PVR file format is used for POWERVR based hardware. The PVR file is used as graphical data storing container file which is used usually for displaying graphical information on mobile devices which have limited graphical processing hardware resources.

This file is run by POWERVR chips to accelerate graphical performance as it contains information required for rendering the graphical data. Usually the data stored in PVR file is compressed graphical data related to shading and textures that are generated using POWERVR chips. These files can be used for rendering the details of both 2D and 3D objects and for encoding and decoding videos.