VRML Plugin and Browser Detector (Virtual Reality Modeling Language)

VRML Plugin and Browser Detector

Windows 7below In Internet Explorer on Windows XP, click on the yellow bar above, select "Allow Blocked Content" and "Yes" to run the VRML Plugin and Browser Detector. If you do not click on "Allow blocked content" fast enough, just reload this page and try again. The VRML Plugin and Browser Detector determines which VRML or X3D plugin, viewer, or browser is configured to work with Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and Opera, or other web browser. VRML is the Virtual Reality Modeling Language, a standard file format to display 3D models on the web. JavaScript must be enabled in the web browser for VRML Plugin and Browser Detector to work.

VRML and X3D Plugins, Viewers, and Toolkits

VRML is the Virtual Reality Modeling Language, a standard file format used to display 3D models on the web. The current version of VRML is referred to as VRML 2.0 or VRML97. VRML files use the .wrl file extension.

A common way to display [view, browse, play, show, navigate] VRML files [models, objects, worlds, scenes] in a web browser is with a VRML plugin [viewer, browser, player, reader, add-on, client, toolkit, program, software]. You must download and install the VRML plugin in Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, or other web browser. Plugins are noted with a 'P' in the table. VRML viewers that do not require a web browser and are noted with a 'V' in the table.

Most of the VRML plugins can also display X3D files. X3D is an open standards file format and run-time architecture to represent and communicate 3D scenes and objects using XML. X3D files can be displayed with an X3D plugin or viewer.

X3DOM is a framework to support X3D in HTML and rendered with WebGL. No plugin is required to view X3DOM files although it is not supported in all web browsers. (NIST logo in X3DOM)

In addition to the software listed in table, VRML and X3D files can also be displayed with the following older plugins, programs, and toolkits.

Software: Pivoron Player (scroll down), H3DViewer, Demotride
Toolkits: CyberX3D, Heilan X3D Browser, X3D Tool Kit, SimVRML, Java 3D VRML Loader
No longer available: Vivaty Player (was Flux Player), blaxxun Contact (now BS Contact), WorldView, Vcom3D Venues, GLView

NIST does not review of any of the plugins or software, nor does their mention on this web page imply a recommendation or endorsement.

Software	Type	OS				X3D
Software	Type	Win	Linux	Mac	Mobile	X3D
BS Contact*	P,V,T	X	X	X	X	X
Cortona3D Viewer*	P	X
Octaga Player*	P,V	X				X
InstantPlayer	V	X	X	X		X
Cosmo Player	P	X
Flux Player	P,V	X				X
view3dscene	V	X	X	X		X
FreeWRL	V,P,T	X	X	X	X	X
OpenVRML	V,P,T	X	X	X		X
Orbisnap	V	X	X	X
SwirlX3D	V	X				X
Xj3D	V,T	X	X	X		X
Types: P-plugin, V-viewer, T-toolkit (* - License available)

VRML and X3D Links

Detector Information

Web3D Consortium, VRML Wikipedia, VRML Archives, X3D Wikipedia, Web3D 2013

Resources: X3D and VRML Resources, VRML Reference Manual, VRML Sourcebook, VRML Primer and Tutorials, Introduction to VRML

Tools: Flux Studio, Vivaty Studio, Chisel VRML Optimizer, VRMLPad, SwirlX3D Editor, NppX3D

Translators: Convert between VRML, X3D and X3DOM, VRML to X3D, VRML 1.0 to 2.0, Collada to VRML/X3D, IGES to VRML/X3D

Discussions: X3D and VRML Email Lists, VRML Google Group

Examples: Structural Steel, Digital Library of Mathematical Functions, World Trade Center, Mars Pathfinder, Large Hadron Collider, ISS Simulator, Virtual Polyhedra, 3D Page of the Week, Printer Gamuts, 3D Murder Mystery, VRML Browser Detector

Most VRML and X3D plugins can be detected in Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari, and other web browsers on any of these operating systems: Windows (8, 7, Vista, XP), Linux (Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, Suse), Mac OS X, iOS, Android, or Unix (FreeBSD, SunOS)

Original URL: http://cic.nist.gov/vrml/vbdetect.html

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