Best VR Apps for Meta Quest 3 and 3S, by Use and Price

A search for "netflix" in the Meta Store, Meta Quest selected: YouTube, Bigscreen Beta, Prime Video and TV, but no Netflix app. Screenshot: Owl3D, November 14, 2026.

Quick picks by use

"Free" means the Meta Store shows "Get" in place of a price.

Last checked November 14, 2026: the Meta Store page of each app, read from a computer outside the US; prices in US dollars as shown.

"Internet" is the store's own "Internet connection" line. A streaming app such as Prime Video still needs a connection to stream.

Apps for watching video

YouTube plays "3D 360 videos", Shorts and standard videos. It shows videos in 8K on Quest 3 and later, and movies and shows in up to 4K [1].

Prime Video is a free app. You sign in with your Prime account [2].

Netflix has no app in the Meta Store: our search above shows none. Netflix says it is "available through the Meta Quest Browser" on Quest 2, Pro, 3 and 3S, in HD (1080p) [14]. Our streaming apps guide covers Disney+, Plex and the other services.

Skybox VR Player ($9.99) plays your own files. It reads 2D, side-by-side and top-bottom 3D, VR180 and 360 video [8]. Our VR video player guide compares the players.

Bigscreen Beta is a free virtual cinema. It plays 3D films "in Side-by-Side 3D or Over-Under 3D" from the headset, and its social rooms hold up to 30 people [9].

Apps for working out

Beat Saber costs $19.99 and comes with "60+ free songs". More songs are sold as music packs [3].

FitXR is a free download, but the store says "Subscription required". It has boxing, dance, HIIT and other classes with coaches [4].

Can you work out in VR? Yes. FitXR sells itself as "Real workouts", and in Beat Saber you "Slash, duck, and dodge" to the music [3][4].

FitXR or Supernatural? We cannot compare them. On November 14, 2026, a Meta Store search for "Supernatural" showed no app with that name.

Apps for meeting people

VRChat is free, with in-app purchases. It has "hundreds of thousands of worlds" made by users [5]. It needs an internet connection [5]. Bigscreen's rooms let you watch something together [9].

Apps that use your PC

These four apps run on the Quest, but the work happens on your computer.

• Steam Link (free) streams your Steam library to the headset. The PC needs Steam and SteamVR, Windows 10 or newer and an NVIDIA GTX 970 or better [6]. How to set it up: Steam Link on Meta Quest.
• Virtual Desktop ($24.99) shows your computer's screen and streams PC VR games. It supports "most PCs and laptops running Windows 10 or 11, macOS Catalina or later". PC VR games need "a VR Ready PC running Windows 10 or 11" [7].
• Immersed (free) gives you several virtual screens for "Mac/PC/Linux" [10].
• Owl3D Link (free; on the free plan a session lasts 15 minutes and the picture carries a watermark) is ours; see below.

Does a Quest need a PC? No. Nine of the twelve apps in the table run on the headset alone. A PC is needed only to bring PC games or your computer screen into the headset. More in how to connect a Quest to a PC.

Apps for travel

Wander ($9.99) lets you walk the world in Street View. It "uses data from Google StreetView but is not an official Google product" [11].

Brink Traveler ($14.99) has "58 incredible 3D immersive environments" with a few meters of walkable space. Each location is about 500 MB to download [12].

Other headsets

PC VR (Steam): VRChat and Google Earth VR are free on Steam, and Beat Saber costs $19.99 [15][16][17]. Google Earth VR is listed as "VR Only" [16].

Apple Vision Pro: for films, see Vision Pro 3D movies.

A phone in a VR viewer: the VR video player guide names players for Android and iPhone.

Your own 2D videos in 3D

Most video you own is flat, so a player shows it on a flat virtual screen. A player shows 3D only when the file is 3D: side-by-side or top-bottom. Skybox and Bigscreen play such files [8][9].

We make Owl3D, an AI converter that turns a 2D video file into a side-by-side 3D file on your computer. It is an AI conversion, not the studio's 3D version, and it is not instant. Owl3D Link is our Quest app, free to use; on the free plan a session lasts 15 minutes and the picture carries a watermark. With the Owl3D desktop app running on a Windows PC with an NVIDIA RTX 3060 or better, it streams the PC's screen to the headset in 3D instantly, converted as it plays.

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Frequently asked questions

Is Netflix on VR?

Not as a Quest app. Netflix plays in the Meta Quest Browser, in HD (1080p) [14].

Is there a monthly fee for VR apps?

Not for most. Of the 13 Quest apps on this page, FitXR is the only one whose store page says "Subscription required" [4]. Prime Video needs a Prime account [2].

Can you use SteamVR with a Quest 3?

Yes. Steam Link connects the Quest to SteamVR on a Windows PC [6].

Which VR apps are free?

YouTube, VRChat, Bigscreen, Steam Link and Immersed are free to download [1][5][6][9][10]. YouTube, VRChat and Bigscreen list in-app purchases [1][5][9].