VR Converter

Convert VR files online for free


Drop or upload your .VR file

How to convert your VR file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your VR file.
  2. You'll see a preview.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.

Convert VR to another file type

The converter easily converts your VR file to various formats - free and online. No VLC or extra software needed.

Convert a file to VR

The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other Developer formats to VR with high quality output.


About VR files

The .VR extension is a homonym used in two vastly different industries: industrial automation and immersive media. Most commonly, a .VR file is a binary Variable Record generated by FANUC robot controllers (specifically KAREL programs). These files store vital position registers, counters, and string variables used during robotic operations. The main issue for engineers is that these files are compiled binaries; unlike their source code counterparts, you cannot simply open them in a text editor to inspect values. To debug or document logic, you must convert these .VR files into their ASCII equivalent (COR or VA files) using proprietary tools like ROBOGUIDE or via a controlled backup process on the teach pendant.

In the consumer space, .VR files serve as Virtual Reality video containers, notably used by hardware like the Vuze XR Camera. While these are often standard video streams (H.264/H.265) wrapped in a custom extension, standard media players may fail to recognize the header or fail to render the 360-degree metadata correctly. For these files, the best workflow is converting them to standard MP4 or MKV containers to ensure compatibility with players like VLC Media Player or uploading to YouTube. Additionally, in the finance sector, Global Blue uses .VR as a compressed ZIP container for VAT refund lists, which strictly requires extraction rather than media conversion.

Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your VR file.

Users also converted MP4, MKV, MOV, VRO, JPG, WEBM, TS, AVI, PNG, ZIP, FBX, VRF and STL files.


FAQ

If you want to convert VR file to 2D, MP4, AVI, MOV, WMV, FLV, WEBM, MKV, M4V, 3GP, OGV or ASF, you can use FANUC ROBOGUIDE or similar software from the "Industrial Robot Variable Data" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert MTS, MOV, RMVB, DIVX, RM, H264, TS, WMV, VOB, MP4, XVID or AVI files to VR, try FANUC ROBOGUIDE or another comparable tool in the "Industrial Robot Variable Data" category.



The VR Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our VR converter.