Getting YouTube VR video to be immersive on Oculus Rift S

[TwistedHelixis]

Recently got a Rift S, played some games and then went looking for immersive videos. Found a great VR history video by the BBC where you fly in a WW2 bomber plane over Germany, its very immersive and not like you are watching a video but you feel like you are in the plane. Watched some videos on the Oculus site and they are all immersive. Did some reading up and found out the Firefox supports web3d and most of those videos are immersive.

 

I then thought of youtube as that must have thousands of videos, which it does but none of them are immersive, it's like watching a large bend around screen, rather than feeling like you are in the middle of the action.

 

This is all very new to me, so I am probably doing something wrong, but if anyone has any ideas then thanks.

[TwistedHelixis]

Found out that YouTube and the rift s are not compatible. Suggested workaround is to use the Steam VR YouTube app. I have tested the app and vr videos do now work as intended.