Within VR - Cinematic Virtual Reality | Game Brain

Within VR - Cinematic Virtual Reality Game Cover

About

Within VR - Cinematic Virtual Reality is a single player action game. It was developed by Within Unlimited, Inc. and was released on June 16, 2016. It received neutral reviews from players.

This is our love letter to the emerging art form of Cinematic VR. What it is: beautiful immersive stories — award-winning VR documentaries, animation, music videos, horror, + more Photo-real people & places: everything is captured with cameras or rendered CGI Quality > Quantity: we hand-pick only the best from independent creators, studios, and film festivals from around the world ev…

Play Modes

Single-Player

Within VR - Cinematic Virtual Reality screenshot

Skip User Reviews

49%Audience ScoreBased on 67 reviews

music3 positive mentions

stability2 negative mentions

The app features a clean, user-friendly interface and intuitive controls, supporting a wide range of VR headsets.
It offers a good variety of curated 360-degree VR videos and mini-films with some excellent and immersive content.
The application allows both streaming and downloading of videos, with some updates improving the downloading experience.

Video quality is frequently criticized as low resolution and blurry, often causing eye strain and breaking immersion.
Streaming performance is poor, often suffering from constant buffering regardless of internet speed, and downloads must be done within the app with no background support.
The app has technical issues such as software crashes, audio problems, tracking inconsistencies, and it appears to be largely abandoned with little new content or support.

music
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Users praise the music aspect for offering a cool and immersive way to experience music videos, highlighting the high quality and recommending specific clips like U2's "Songs of Innocence" for their excellent execution.
- “Very cool, the best way to watch music videos now.”
- “I love the music-oriented videos.”
- “I recommend the U2 - Songs of Innocence clip, which is done very well.”
optimization
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
50%
50%
Optimization receives mixed feedback: while the UI is polished and performance is generally smooth, some users experience issues that may stem from either their hardware or potential lack of developer optimization and testing.
- “The UI is very polished, performance is buttery smooth, and the collection itself has a lot of cool videos from The New York Times, Vice, Mr. Robot (the TV show), and lots of independent creators.”
- “Perhaps my CPU is to blame for this or poor optimization and testing by the developer?”
stability
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The stability of the application is problematic, with frequent playback stops, freezes, and graphical glitches disrupting the experience. Despite running other demanding VR games smoothly, users report that this app requires further testing and improvement to ensure consistent performance.
- “My recommendation is to download before watching because some stop mid play and that breaks immersion and creates graphical glitches. When some of the videos stop they just rewind a bit, play, then stop again and then repeat.”
- “I can run full Vive supported games just fine but yet this video application skips and freezes. Software needs to be tested further and I am glad it was free!”
graphics
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Users report that graphical glitches occur when videos stop mid-play, breaking immersion; these interruptions cause videos to rewind and repeatedly play small segments, disrupting the visual experience.
monetization
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game features a fair monetization model, being free to play with no ads, which enhances the user experience without interruptions.
- “It's free and it has no ads.”

Skip Game Offers

Buy Within VR - Cinematic Virtual Reality

Within VR - Cinematic Virtual Reality
See offer on Steam

Skip Videos

Videos

Skip Games Like Within VR - Cinematic Virtual Reality

53%155reviews

Disney Movies VR

2016

Action

86%670reviews

LIV

2019

Action

50%208reviews

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided™ - VR Experience

2017

Role Playing

85%2.5kreviews

Bigscreen Beta

2016

Open World Simulation

80%367reviews

Whirligig Media Player

2024

Action

89%850reviews

Conscious Existence - A Journey Within

2019

Action

Oculus Rift

90%155reviews

Oculus Rift

2016

Action

56%584reviews

DeoVR - VR Video Streaming Platform

2018

Action

59%272reviews

Cmoar VR Cinema

2016

Simulation

40%202reviews

ALICE VR

2016

Action

More games like Within VR - Cinematic Virtual Reality

Skip FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

Within VR - Cinematic Virtual Reality is a action game.

Within VR - Cinematic Virtual Reality is available on PC, Virtual Reality and Windows.

Within VR - Cinematic Virtual Reality was released on June 16, 2016.

Within VR - Cinematic Virtual Reality was developed by Within Unlimited, Inc..

Within VR - Cinematic Virtual Reality has received neutral reviews from players. Most players liked Within VR - Cinematic Virtual Reality for its music but disliked it for its optimization.

Within VR - Cinematic Virtual Reality is a single player game.

Similar games include Disney Movies VR, LIV, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided™ - VR Experience, Bigscreen Beta, Whirligig Media Player and others.

Within VR - Cinematic Virtual Reality

Platforms

About

music

optimization

stability

graphics

monetization

Buy Within VR - Cinematic Virtual Reality