A short review of what works on my phone, LG Q6. Five years ago, I had done a similar review here and an Oculus Rift mini review here.
Downloaded hi res videos don't work. Probably the hardware does not support. This includes the 4K files from youtube, 3840x2048 H.264 High Profile.
Youtube app - 1440S works, online. Can use with google cardboard etc.
VR player - does not render the downloaded 360 video as a 360 video. Simply splits into two SBS screens.
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VR gesture player - does play the downloaded 360 files as 360 video. The gesture interface is a bit tricky to navigate, and if you don't want to use the gesture interface, the interface is tiny.
VR Player FREE - this one has a relatively simple interface, has the option to change the field of view and projections. Works for the videos which the phone supports. So, in my case, downloaded 1440S files don't work, but downloaded 720S files work.
Edit - on the Mi5, 1440S as well as 3840x2048 H.264 High Profile work fine. Even downloaded 4096x2048 video works fine. On VR Player FREE, the default settings caused the back of the screen to be blank. That is, if I turn around, I see a blank wall behind me in VR. Not sure if any setting change would give better results. Projection choices like plane, dome, fulldome etc were a bit confusing.
KMPlayer VR - the view was good on the Mi5. But the video itself did not play smoothly, was going at only a couple of frames per second or freezing.
VR Theatre for cardboard - gave excellent results for 360 video, with the settings Screen type - panoramic 360 and 3D encoding if any - Monoscopic for the 360 video I had downloaded. A good feature is that it asks for these settings for each file before playing.
Viewing the 360 video on google cardboard worked well.
On a low-cost VR-box, the view was a bit out of focus for me, and also slightly more restricted than in the cardboard viewer.
Edit - on the Mi5, 1440S as well as 3840x2048 H.264 High Profile work fine. Even downloaded 4096x2048 video works fine. On VR Player FREE, the default settings caused the back of the screen to be blank. That is, if I turn around, I see a blank wall behind me in VR. Not sure if any setting change would give better results. Projection choices like plane, dome, fulldome etc were a bit confusing.
KMPlayer VR - the view was good on the Mi5. But the video itself did not play smoothly, was going at only a couple of frames per second or freezing.
VR Theatre for cardboard - gave excellent results for 360 video, with the settings Screen type - panoramic 360 and 3D encoding if any - Monoscopic for the 360 video I had downloaded. A good feature is that it asks for these settings for each file before playing.
Viewing the 360 video on google cardboard worked well.
On a low-cost VR-box, the view was a bit out of focus for me, and also slightly more restricted than in the cardboard viewer.
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