Whirligig is the ultimate VR media player for users who want fully immersive media in the best possible way. Watch 2D, 3D, and 360° content on your Quest headset, with a fully customizable viewing experience.
Key Features
Immersive VR Playback Purpose-built for VR — perfect for 360° immersive and stereoscopic media, with passthrough support for mixed-reality viewing.
Media Server & Network Streaming Connect to your Plex or Jellyfin server to stream your personal movie library, with smart local, remote, and relay connection handling. Browse network shares (SMB) on your local network.
Comprehensive 3D Support Side-by-Side and Over/Under 3D support. Adjustable 3D depth and convergence, and 180°/360° 3D video.
Advanced Playback Multiple projection modes — Cinema, Fisheye, Equirectangular/Barrel, cubemap, and more.
Customization & Control Two decoding methods (ExoPlayer, libVLC) for maximum compatibility. Save/load presets per media type, full 5.1 surround sound with positional audio, and subtitle support with external and internal tracks.
July 28, 2026
Hi everyone, I've been developing Whirligig VR Media player, for some time now and one of the most common requests I've had is media server and network support. I've listen to the request and with a whole new set of tools and time I've managed to extend the support. Here is a list of the new…
April 29, 2026
Hi Everyone, I've been working on a new update for a while and this is the result. My main goal for this release is to work on bugs, performance, and building a foundation for future releases. Performance - Whirligig is now Vulkan based, which provides more stability, better performance, and is…
July 13, 2023
Using the pc version to stream via Virtual desktop to quest 2 since years. Whirligig is the best media player around and I have tested several players. But the Quest version is lacking support for external devices, network access, upnp, smb etc. Please add this functionality. Then I will give 5 stars. Many thanks..
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May 25, 2023
Need to connect NAS via SMB but can't find if it's even possible
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July 8, 2022
I have tried the other major VR video apps and Whirligig is certainly one of the best out there. The developer is extremely responsive and goes through many lengths to look at and provide potential solutions for issues. I have used the Rift version and the Quest version is pretty solid. There are features Phil is working on that I am looking forward to and I will be a continued customer.
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June 29, 2022
This is the best media player I've found on the Quest 2. It has tons of options, and the dev even provided me keys for other versions of the app after buying it on itch.io before it was available on the app lab, so I now own the Quest 2, Rift, and SteamVR versions. It's definitely worth the cost if you want to watch any kind of media on your Quest 2.
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May 30, 2022
I've been using this for almost nine months since I bought it on October and it never fails me. It suits my needs perfectly from the customisable aspect of it and the features that the devs put in the app. Its worth way more than the price.
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