The 5 Best (Free) VR Smartphone Apps

Are you looking to experience virtual reality for the first time? Then a mobile VR headset is a fun and relatively cheap solution! With a mobile VR headset, you can enjoy exciting 360-degree videos that immerse you in the virtual world. All you need is your own smartphone and a mobile VR headset (available from €19.95)

In this blog, we highlight the 5 best free VR apps that you can download on your mobile phone. Of course, there are many other applications that you can use with a smartphone and mobile VR headset, but these 5 apps provide a good overview of the possibilities you have

Google Cardboard is one of the first mobile VR applications on the market. The app has been developed since the rise of VR technology and still offers plenty of opportunities for new users. The application is designed to demonstrate the capabilities of VR and is recommended for people who want to enter the VR world for the first time

Cardboard Camera - not to be confused with Google Cardboard, allows users to create their own 360-degree photos and play them in a mobile VR headset. The application is very easy to use and is a fun first step in creating 360-degree videos. Use your phone to take a beautiful 360-degree photo or video, such as of your living room, and view it with a mobile virtual reality headset

The VR application Within neatly presents the most beautiful VR content for you. With this app, you can watch the most beautiful virtual reality videos on your phone. Within combines the most beautiful stories with the VR world and is therefore recommended for anyone starting with mobile virtual reality

If you're looking for a mobile application to watch movies and series in VR, Netflix VR is the right choice. The application works just like Netflix on your TV. You turn on your smartphone's screen, slide it into the mobile VR headset, and enjoy the most beautiful 360-degree movies available

No list of the best VR apps would be complete without Discovery VR. It's the official app from the Discovery Channel and it's available for all Android and iOS devices with Android 4.0+ and iOS 7+ respectively. Discovery VR offers a series of videos in various environments that are normally hard to reach, but shows them without borders in the virtual world

YouTube is one of the best online sources to get free 360-degree videos. Like other Google apps, YouTube VR is also available for free. To enjoy YouTube VR videos, all you need is your smartphone and a mobile VR headset. However, we also recommend having a Bluetooth controller or voice-control, so you can easily switch videos without having to take your smartphone out of the headset.