Parallax

Parallax

Free 3D, 180° and 360° video player for VR/AR glasses, for Mac.

Parallax plays 3D and VR videos on glasses that connect to your Mac as a display. It reads each video's format automatically, gives each eye its own picture so the 3D lines up, and lets you look around 180° and 360° videos with your mouse.

Features

• Plays side-by-side and top-and-bottom 3D videos
• 360°, 180° (VR180), fisheye, partial-sphere and flat 3D movies
• Detects the format from the video's metadata, file name or picture
• Drag to look around, scroll to zoom
• Full-width (3840×1080) and half-width (1920×1080) 3D output
• Your videos stay on your Mac. Nothing is uploaded

How to download and install

1. Click Download and save Parallax-for-Mac.zip.
2. Open your Downloads folder and double-click the zip. You'll get Parallax.app.
3. Drag Parallax.app into your Applications folder.
4. Double-click Parallax to open it. The first time, your Mac will say it can't check the app, because it isn't from the App Store. Click Done, open System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll down to the message about Parallax, click Open Anyway, enter your Mac password, then click Open. (On macOS Ventura or older, right-click Parallax, choose Open, then click Open.) You only need to do this once.

How to watch

1. Connect your glasses and switch them to 3D mode.
2. In System Settings → Displays, set the glasses to Extend, not Mirror.
3. Open Parallax and click Open a video, or drag a video onto the window.
4. Drag the Parallax window onto the glasses' display and press F for fullscreen.
5. Drag to look around and scroll to zoom. Press S if the 3D feels inside out, and H to show or hide settings.

Requirements

• macOS 11 Big Sur or later, on Apple Silicon Macs
• HEVC (H.265) MP4 videos play best. 8K videos need a recent Mac