QuickTime VR file format
File type: Digital video and movie file
A QuickTime VR movie is an interactive panoramic or object movie created for Apple's QuickTime multimedia framework. It lets viewers look around a scene or view an object from different angles.
File type category:
Digital video and movie file
Date updated: November 13, 2026
Apple QuickTime VR is a technology for creating interactive panoramic scenes and object movies. A QTVR file stores the visual content and data needed to present these experiences through QuickTime.
Unlike a conventional video, a QTVR movie can let viewers navigate around a panorama or inspect an object interactively. Associated MIME types include x-world/x-qtvr and video/quicktime.
QTVR files were intended for playback in Apple QuickTime, including QuickTime for Windows. The Windows version is discontinued, and QTVR is now a legacy format.
Open the file in Apple QuickTime Player on Windows. QuickTime for Windows is discontinued, so the player may not be available or work on current systems.
There is no straightforward conversion that preserves a QTVR movie's interactive navigation in a standard video. Recording the movie while it plays can produce a flat video, but it will not retain the ability to look around or inspect an object interactively.
Englishvideo/quicktimeSoftware applications that can open qtvr files:
Microsoft Windows
