NYT VR – Virtual Reality

NYT VR – Virtual Reality Free App

Rated 3.82/5 (1,117) —  Free Android application by The New York Times Company

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About NYT VR – Virtual Reality

Through virtual reality on Android and Daydream-enabled devices, The New York Times puts you at the center of the stories that only we can tell.

From embedding with Iraqi forces as they fight to retake Falluja from ISIS to climbing the spire of the World Trade Center with professional mountaineer Jimmy Chin or setting foot on the alien world of Pluto, NYT VR delivers on the promise of VR to bring you to places you can’t normally go.

Experience our award-winning virtual reality films by New York Times journalists in an immersive 360-degree video experience.

For the most immersive NYT VR experience, watch our VR films with Google Cardboard. If you don’t have one, you can still watch our VR stories on your smartphone.

We’ll be posting new virtual reality films every month or so.

App Features:
* Exclusive 360 videos for Cardboard or smartphone-only mode
* Push notifications when new films launch
* Option to stream or download films
* Spatial audio
* Daydream enabled

Have feedback? Need help? Email NYTVR@nytimes.com.

NYT VR is optimized for Google Cardboard V2.

How to Download / Install

Download and install NYT VR – Virtual Reality version 2.2.0 on your Android device!
Downloaded 100,000+ times, content rating: Everyone
Android package: com.im360nytvr, download NYT VR – Virtual Reality.apk

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App History & Updates

What's Changed
We updated our app icon.
Version update NYT VR – Virtual Reality was updated to version 2.2.0
Version update NYT VR – Virtual Reality was updated to version 1.1
More downloads  NYT VR – Virtual Reality reached 100 000 - 500 000 downloads
Name changed  Name changed! NYT VR now is known as NYT VR – Virtual Reality.

What are users saying about NYT VR – Virtual Reality

Y70%
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First version worked fine on S5, no download needed. Now with all the updates it hangs up when put in the cardboard viewer. Too bad because the content was super but worthless if you can't watch it.

B70%
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Nice videos but doesn't always have bandwidth to stream and I can only save to SdCard so needless to say I don't have space. The resolution of the videos doesn't seem to be as good as youtube vr so hard to watch for any length of time.

Y70%
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Has yet to work for me on either my Samsung S4 or my Dell PC. Everytime I try to watch it, it sends me to the Google Play Store to download the app. - even though I had already downloaded the app.

Y70%
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video locks up but sound keeps playing on my nexus 6p, even with content downloaded to my phone

Y70%
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I have been facing an error when trying to play some videos on my Galaxy J7 prime. This is the error that I get "unable to initiate decoder OMX.Exynos.avc.dec' Did some Googling and found that maybe the video resolution is the problem.I assume a phone having a 1080p display should be capable of playing a 1080p video. Nonetheless, can you please confirm if the videos that are downloaded in offline mode are 1080p I would like to test this by playing the video on lower resolution but I don't see an option for editing that in the app. Speaking of offline mode I can't seem to change the location of my downloaded videos. Is it possible to do this? I am running out of space on my internal storage

Y70%
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Not much to say except it does not work, it never worked, and I am not convinced it will ever work. It gets hung up and goes back to the smartphone home page every time I try to watch a video

Y70%
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I think it is amazing. I've flown through space and ridden a tank through the streets of Falujah, Iraq. I'm looking forward to taking a trip to the Antarctica research area tonight. Wish me luck! I'm using a Motorola Moto z

Y70%
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Locks up "buffering" even when the video has been completely downloaded. Then won't even play cardboard vr versions of video because it can't find some "decoder". This app is very nearly dead on arrival.

Y70%
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Great for current level of technology

I70%
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Not working , decoder

Y70%
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Free, why not!

V70%
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It used To run and it was great and now it won't run

V70%
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I love the content, but the app itself really needs some work. Downloading is a hit and miss, and sometimes the downloaded pieces mysteriously disappear. You've got the content already. If you fix the UX, this could really be something.

Y70%
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I have to ask¿

H70%
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Today, I watched using this app with Daydream view for the first time. I've watching videos on this app and it has whetted my interest in VR media ahead of the flood of new devices popping up. Thank you, NYTimes....

I70%
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Can't believe the daily 360 doesn't have a way to look at it in VR - talk about a missed opportunity

Y70%
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It never let me watch anything. It would kick me out

Y70%
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Every time I watch a video it buffers a lot.

Y70%
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You fixed it woo

Y70%
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I could not down load. It kept kicking me out.

Y70%
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Does not run. Stuck on loading screen

Y70%
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NYTVR didn't work. I couldn't don't do streaming. I couldn't download any of the video. It would kick me out in 30 minutes. I couldn't find any way to trouble shoot the problem.

Y70%
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I can't wait to get Daydream!

Y70%
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... But the transition to VR still feels rough.

Y70%
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Good news app

R70%
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Best VR experience to date!!!

Q70%
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Try to load any feature, gets stuck on "Your experience will start in 1s" and it doesn't go any further. Download or stream...

O70%
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Awesome content, but has lot of issues while loading, need to find better ways of saving videos and watching them

Y70%
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Used to be great

H70%
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Upon launching the app, I would get the NYTVR logo and a spinning circle. It would never load. Please fix. Samsung S7. Android 6.0.1

L70%
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Right in the middle of the "talk" you get buffering. Ok, it's a free app. But thanks for the experience, was on the ledge about buying into this new way of watching movies and videos--I'm sold.

W70%
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Looks like a well-designed app, but none of the videos will play for me after they have been downloaded. Play buttons don't work and turning to landscape mode doesn't start the video as it appears should happen.

P70%
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Apparently won't open at all!!

Y70%
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Now it doesn't. Please fix it.

Y70%
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Downloaded a video with no picture, and the app gives an error messages a few seconds after a video starts to play. Garbage app.

Y70%
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This app does NOT support downloading videos to the SD card! Within does. Without this, i can't watch videos

Y70%
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It can be better.

Y70%
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Fantastic thoughtful stories and gorgeous videos

Y70%
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Keep getting an error at 7 seconds saying check connection. Every single video.

Z70%
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Won't open with Google vr matel vr headset


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