# Plex for Gear VR

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-gear-vr/159406>\
**Category:** Feature Suggestions\
**Created:** [September 19, 2016, 7:52pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-gear-vr/159406 "2016-09-19T19:52:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![scoony](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/scoony/32/89152_2.png) [@scoony](https://forums.plex.tv/u/scoony)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 7:52pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-gear-vr/159406/1 "2016-09-19T19:52:03Z")

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Hi guys,

I’ve got a Gear VR and I use it when I want to watch my movies/series without disturbing my lovely wife 😉

Is there any plex release planned for my VR? Any ETA?

Thanks guys and keep on the good work 😉

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**Author:** ![beckfield](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/beckfield/32/7227_2.png) [@beckfield](https://forums.plex.tv/u/beckfield)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 9:58pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-gear-vr/159406/2 "2016-09-19T21:58:45Z")

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Plex doesn’t discuss their plans or timeline, but there are several existing requests for this. [This one](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/200591/how-about-a-plex-client-for-gear-vr "This one") seems to have the most traction. Rather than splitting votes across several threads, please add your vote by clicking ‘Like’ on the first message in that thread.

For admins, I found the following competing feature requests that should be closed.

> **[Gear VR support](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/210886/gear-vr-support)**
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> I imagine this is going to be on a lot of people’s minds with the many Gear VRs being given away to S7 pre-orderers. The Netflix player is a surprisingly good experience, especially with being able to lie down and watch a movie/show. I’ve seen...

  

> **[Gear VR/Oculus Rift/HTC Vive/PSVR/Cardboard Apps?](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/222195/gear-vr-oculus-rift-htc-vive-psvr-cardboard-apps)**
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> In order of these: Gear VR HTC Vive Oculus Rift PSVR Google Cardboard Can we please get even baseline implemented apps? I wouldn’t care if the initial interface started out as a flat view of the same media server interface that we get on...

  

> **[Plex for Samsung Gear VR](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/209491/plex-for-samsung-gear-vr)**
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> Hi, I would love for Plex to develop a version of plex for the Samsung Gear VR (a little bit like the netflix function, in a virtual theater) i linked a picture of what the netflix app looks like as an idea of what i mean. Since VR is getting...

  

> **[\[Feature Request\] add support for Gear VR and or Google Cardboard](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/196586/feature-request-add-support-for-gear-vr-and-or-google-cardboard)**
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> I have a ton of movies I would love to use on gear vr and right now you need to copy them over but if plex did a Netflix type implementation Carmack did it in a few weeks with only help from 2 guys from Netflix. Lets get a Virtual Theater version or...

  

> **[PLEX + Gear VR](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/131620/plex-gear-vr)**
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> I think this would be a pretty natural progression to have a PLEX app on Samsung Gear VR.   Imagine watching your favorite movies on a huge virtual screen while the sound is output through your surround sound receiver via chromecast. Also the...

  

> **[Plex VR Theatre](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/215934/plex-vr-theatre)**
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> As the VR train have started rolling with the release of several VR headsets I think Plex should jump on and develop a Plex VR Theatre for Gear VR, Rift and Vive. The possibility to stream your movie and tv library to a VR theatre would be amazing...

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**Author:** ![diehard007](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/diehard007/32/13473_2.png) [@diehard007](https://forums.plex.tv/u/diehard007)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 11:50am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-gear-vr/159406/3 "2016-09-20T11:50:39Z")

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You can watch Plex on your VR via the samsung internet I stream my nas to to vr every night without disturbing the wife…

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**Author:** ![scoony](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/scoony/32/89152_2.png) [@scoony](https://forums.plex.tv/u/scoony)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 6:28pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-gear-vr/159406/4 "2016-09-20T18:28:37Z")

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> @diehard007 said:  
> You can watch Plex on your VR via the samsung internet I stream my nas to to vr every night without disturbing the wife…

I don’t get it… you use the DLNA feature of plexmediaserver?

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 6:47pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-gear-vr/159406/5 "2016-09-20T18:47:58Z")

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closing this one in favor of [https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/200591/how-about-a-plex-client-for-gear-vr/p1#top](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/200591/how-about-a-plex-client-for-gear-vr/p1#top) because it has the most votes already

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**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2021, 3:07pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-gear-vr/159406/6 "2021-03-13T15:07:42Z")

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Early 2021 clean-up: duplicate

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**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 12:44am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-gear-vr/159406/7 "2021-06-10T00:44:32Z")

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