MacGillivray Freeman Films Launches Epic Earth App for Apple Vision Pro, Bringing Award-Winning 3D IMAX® Theater Films to Immersive Spatial Reality
July 09, 2025 – Laguna Beach, CA – MacGillivray Freeman Films, the award-winning producers behind some of the most iconic giant-screen documentaries, is proud to announce the launch of Epic Earth, the company’s new app designed exclusively for Apple Vision Pro. With Epic Earth, audiences can journey to the planet’s most awe-inspiring destinations through breathtaking 2D and 3D films—captured with legendary 15/70mm IMAX® film cameras and digitally remastered in stunning 4K. Watch the trailer.
Optimized for Apple’s groundbreaking spatial computing headset, Epic Earth transforms your living room into a cinematic portal, offering a deeply immersive experience that brings nature and adventure films to life like never before.
“We’re thrilled our award-winning giant-screen films are now available in a whole new format with Apple Vision Pro,” said Shaun MacGillivray, President of MacGillivray Freeman Films. “Nothing compares to seeing these films on the giant screen in an IMAX theater but watching them on Vision Pro is the next best thing—it’s like having a personal IMAX theater in your home. Shot with the most advanced IMAX cameras in the world, the immersive quality on Vision Pro is absolutely spectacular.”
The Epic Earth collection features eight of the company’s most popular titles:
- National Parks Adventure
- Everest
- Humpback Whales
- Grand Canyon Adventure
- Into America’s Wild
- America’s Musical Journey
- Ireland 3D
- Dream Big: Engineering Our World
Within the app, users can view films in a virtual outdoor amphitheater under the stars or step inside MacGillivray Freeman’s private screening room in Laguna Beach for exclusive behind-the-scenes access to the filmmaking process.
“MacGillivray Freeman Films has set the gold standard for large-format filmmaking, and it was a natural evolution to bring their extraordinary catalog to Apple Vision Pro,” said J.R. Racine, one of the developers behind the Epic Earth app. “Audiences are going to be amazed by the visual fidelity and immersive quality of the experience.”
Epic Earth is available now on the App Store. Films are available for rental or purchase.
Download here:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/epic-earth-3d-adventure-films/id6740282714
Learn more:
https://macgillivrayfreeman.com/what-we-do/apple-vision-pro/
About MacGillivray Freeman Films
Based in Laguna Beach, California, MacGillivray Freeman Films is the world’s foremost
independent producer and distributor of giant screen 70mm films with nearly 50 films for
IMAX® and giant screen theaters to its credit. Throughout the company’s 50-year history, its
films have won numerous international awards including two Academy Award® nominations for
The Living Sea and Dolphins and three films inducted into the IMAX Hall of Fame, including
Everest, the highest grossing giant screen film of all time. MacGillivray Freeman’s films are
known for their artistry and celebration of science and the natural world. It is the first
documentary film company to reach the one-billion-dollar benchmark for worldwide box office.
