for higher-bitrate video streaming
• SMB symbolic links supported
• Improved format detection and thumb generation for 3D videos
• 1.4.4a: improved image quality on Pico headsets 
• 1.4.4a: fixed potential laser length issue 
• 1.4.4a: fixed folder up in favorites bug

Watch immerGallery 1.4.4 File Explorer video on YouTube

2026-07-24 (updated 2026-08-07)

immerGallery 1.4.3a "H .264 MVC (Blu-ray 3D) support" released

• H.264 MVC (Blu-ray 3D) support: Play Blu-ray 3D files at full original quality, without quality loss from re-encoding
  
• Rewards from 2026-01 to 2026-04: Previously unclaimed rewards from this period are now available under "Missed Rewards"
• Multiplayer: Search option for common galleries and filenames
  
• Other:
  

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  1.4.3a: Fixed a rare MVC (Blu-Ray 3D) exception
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  1.4.3a: Cylinder degrees in filename suffixes. Example: beach_146_CYL2D.jpg
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  1.4.3a: Insta360 Ultra Luna 200 MP pano: Automatically converted to a new cylindrical file. Press Refresh once to detect it.
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  1.4.3b: Additional H.264 MVC playback fix 
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  1.4.3b: Major performance optimizations for automatic format detection and thumb generation 
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  1.4.3b: Improved video thumbnail generation 
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  1.4.3b: Format detection and thumbs are prioritized by scroll position 
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  1.4.3c: Significantly faster video thumbnail generation 
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  1.4.3c: Support for embedded video subtitles 
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  1.4.3c: UI functionality fixes 
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  1.4.3c: Improved 10-bit color video (Windows) 
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  1.4.3c: Improved very high-res image display (Windows)
  

H.264 MVC stereo frame dependencies with temporal and inter-view prediction.
Based on: “MVC prediccio” — Victor.Vendrell, CC BY-SA 3.0; adapted.

2026-07-01

immerGallery on Steam for Windows  / PCVR released!  Support for almost all PCVR headsets and controllers!

immerGallery on Steam

2026-06-02

immerGallery 1.4.2 "​Photos and videos together in VR slideshows" released

• We are very happy to introduce unified folder views for images and videos. You can now browse them together and create mixed VR slideshows with both media types -- whatever fits best for your showcase!
  

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  Images and videos live now together in Local Gallery, SMB Gallery, UPnP Gallery
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  VR slideshows with mixed image / video content
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  Removed video player tab
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  Long press left / right in video to switch VR slide
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  Play / pause through thumbstick press in videos
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  App start location is now OS root folder

• Multiplayer (alpha 3): Watching videos together
• Performance improvements
  
• SMB video playback improved
  
• UI tweaks
  
• Added Exit into menu
  
• 1.4.2a:  Controller vibration strength dropdown
• 1.4.2a:  Multiplayer fixes
• 1.4.2b: Added video resume button: for videos over 10 minutes
  
• 1.4.2c: Insta360 Luna Ultra 360° support 
  
• 1.4.2c: Added + / - for changing thumb size
• 1.4.2c: Performance optimizations
  
• 1.4.2c: Windows / Steam: Display mirror can be disabled under Settings, Advanced
  

2026-03-11

immerGallery Business released 1.4.1e in PICO Business Store

• Supported devices

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  PICO 4 Ultra Enterprise
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  Future PICO VR headsets (e.g. "Project Swan")
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  Earlier headsets are not supported for immerGallery Business due to missing OpenXR compatibility on PICO OS versions older than 5.11. If you need immerGallery on ​PICO Neo3, PICO 4, PICO 4 Pro or PICO 4 Ultra (non-enterprise), please refer to the consumer version of immerGallery.

• More information on our dedicated immerGallery Business website

2026-01-23

immerGallery 1.4.1: SMB3 improved and more

• Missed Rewards 2025-09 to 2025-12

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  If you missed rewards in that time, you can now complete your collection.
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  In immerGallery, go to "Rewards - Missed Rewards" for in-app purchases.

• SMB Updates

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  The latest SMB 3.1.1 standard is now fully supported
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  Improvements for guest on SMB
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  Added "Copy favorites to Pictures/SMB" under "..."

• Submenu depth in multi-page folder view fixed
  
• Video deletion menu bugfix
  
• 1.4.1a: enhanced AV1 support up to 8K
• 1.4.1a: stability fixes
• 1.4.1b: MV-HEVC "Spatial Video" over SMB & UPnP
• 1.4.1b: MV-HEVC audio improvements
• 1.4.1c: fixed video format selection
  
• 1.4.1d: New shuffle button (after thumbs finished)
• 1.4.1e: SMB access fix for some macOS setups
• 1.4.1e: GPano InitialViewHeadingDegrees and PoseHeadingDegrees for 360° supported
• 1.4.1e: Video list scroll bar speed for page 2+ fixed
  

2025-12-13

immerGallery 1.4: Scriptable Immersive Movie SFX / Environments

• Immersive Scriptable Movie Hints

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  New scriptable system to sync special effects, environments, and 360° backgrounds with movie scenes for deeper immersion
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  Powered by the immerVR MovieHint Specification
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  Added sample video showcasing this feature under "Download – Included"
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  Developed during the Meta Horizon Start Developer Competition 2025
  

• Improved format detection
• Holiday Sale 2025 section (time-activated)
• Bugfix Turkish language OS
• 1.4a: ​Easy Camera: New higher res 1280×1280 per eye mode, fixed black preview rectangle bug
• 1.4c: Multiplayer: Sample Gallery fix, UI improvements, longer disconnect timeout
  
• 1.4d: Kodi and Plex UPnP fixes 
  
• 1.4d: Quest 2 & Pro controller rotation fix
• 1.4e: Rain effect fix 
  
• 1.4e: Confirmation dialogue for Delete Downloads and Clear Cache
  
• 1.4e: Fixed Settings, Advanced, Start location: root 
  
• 1.4f: Trash button fix

Setting special effects and environments for an immersive movie experience

Watch examples of the immersive movie experience in immerGallery (YouTube)
Download high-res example images for immersive movie hints in immerGallery

2025-10-30

immerGallery 1.3.9: Video Thumbnails

• Video Player (beta 9):

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  Fast video thumbnail and format detection
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  Pagination for video player tab
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  Improved seeking in videos
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  Improved QooCam EGO video format detection 
  

• Missed Rewards? Complete your collection! The Rewards 2025-05 to 2025-08 are now available as in-app purchases (Rewards - Missed Rewards)
• Fix for experimental faster fade in/out setting
• Fix for .mpo / .jpg with same filenames in SMB
• Fix for sometimes disappearing downloads
  
• Smaller bug fixes and performance improvements

Format and Video Thumbnails in immerGallery Video Player

2025-09-25

immerGallery 1.3.8: MV-HEVC Spatial Video Support

• MV-HEVC Spatial Video playback (captured on Apple and Samsung):

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  Local playback of iPhone MV-HEVC “Spatial Video”. Samsung Galaxy Spatial Video playback supported and ready for upcoming Samsung updates.
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  Software decoding up to 1920×1080 @ 30 fps (matches iPhone capture) 
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  MV-HEVC videos can be locally converted to regular side-by-side 3D videos for optimal playback on Quest
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  This enables 4K MV-HEVC videos after conversion
  

• Samsung Spatial Photo Support:​ Direct viewing of Samsung Spatial Photos (.heic)
  
• Video Player (beta 8): Significantly faster format detection
  
• Enhanced .jps file format support:  Defaults to right/left layout. Parses optional header hints for left/right, over/under, half or full formats.
  
• Smaller bug fixes

Samsung Galaxy Smartpones capturing Spatial Videos and Spatial Photos (Images from Jeff Springer)

2025-08-18

immerGallery 1.3.7: UPnP Video Support

• Video Player (beta 7):

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  Added UPnP video playback (press "Scan UPnP")
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  Video description from .immerVR show on controller
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  Improved video format detection
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  Fixed video mute button
  

• Hugh Hou's video comparing the Blackmagic URSA Cine Immersive 16K VR180-3D camera
  with Canon R5 is available under Download - Included. The video is downsampled to 8K@60 fps (Quest 3) or 6K@60 fps (Quest 2) to match the video decoder limit for smooth playback.
  
  Subscribe to VR media expert Hugh Hou on YouTube and Patreon for great updates on immersive media!

2025-07-18

New app released: immerGallery Business

Bringing all the great features of immerGallery to a customizable business version with Kiosk Mode, easy sync options and more! Learn more about immerGallery Business now!

2025-06-20

immerGallery 1.3.6: Spatial Video Conversions

• Besides Spatial Photo Conversions, you can now also do ​​Spatial Video Conversions (2D => 3D)!

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  Convert videos up to 8K into 3D (stereoscopic)
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  Supports up to 120 fps
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  Wide format support: mp4, mkv, mov, wmv, ...
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  Choose start and end time in video for splitting
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  Access through "..." in the tab "Video Player"
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  1 free 720p video conversion per day (20 sec)
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  Unlock more conversions with StereoGold

• Missed Rewards? 2 025-01 to 2025-04 are now available for purchase in-app under "Rewards" - "Missed Rewards".
• Videos containing GPS data will now show the location on the map on your controller (e.g. iPhone .mov)
  
• Fixed issue with certain image formats on curved screen (Local Gallery)
• Fixed rare hang in image playback
  

Watch full video on Spatial Video Conversions on YouTube!

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