Spatial Film · Android XR · Samsung Galaxy XR
Spatial Film, built natively for Android XR on Samsung Galaxy XR, connects straight to your movie server — Plex, Jellyfin, a NAS in the closet, or a Mac on the same Wi-Fi. Your 3D movies play in real 3D as they are. Your MKVs just open. Your DTS audio just plays. Nothing is converted, and nothing leaves your network.
The short version
On Apple Vision Pro, playing your own 3D movies takes a conversion step, because Apple's player only speaks Apple formats. On Galaxy XR, that step doesn't exist. Spatial Film reads a side-by-side or top-bottom 3D file and splits the two eyes itself — so the 3D movie you already own plays with real depth, untouched.
The same goes for the rest of the usual headaches. MKV files direct-play. And the app ships its own audio decoders — DTS, DTS-HD, TrueHD, AC-3 — so the films other headset apps play silently, or refuse outright, just work. Your server is never asked to transcode a thing.
Press play on the file you already have. That's the whole feature.
Setup
In the app, the AirStream tab has three chips: My Mac, Plex, Jellyfin. They work here too — pick the one that matches where your movies live. Each takes a few minutes, once.
Same chips as the app. Try all three — signing in to one doesn't sign you out of another.
Download Spatial Film AirStream — the same free Mac app Vision Pro owners use. Click Add Folder and choose wherever your films live: your Movies folder, an external drive, as many folders as you like.
Why it mattersYour films stay exactly where they are — AirStream reads them in place and never touches your originals.
Click Start Streaming. In the headset, open Spatial Film → the AirStream tab → the My Mac chip. Your Mac appears by itself — nothing to type, nothing to pair. Tap a film.
Why it mattersYour whole library streams over your own Wi-Fi. Nothing is copied to the headset, nothing goes near the cloud, and your films use none of the headset's storage.
Tap the Plex chip and the headset shows a short link code. Enter it at plex.tv/link on any phone or computer — the same way you'd sign in a TV.
Why it mattersNo typing your password in a headset. The code is the whole sign-in, and it's saved securely — you do this once.
Run more than one Plex server? They're all listed — pick one, switch any time. Your library arrives with posters, summaries, Continue Watching and watched state, synced both ways: pause in the headset tonight, resume on the TV tomorrow.
Why it mattersPlex has no idea 3D exists — its own apps play a 3D file flat and doubled. Spatial Film reads the same library and plays the same file in real stereo 3D. No Plex Pass required.
Tap the Jellyfin chip. Jellyfin servers on your network are found
automatically, by name — your NAS shows up as itself, not as a number. Running a custom
setup? Type the address the Jellyfin dashboard shows you, like 192.168.1.20:8096.
Why it mattersJellyfin is the free, open-source media server — no subscription, nothing paywalled, ever. It's the five-minute install on a Synology, QNAP or UGREEN NASync app center, or any Docker box.
Enter your Jellyfin name and password once — it's stored securely on the headset. Your collection arrives with posters, genres, Continue Watching and watch state, synced with every other Jellyfin app you use. You can even add a movie folder to the server from inside the headset, and Jellyfin scans it on the spot.
Why it mattersFilms start in the right language too — the app picks your audio track sensibly instead of whatever the file lists first, and remembers what you choose.
Always-on library
A Synology in the closet, a QNAP under the desk, a UGREEN NASync on the shelf, an Unraid box in the basement — put Jellyfin or Plex on it and the headset streams straight from the NAS. No computer running. No cloud account. Nothing ever leaves your network.
And here's the part NAS owners will appreciate: Spatial Film never asks your server to transcode. It direct-plays your files — video, MKV container, DTS audio and all — so even a small, fanless NAS serves 4K HEVC without breaking a sweat. Most headset apps' NAS story dies at the transcoder. Ours doesn't have one to die at.
Your NAS. Your movies. Real 3D in the headset — and the server never breaks a sweat.
More than a library
Any 360° photo you've shot — a drone panorama, a moment from a trip — becomes the room you watch in. Browse your library from a hillside in Provence, or over the rooftops of Florence. And when you're not watching your own films, the Originals tab carries a growing catalog of immersive films shot in 8K VR180 — some free, right now.
The honest version
Free on Google Play. It makes your library great on your own headset — and that part should simply be free.
Get it on Galaxy XR — FreeStreaming from a Mac needs the free Spatial Film AirStream app — everything about it lives on its own page. Plex, Jellyfin and NAS need nothing on any computer at all.
Questions
Yes. The app is a free download, and everything on this page — Plex, Jellyfin, NAS streaming, real 3D, VR180 and 360° playback, 360° photo environments — is free. The Originals catalog of immersive films includes free titles, with the rest unlocked by supporting the filmmaker.
Only for the My Mac source, which streams a folder of films straight from a Mac. Plex, Jellyfin and NAS need nothing installed on any computer — the headset talks to the server directly.
Yes — and without any conversion. Side-by-side and top-bottom 3D files play in real stereo exactly as they are. Spatial Film reads the frame geometry and the filename, splits the two eyes itself, and shows each eye its own picture. Keeping "3D", "SBS" or "HSBS" in the filename helps it be sure.
Yes to both. MKV direct-plays, and the app ships its own audio decoders — DTS, DTS-HD, TrueHD, AC-3, AAC — so films that other headset apps play silently, or refuse outright, just work.
Yes — it's the best way to run it. Install Jellyfin or Plex from the NAS's app center, point it at your movie folder, and Spatial Film streams straight from the box. Jellyfin servers are found on your network by name; custom setups can type the address, like 192.168.1.20:8096. Because the app never asks the server to transcode, even small fanless NAS boxes serve 4K HEVC easily.
No. The headset streams from your server or Mac over your own Wi-Fi. Sign-ins are stored encrypted on the headset, and nothing about your library goes near the cloud.
Same idea, same servers, same films — built natively for Android headsets. The difference: Apple-only formats (Apple Immersive AIVU, Apple Spatial Video) are a Vision Pro thing and don't appear here. You also don't need them — the conversion step Vision Pro requires for 3D doesn't exist on Galaxy XR, because side-by-side 3D just plays.