VRQR.CA

More than just a short URL

Print the code once. Change what it shows whenever you like.

A VRQR code can open a web page, a YouTube video, a 360° film, or a whole VR menu — in any browser already on a phone, tablet, computer or VR headset, with nothing to install.

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Scan or Enter URL

vrqr.ca/VR123

A short link for anyone. A toolkit for VR.

At its simplest, VRQR is a short address and a QR code you can repoint whenever you like — for a poster, a menu, a business card, a sign, or anything else that gets printed. If you work in VR, the same codes go much further, with tools built to solve very specific challenges VR professionals face.

For anyone

QR Codes that outlive the print

Any address becomes vrqr.ca/ and a few characters, with a QR code to print at any size. Change where it points without reprinting, set it to expire, and account for every scan with reports. Apart from the name, nothing to do with VR.

Codes in detail →

For VR creators

A VR player for all devices

Upload 360°, 180° or flat video, in 2D or 3D, and a code opens it in the player — or opens a menu of several experiences, with your logo and backdrop. Options include forced viewpoints, standard subtitles, and offline viewing.

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For VR exhibitors

Manage content on headsets

No app install! Browser-based content gets stored locally on the headset for offline playback. And you control automatic updates remotely! Plus, a player built for the booth: cue it up, hand it over, thumb-press the controller to play.

Content management in detail →

FOR ANYONE — three steps to short URLs and reporting

1

Create a code

Make an account and choose your own short prefix — the start of every code name that is yours. Then create codes pointing to URLs in the web admin.

2

Scan or type it

On any device, scan or enter the short URL. The browser either displays your customized greeting first or loads the URL immediately.

3

Tracking and updating

Every scan is logged so you can keep track of your campaign success. And if you want to redirect the URL, it's a simple edit that takes effect immediately.

QR Codes that outlive the print

Simple URL shorteners drop you at a page. These QR codes are much more flexible.

  • The code is a pointer, not the content. Change the destination and every printed copy re-directs, immediately. The QR artwork carries its own caption, so it still works for someone whose camera will not focus or who is using a laptop.
  • A branded moment first. Optionally, show a holding screen with your branding and custom greeting for as long as you choose before the code forwards.
  • Codes that expire. Give a code an end date, and choose what happens after: report itself as gone, or fall back to a default destination.
  • Protected content. If what's behind a code isn't meant for the public, give it a PIN. Visitors enter it once before they're forwarded, and repeated wrong guesses lock the code for a while.
  • Every scan counted. Known bots and automated traffic are filtered out, so the numbers represent actual people.
  • Blocks of numbered codes. Print a batch of QR codes before you know what each will be used for. Unassigned codes within the range share one default destination. Assign any one QR code its own destination when it goes into service. For example, a brokerage's lawn signs: each shows that property's tour while the sign is up, then defaults back to "Hot Listings" when the property is sold.

Questions about codes, answered in the FAQ →

FOR VR CREATORS — a VR player for all devices

Everything between the printed code and somebody watching is already here: the hosting, the menu, the player. Ditch explaining the YouTube app to your clients!

  • Nothing to install. No app store, no sideloading. The same link works in a headset's browser, on a phone, tablet, or a computer, and only offers "Enter VR" where VR is actually possible.
  • Simpler and cleaner than YouTube and Vimeo. No app install to view 360 content. No explanation of setting the highest resolution. No ads cluttering the experience. Just a direct link that shows (optional) animated instructions, then your video.
  • Any shape of video. 360°, 180° and flat, mono or 3D, side-by-side or top-bottom. A 3D video on a flat screen shows one clean eye, not a doubled picture, and a lighter copy can stream to phones while headsets get the full-resolution master.
  • Menus with your branding. Floating tiles under your logo, with a backdrop of your own panorama or a choice of skies. A tile can load a video, a Matterport tour or any web page, or even another shortcode — each with its own thumbnail and title.
  • Direct where they look. Tell a 360 clip where it should be facing at key timecodes, so nobody misses the shot. Trim the start or end without re-uploading, and add standard .SRT subtitles in any language. Example: The Littlest Hudson
  • Private when it needs to be. A video or menu can require a PIN before it plays, and repeated wrong guesses lock the code for a while. Change the PIN whenever you need to.

Questions about video and the player, answered in the FAQ →

FOR VR EXHIBITORS — headset and content management

A tradeshow floor, a gallery, a pop-up: the Wi-Fi is overloaded, the queue is long, and most visitors have never worn a headset. VRQR is built for that moment — content stored on the headset, a hand-off that takes seconds, and a whole fleet you can manage from your laptop.

  • Download once, play all day. Save a whole menu onto the headset on a network you trust, and it plays in airplane mode with no server involved. It opens like any other app, and an interrupted download picks up where it left off.
  • Built for the hand-off. Cue up a video, pause it with a press of the thumbstick, fit the headset on your visitor, and press again to play — no start button for them to find. When their video finishes, they are returned to the menu, where they can select another with gaze control.
  • Remote control. Launch every headset in the room into the same video at the same moment for a presentation, or cue up a personal playlist for each visitor at your booth — zipline then ATV for one, sailing then the aerial overview for the next. No handheld controls needed.
  • Update every headset from your desk. Change a menu and each headset catches up the next time it goes online, fetching only what changed. Assign a menu to your fleet remotely, and each headset offers the download by itself the next time it opens.
  • Track every headset. Each unit in your fleet keeps a permanent identity — you can see what content it is holding, when it was last online, and how much room it has left.
  • One headset, something different. Every headset shows your menu by default. You can assign any headset its own content — a sponsor's reel, a VIP demo — for a limited time, and it returns to the default by itself. Nobody touches the headset, and nobody has to remember to undo it.

Questions about offline use and headsets, answered in the FAQ →

RENTALS AND EVENTS — set up, delivered, ready to play

No headsets of your own? Rent them for a sales meeting, a launch or an event. We set every headset up with your content, deliver it to your office or venue, and collect it when you are done.

  • Loaded with your content. Each headset arrives with your menu already stored on it so it plays the highest resolution files smoothly, and it will be connected to your account so you can pause, play and queue videos on all of them from your laptop.
  • Delivered where you need it. To your office ahead of a meeting, or straight to the venue on the day — charged, tested and ready to hand out.
  • Local help on site. Our partners in each area can also facilitate your event — fitting headsets, running the hand-offs and keeping the line moving, so your team can engage with visitors rather than manage headsets.
  • Toronto and the surrounding area, with POP-UP VR. Our first local partner covers Toronto and the GTA. More regions are coming — ask about yours.

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Ready to get started?

Make an account, point a code somewhere, and print it. Everything else is there when you need it.

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What we record, and the email we send

Scans are counted with a salted hash of the visitor's IP address — never the address itself — and the kind of device it was. We send only two kinds of email, both because you asked for them: a message to confirm your address when you create an account, and a link to reset your password when you forget it. No newsletters, no marketing, no lists, and nothing passed to anyone else. What we keep, and for how long, is set out in the privacy notice.