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
• Smaller bug fixes

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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