IMAX and Meta have signed an agreement that makes Meta VR Glasses the first IMAX Enhanced certified VR device, and IMAX will bring an updated IMAX app to the glasses when they debut in spring 2027. Announced November 10, 2026, the app adds a virtual theatre for IMAX Enhanced films, with select titles in IMAX's Expanded Aspect Ratio.
In short:
- What was announced: IMAX's release of November 10, 2026, issued jointly with Meta, formalizes the certification Meta first stated at Connect and adds an IMAX app for the device.
- When: at the glasses' spring 2027 debut, the same window as Meta's $1,299.99 launch price.
- What it adds for a buyer: a dedicated IMAX viewing environment on top of the 3D streaming Meta already announced, and a confirmed home for IMAX's taller frame format in VR.
What IMAX published
The release describes an agreement to make "the upcoming Meta VR Glasses the first-ever IMAX Enhanced certified VR device" and to bring an updated IMAX app to it. IMAX says the app will offer an immersive virtual theatre environment for watching IMAX Enhanced content "at home or on the go", with optimized picture, immersive sound and Expanded Aspect Ratios on select titles. IMAX CEO Rich Gelfond calls IMAX's brand and technology "a powerful differentiator" for new devices like the glasses. For more detail, IMAX points readers to its IMAX Enhanced in VR page.
How it builds on what Meta said at Connect
Meta's September 2026 announcement already called the glasses "the first ever IMAX Enhanced certified VR device" and said they would be one of the only ways to watch select films in IMAX's expanded aspect ratio at home. Our launch coverage of Meta VR Glasses reported that line. IMAX's release is the other party confirming it, and it supplies the piece Meta's announcement left to later: a dedicated IMAX app with its own theatre environment.
The format itself is documented. When IMAX Enhanced came to Disney+ in 2021, the joint Disney, IMAX and DTS release gave the Expanded Aspect Ratio as 1.90:1, offering up to 26 percent more picture in select sequences. IMAX's new release names Disney+ and Sony Pictures Core on Amazon Prime Video as current hosts of IMAX Enhanced content, and Sony, Hisense, TCL and LG among its certified display and audio partners.
What to watch for before launch
The release names the debut window and the app's purpose. Titles, the app's price and which streaming catalogs it draws on are details for IMAX and Meta to publish closer to spring 2027. Storage for downloaded films is already settled on the hardware side, through the Sandisk microSD Express cards certified for the glasses, and the field of view and resolution Meta gave developers set how large that virtual theatre can look. For headsets on sale today, our comparison of current XR headsets carries checked prices.
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