2026-07-24

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.

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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