# Google Cardboard VR Integration **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Tags:** plex-vr\ **Created:** [August 15, 2014, 2:34pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/google-cardboard-vr-integration/73827 "2014-08-15T14:34:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![raslin777\_gmail.com](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8dc957/32.png) [@raslin777\_gmail.com](https://forums.plex.tv/u/raslin777_gmail.com)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2014, 2:34pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/google-cardboard-vr-integration/73827/1 "2014-08-15T14:34:53Z")
It would be awesome to see support for PLEX in Google Cardboard VR.    Google Cardboard VR seems to be going viral as a low cost VR solution.    There are already cinema app that support this device using mp4 playback or youtube. BUT Integration with PLEX would be Epic!   [https://developers.google.com/cardboard/](https://developers.google.com/cardboard/)   [http://www.cnet.com/news/five-more-apps-that-work-with-google-cardboard/](http://www.cnet.com/news/five-more-apps-that-work-with-google-cardboard/) [http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/aug/02/are-you-ready-for-virtual-reality-revolution-google-cardboard](http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/aug/02/are-you-ready-for-virtual-reality-revolution-google-cardboard) [http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/25/hands-on-with-googles-incredibly-clever-cardboard-virtual-reality-headset/](http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/25/hands-on-with-googles-incredibly-clever-cardboard-virtual-reality-headset/)   Whats your thoughts? **press "like" to vote for this feature (because this is how the dev's look at the request-list)** ---
**Author:** ![Darkrider27](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/darkrider27/32/7071_2.png) [@Darkrider27](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Darkrider27)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 9:39pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/google-cardboard-vr-integration/73827/2 "2015-01-27T21:39:06Z")
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**Author:** ![eygraber](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/eygraber/32/89532_2.png) [@eygraber](https://forums.plex.tv/u/eygraber)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2015, 6:19pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/google-cardboard-vr-integration/73827/3 "2015-02-20T18:19:55Z")
This would really be awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Pyrometheous](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/pyrometheous/32/89317_2.png) [@Pyrometheous](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Pyrometheous)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2015, 11:50pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/google-cardboard-vr-integration/73827/4 "2015-02-20T23:50:01Z")
I just ordered Google Cardboard (unofficial from china because cheap) and I expect it'll be here in roughly a month.I've gotta start making some VR apps for android first, and I won't have my cardboard until mid March. But as I go, I will likely be posting more as I progress. I think this will be a very fun project. I did a 2D demo (without audio) of a pre-roll sequence a while back([http://goo.gl/2XiUGN](http://goo.gl/2XiUGN)), it was my rough recreation of the Pensacola NAS IMAX theater, its a 4:3 theater screen, but still an awesome place to watch a movie.  My long term goal with this project is to have a variety of theaters to watch in (real ones re-created for VR if I can get dimensions and pictures of chairs/screen/etc). I'd like to be able to select a movie from a Plex library, and once in the movie theater have the pre-movie trailers, and the pre-roll clip play before the movie starts. Another big part of the wish list is to have the 3D naming convention for Plex recognized by the app (h-ou, h-sbs). Short term goal is to build a single VR app that allows the user to experience a 3D world that I've modeled, so I'll post again once I've accomplished that. ---
**Author:** ![stangri](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/stangri/32/7760_2.png) [@stangri](https://forums.plex.tv/u/stangri)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 5:09pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/google-cardboard-vr-integration/73827/5 "2015-05-14T17:09:22Z")
Just tested Cardboard with Plex playing a 3D SBS movie. It works of course, but Plex is lacking integration with the Cardboard for the main UI, magnetic "button" and "head-tilting" navigation.  ---
**Author:** ![xwaver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9fc348/32.png) [@xwaver](https://forums.plex.tv/u/xwaver)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 3:16pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/google-cardboard-vr-integration/73827/6 "2015-07-15T15:16:17Z")
Now that Cardboard development has a much easier development toolkit (and supports iOS and Android), can we revisit native Cardboard support in Plex? ---
**Author:** ![stangri](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/stangri/32/7760_2.png) [@stangri](https://forums.plex.tv/u/stangri)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 3:25am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/google-cardboard-vr-integration/73827/7 "2015-07-26T03:25:39Z")
In the spirit of transparency, can we get some feedback from devs? Estimation of workload and current priority? How likely is that to happen before the end of 2015? End of 2016? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Nights0ng](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/nights0ng/32/11035_2.png) [@Nights0ng](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Nights0ng)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 5:05pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/google-cardboard-vr-integration/73827/8 "2015-07-26T17:05:13Z")
I’m not a plex dev, but I would bet they have their hands pretty full with the current clients they are working on. Might be better to reach on to some of the third party devs to get something going. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![xwaver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9fc348/32.png) [@xwaver](https://forums.plex.tv/u/xwaver)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 5:54pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/google-cardboard-vr-integration/73827/9 "2015-07-26T17:54:04Z")
Cardboard isn’t not a new client. It would be an additional function to the Android and iOS clients, namely splitting the screen and making it stereoscopic. ---
**Author:** ![firedog7881](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/firedog7881/32/8510_2.png) [@firedog7881](https://forums.plex.tv/u/firedog7881)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 3:01am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/google-cardboard-vr-integration/73827/10 "2015-09-27T03:01:54Z")
All that needs to be done by the developers is to create a simple sterescopic mode that duplicates the video on two halves of the screen. VERY SIMPLE when you have all the other foundation of the app. I don’t think we’re looking for any special 3D effects to go with it, I’m not at least. ---
**Author:** ![firedog7881](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/firedog7881/32/8510_2.png) [@firedog7881](https://forums.plex.tv/u/firedog7881)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2015, 6:06pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/google-cardboard-vr-integration/73827/11 "2015-09-28T18:06:14Z")
Here is an app that is very similar to what @Pyrometheous mentioned up above. > @Pyrometheous said: > I just ordered Google Cardboard (unofficial from china because cheap) and I expect it’ll be here in roughly a month.I’ve gotta start making some VR apps for android first, and I won’t have my cardboard until mid March. But as I go, I will likely be posting more as I progress. I think this will be a very fun project. I did a 2D demo (without audio) of a pre-roll sequence a while back([http://goo.gl/2XiUGN](http://goo.gl/2XiUGN)), it was my rough recreation of the Pensacola NAS IMAX theater, its a 4:3 theater screen, but still an awesome place to watch a movie. > > My long term goal with this project is to have a variety of theaters to watch in (real ones re-created for VR if I can get dimensions and pictures of chairs/screen/etc). I’d like to be able to select a movie from a Plex library, and once in the movie theater have the pre-movie trailers, and the pre-roll clip play before the movie starts. Another big part of the wish list is to have the 3D naming convention for Plex recognized by the app (h-ou, h-sbs). > > Short term goal is to build a single VR app that allows the user to experience a 3D world that I’ve modeled, so I’ll post again once I’ve accomplished that. > **[‎Mobile VR Station®](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mobile-vr-station/id959820493)** > > ‎Mobile VR Station is a media player designed for Virtual Reality with head tracking. With this app you can view your Photos, Panoramas, Videos & Files projected onto a virtual screen floating in space. Our app supports displaying standard 2D... Screenshot of the Mobile VR Station app ![](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/uploads/default/original/3X/2/4/24591bb2ab35ea06e4388ad52442310b5495a00d.png) The Mobile VR Station is the best experience I’ve come across because it supports DLNA\UPnP to be able to watch movies\shows from my Plex server. The biggest problem with this style is battery life. The app is constantly building a 3D environment based on the head tracking and it sucks battery because it is similar to playing a high intensity 3D game, which essentially is what this would be but it would be playing a movie instead of shooting bad guys. It even uses SceneKit to build out the 3D environment. The closest experience to what @Pyrometheous is looking for can be found in Zeiss VR ONE Cinema app > **[‎VR ONE Cinema](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/vr-one-cinema/id945065060)** > > ‎The ZEISS VR ONE Cinema app enables you to enjoy your movies in an immersive environment with the lights off. You feel like you are sitting in a 3D movie theatre where you can look around and towards the screen where a video is being played. The VR... This is an actual theater setting but doesn’t support network videos. Screenshot of the Zeiss VR ONE Cinema app ![](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/uploads/default/original/3X/5/6/56444a60447a48372d6189f1376a21d9933833bd.png) All I want is something that will not suck my battery but still allow me to watch a 3D movie on my iphone. I can watch HSBS shows now just with the builtin Plex functionality but because of the way HSBS compresses the frames horizontally the video looks stretched vertically. All I would like is for Plex to correct the video to the correct ratio so it is in its natural 16:9 ratio, or whatever it is supposed to be. This is the best for battery life because Plex playing videos is very efficient relative to a full 3D environment. Here is a screenshot of the HSBS video through Plex ![](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/uploads/default/original/3X/b/2/b2eecfb8e9664c8be17e03e4f8e02b98768cfc93.png) ---
**Author:** ![Hazemonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/839c29/32.png) [@Hazemonster](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Hazemonster)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 9:54pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/google-cardboard-vr-integration/73827/12 "2016-01-09T21:54:50Z")
Cmon PLEX!!! You guys rock at EVERYTHING you have put out. As a PLEX Pass supporter…it should be a VERY simple task to create a simple Side By Side view option while watching a movie. PLEASE. Make this happen PLEX!!! It should take about a day to code if that, and you would make thousands of your PLEX supporters happy. Heck…I would pay $20 myself to get the player from PLEX that allows SBS playback of my movie collection. PLEASE…hear our request and answer back. ---
**Author:** ![Hazemonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/839c29/32.png) [@Hazemonster](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Hazemonster)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 9:58pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/google-cardboard-vr-integration/73827/13 "2016-01-09T21:58:51Z")
Also…why is it taking like 12 months for PLEX developers to either a) implement this or b) answer back on this forum? A bit disconcerting to say the least. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![gandalf65](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/gandalf65/32/8827_2.png) [@gandalf65](https://forums.plex.tv/u/gandalf65)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 6:47pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/google-cardboard-vr-integration/73827/14 "2016-01-12T18:47:21Z")
Hi! I am also desperately looking for a way to play my SBS 3D videos I have on plex over my cardboard… As mentioned above this must be pretty easy to program and would be an awsome feature I think… so pushing this up and asking again for at least an answer from the developers if this would be possible or not!? Thank you!! ---
**Author:** ![CCarpo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ccarpo/32/4154_2.png) [@CCarpo](https://forums.plex.tv/u/CCarpo)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 4:03pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/google-cardboard-vr-integration/73827/15 "2016-01-18T16:03:16Z")
I got it working with Plex Media Server + DLNA activated, BubbleUPnP (or MediaHouse) App, AAA VR Cinema App see also [this thread](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/comment/1100560/#Comment_1100560 "this thread") But a native support would be much more appreciated of course 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Transient](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/transient/32/3951_2.png) [@Transient](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Transient)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2016, 7:27am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/google-cardboard-vr-integration/73827/16 "2016-02-09T07:27:59Z")
I give my vote for this as well. VR support would be a great Plex Pass feature. ---
**Author:** ![aeonx](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/aeonx/32/276390_2.png) [@aeonx](https://forums.plex.tv/u/aeonx)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 10:36am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/google-cardboard-vr-integration/73827/17 "2016-02-11T10:36:49Z")
Wondering if the quality really is so great. Can you also try this with iPhones? ---
**Author:** ![Burrilliance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Burrilliance](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Burrilliance)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2016, 3:35am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/google-cardboard-vr-integration/73827/18 "2016-02-12T03:35:02Z")
> @CCarpo said: > I got it working with Plex Media Server + DLNA activated, BubbleUPnP (or MediaHouse) App, AAA VR Cinema App see also [this thread](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/comment/1100560/#Comment_1100560 "this thread") > But a native support would be much more appreciated of course 🙂 I too would love to get this scenario, but simply would never get it working. Bought a pair of goggles today and man, I heard watching the new madmax with them is fantastic. Goal now is a way to view all my server movies after some conversion, and easily enough that my wife could too. ---
**Author:** ![Burrilliance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Burrilliance](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Burrilliance)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2016, 3:39am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/google-cardboard-vr-integration/73827/19 "2016-02-12T03:39:22Z")
> @Hazemonster said: > Cmon PLEX!!! You guys rock at EVERYTHING you have put out. As a PLEX Pass supporter…it should be a VERY simple task to create a simple Side By Side view option while watching a movie. PLEASE. Make this happen PLEX!!! It should take about a day to code if that, and you would make thousands of your PLEX supporters happy. Heck…I would pay $20 myself to get the player from PLEX that allows SBS playback of my movie collection. PLEASE…hear our request and answer back. As an actual Plex Pass supporter: if it were simple to select, covert then stream (and have it look as it should) - I would happliy give several hundred more… Right now… I know it’d take time, but man - with the availability of reasonable glasses and hi res smart phones, the market is HUNGRY ---
**Author:** ![Swordh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/71e660/32.png) [@Swordh](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Swordh)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2016, 10:25am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/google-cardboard-vr-integration/73827/20 "2016-02-16T10:25:13Z")
This would be awesome!!! [Next page](https://forums.plex.tv/t/google-cardboard-vr-integration/73827.md?page=2)