Virtual Reality Toolbox

Simulink Interface

With a Simulink model, you can observe a simulation of your dynamic system over time in a visually realistic 3-D model.

The Virtual Reality Toolbox provides blocks to directly connect Simulink signals with virtual worlds. This connection lets you visualize your model as a three-dimensional animation.

You can implement most of the Virtual Reality Toolbox features with Simulink blocks. Once you include these blocks in a Simulink diagram, you can select a virtual world and connect Simulink signals to the virtual world. The Virtual Reality Toolbox automatically scans a virtual world for available VRML nodes that Simulink can drive.

All the VRML node properties are listed in a hierarchical tree-style viewer. You select the degrees of freedom to control from within Simulink. After you close a Block Parameters dialog box, Simulink updates the block with the inputs and outputs corresponding to selected nodes in the virtual world. After connecting these inputs to appropriate Simulink signals, you can view the simulation with a VRML viewer.

Simulink provides communication for control and manipulation of virtual reality objects, using Virtual Reality Toolbox blocks.

MATLAB Interface

VRML Viewers