diff --git a/ui/v2.5/package.json b/ui/v2.5/package.json
index b62eb960c..feddea6e5 100644
--- a/ui/v2.5/package.json
+++ b/ui/v2.5/package.json
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@
     "@types/react-helmet": "^6.1.6",
     "@types/react-router-bootstrap": "^0.24.5",
     "@types/react-router-hash-link": "^2.4.5",
+    "@types/three": "^0.154.0",
     "@types/ua-parser-js": "^0.7.36",
     "@types/video.js": "^7.3.51",
     "@types/videojs-mobile-ui": "^0.8.0",
diff --git a/ui/v2.5/src/@types/videojs-vr.d.ts b/ui/v2.5/src/@types/videojs-vr.d.ts
index 54111718f..e5afd8bf3 100644
--- a/ui/v2.5/src/@types/videojs-vr.d.ts
+++ b/ui/v2.5/src/@types/videojs-vr.d.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 declare module "videojs-vr" {
   import videojs from "video.js";
+  // we don't want to depend on THREE.js directly, these are just typedefs for videojs-vr
+  // eslint-disable-next-line import/no-extraneous-dependencies
+  import * as THREE from "three";
 
   declare function videojsVR(options?: videojsVR.Options): videojsVR.Plugin;
 
@@ -102,6 +105,12 @@ declare module "videojs-vr" {
       setProjection(projection: ProjectionType): void;
       init(): void;
       reset(): void;
+
+      cameraVector: THREE.Vector3;
+
+      camera: THREE.Camera;
+      scene: THREE.Scene;
+      renderer: THREE.Renderer;
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/ui/v2.5/yarn.lock b/ui/v2.5/yarn.lock
index 5ad524f5e..0ee4a8e75 100644
--- a/ui/v2.5/yarn.lock
+++ b/ui/v2.5/yarn.lock
@@ -2198,6 +2198,11 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@tsconfig/node16/-/node16-1.0.3.tgz#472eaab5f15c1ffdd7f8628bd4c4f753995ec79e"
   integrity sha512-yOlFc+7UtL/89t2ZhjPvvB/DeAr3r+Dq58IgzsFkOAvVC6NMJXmCGjbptdXdR9qsX7pKcTL+s87FtYREi2dEEQ==
 
+"@tweenjs/tween.js@~18.6.4":
+  version "18.6.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@tweenjs/tween.js/-/tween.js-18.6.4.tgz#40a3d0a93647124872dec8e0fd1bd5926695b6ca"
+  integrity sha512-lB9lMjuqjtuJrx7/kOkqQBtllspPIN+96OvTCeJ2j5FEzinoAXTdAMFnDAQT1KVPRlnYfBrqxtqP66vDM40xxQ==
+
 "@types/apollo-upload-client@^17.0.2":
   version "17.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/apollo-upload-client/-/apollo-upload-client-17.0.2.tgz#15dc737663928be27c768117603dfc23c21514bb"
@@ -2442,6 +2447,23 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/semver/-/semver-7.3.13.tgz#da4bfd73f49bd541d28920ab0e2bf0ee80f71c91"
   integrity sha512-21cFJr9z3g5dW8B0CVI9g2O9beqaThGQ6ZFBqHfwhzLDKUxaqTIy3vnfah/UPkfOiF2pLq+tGz+W8RyCskuslw==
 
+"@types/stats.js@*":
+  version "0.17.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/stats.js/-/stats.js-0.17.0.tgz#0ed81d48e03b590c24da85540c1d952077a9fe20"
+  integrity sha512-9w+a7bR8PeB0dCT/HBULU2fMqf6BAzvKbxFboYhmDtDkKPiyXYbjoe2auwsXlEFI7CFNMF1dCv3dFH5Poy9R1w==
+
+"@types/three@^0.154.0":
+  version "0.154.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/three/-/three-0.154.0.tgz#91f4384930ed050a14d7f13c09d5785cc167a064"
+  integrity sha512-IioqpGhch6FdLDh4zazRn3rXHj6Vn2nVOziJdXVbJFi9CaI65LtP9qqUtpzbsHK2Ezlox8NtsLNHSw3AQzucjA==
+  dependencies:
+    "@tweenjs/tween.js" "~18.6.4"
+    "@types/stats.js" "*"
+    "@types/webxr" "*"
+    fflate "~0.6.9"
+    lil-gui "~0.17.0"
+    meshoptimizer "~0.18.1"
+
 "@types/ua-parser-js@^0.7.36":
   version "0.7.36"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/ua-parser-js/-/ua-parser-js-0.7.36.tgz"
@@ -2476,6 +2498,11 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/warning/-/warning-3.0.0.tgz#0d2501268ad8f9962b740d387c4654f5f8e23e52"
   integrity sha512-t/Tvs5qR47OLOr+4E9ckN8AmP2Tf16gWq+/qA4iUGS/OOyHVO8wv2vjJuX8SNOUTJyWb+2t7wJm6cXILFnOROA==
 
+"@types/webxr@*":
+  version "0.5.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/webxr/-/webxr-0.5.2.tgz#5d9627b0ffe223aa3b166de7112ac8a9460dc54f"
+  integrity sha512-szL74BnIcok9m7QwYtVmQ+EdIKwbjPANudfuvDrAF8Cljg9MKUlIoc1w5tjj9PMpeSH3U1Xnx//czQybJ0EfSw==
+
 "@types/ws@^8.0.0":
   version "8.5.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/ws/-/ws-8.5.4.tgz#bb10e36116d6e570dd943735f86c933c1587b8a5"
@@ -4317,6 +4344,11 @@ fbjs@^3.0.0:
     setimmediate "^1.0.5"
     ua-parser-js "^0.7.30"
 
+fflate@~0.6.9:
+  version "0.6.10"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fflate/-/fflate-0.6.10.tgz#5f40f9659205936a2d18abf88b2e7781662b6d43"
+  integrity sha512-IQrh3lEPM93wVCEczc9SaAOvkmcoQn/G8Bo1e8ZPlY3X3bnAxWaBdvTdvM1hP62iZp0BXWDy4vTAy4fF0+Dlpg==
+
 figures@^3.0.0:
   version "3.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/figures/-/figures-3.2.0.tgz#625c18bd293c604dc4a8ddb2febf0c88341746af"
@@ -5450,6 +5482,11 @@ lie@3.1.1:
   dependencies:
     immediate "~3.0.5"
 
+lil-gui@~0.17.0:
+  version "0.17.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lil-gui/-/lil-gui-0.17.0.tgz#b41ae55d0023fcd9185f7395a218db0f58189663"
+  integrity sha512-MVBHmgY+uEbmJNApAaPbtvNh1RCAeMnKym82SBjtp5rODTYKWtM+MXHCifLe2H2Ti1HuBGBtK/5SyG4ShQ3pUQ==
+
 lines-and-columns@^1.1.6:
   version "1.2.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lines-and-columns/-/lines-and-columns-1.2.4.tgz#eca284f75d2965079309dc0ad9255abb2ebc1632"
@@ -5808,6 +5845,11 @@ meros@^1.2.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/meros/-/meros-1.2.1.tgz#056f7a76e8571d0aaf3c7afcbe7eb6407ff7329e"
   integrity sha512-R2f/jxYqCAGI19KhAvaxSOxALBMkaXWH2a7rOyqQw+ZmizX5bKkEYWLzdhC+U82ZVVPVp6MCXe3EkVligh+12g==
 
+meshoptimizer@~0.18.1:
+  version "0.18.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/meshoptimizer/-/meshoptimizer-0.18.1.tgz#cdb90907f30a7b5b1190facd3b7ee6b7087797d8"
+  integrity sha512-ZhoIoL7TNV4s5B6+rx5mC//fw8/POGyNxS/DZyCJeiZ12ScLfVwRE/GfsxwiTkMYYD5DmK2/JXnEVXqL4rF+Sw==
+
 micromark-extension-gfm-autolink-literal@~0.5.0:
   version "0.5.7"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/micromark-extension-gfm-autolink-literal/-/micromark-extension-gfm-autolink-literal-0.5.7.tgz#53866c1f0c7ef940ae7ca1f72c6faef8fed9f204"