Virtual Reality Toolbox

Installing a VRML Plug-in (UNIX/Linux)

If you want to use a Web browser instead of the Virtual Reality Toolbox viewer to view virtual scenes, you need to install a VRML97 plug-in with External Authoring Interface (EAI) support. This requirement is met by blaxxun Contact for Windows platforms and Cosmo Player for SGI platforms. If you are using any other operating system, you need to use the Virtual Reality Toolbox viewer to view virtual worlds.

If you are on an SGI platform, you might already have the Cosmo Player plug-in installed in your Web browser:

1. At the MATLAB command prompt, type

• vrsetpref('DefaultViewer','web')
  

1. This sets your default viewer of virtual scenes to your VRML-enabled Web browser.

2. Type

• vrbounce
  

1. If the bouncing ball demo loads in your Web browser, Cosmo Player is already installed on your system. See Setting the Default Viewer of Virtual Scenes for more information.

Go to http://www.sgi.com/software/cosmo/player.html for more information about Cosmo Player for SGI. If you do not have Cosmo Player installed on your system, follow the instructions provided on this Web site to install the Cosmo Player VRML plug-in into your default Web browser.

Note    blaxxun Contact is the only supported VRML plug-in.

Installing a VRML Plug-In (Windows)

Setting the Default Viewer of Virtual Scenes