Vrap

If you are currently reading this, then there's a good chance that you already know that most humdrum graphical players or viewers don't handle extremely wide or large resolution files all that well.

Having said this, if you currently find yourself in the aforementioned predicament, then Vrap is worth checking out. Simply put, Vrap is a user-friendly 360-degree viewer and player for your Windows PC or your Mac.

The first thing you should know about Vrap is the fact that it can play 360-degree videos, as well as help you view 360-degree panoramic pictures. It supports JPG, TIFF, PNG, GIF, MOV-QTVR pictures and MP3, WEBM, MOV, and OGG vides just as long as their resolutions are not over 22000x11000, respectively 4K.

Vrap can't really brag about its looks since it sports a no-frills and slightly outdated user interface. Nevertheless, accessing the app's main features is easily achievable from the top menu bar or with the help of the contextual menu.

Files can be effortlessly loaded either via intuitive drag and drop actions or directly from the File menu, and a list of all previously loaded files is available in the retractable side-menu.

You can configure your own point of view for each photo with the help of the mouse and the scroll function, or you can take advantage of a set of predefines 360 views, namely Normal, Fisheye, Stereographic and Architectural. There are also two interesting-looking Preset Views with self-explanatory names, Planet and Tonel.

It is worth mentioning that the app also offers you the possibility to view your videos of pictures with no 360 effects. You can also export parts of the panoramic video or picture with the help of the built-in snapshot tool.

To conclude, while it may not be the most stylish or the most comprehensive application of its type out there, Vrap works as advertised. It allows you to view 360-degree videos or pictures within a single main window, without ever feeling like a complicated utility which is exactly how tools of this sort should be.