Virtual Reality Toolbox

Using This Guide

To help you effectively read and use this guide, here is a brief description of the chapters and a suggested reading path.

This section includes the following topics:

• Expected Background -- Working knowledge of MATLAB and Simulink
• Organization -- Chapters, sections, and topics with procedures and reference information

Expected Background

This manual assumes that you are already familiar with

• MATLAB, to write scripts and functions with M-code, and to use functions with the command-line interface
• Simulink and Stateflow, to create models as block diagrams and simulate those models

If You Are a New User -- You might want to review

• Introduction -- This chapter gives you an overview of the Virtual Reality Toolbox features.
• Simulink Interface -- Interact with a virtual world from Simulink.
• MATLAB Interface -- Interact with a virtual world from MATLAB.

If You Are an Experienced Virtual Reality Toolbox User -- You might want to review

• Block Reference -- Additional functionality has been added to the Virtual Reality Toolbox library.
• vrworld Object Reference -- Description of vrworld object properties and methods.
• vrnode Object Reference -- Description of vrnode object properties and methods.
• vrfigure Object Reference -- Description of vrfigure object properties and methods. Version 3.0 of the Virtual Reality Toolbox includes the new object vrfigure.

Organization

The following table lists the chapters of this guide.

Chapter or Appendix	Description
Introduction	Overview of the functions and features of the Virtual Reality Toolbox
Installation	Procedures to install the Virtual Reality Toolbox, VRML plug-in, and VRML editor
Simulink Interface	Procedures to add Virtual Reality Toolbox blocks to your Simulink model and associate those blocks with virtual worlds
MATLAB Interface	Procedures for creating scripts and functions to control and change virtual worlds using MATLAB objects
Virtual Worlds	Procedures for creating a simple virtual world using V-Realm Builder
Block Reference	Reference for blocks in the Virtual Reality Toolbox
Function Reference	Functions for the Virtual Reality Toolbox environment
vrworld Object Reference	Reference for vrworld objects, including methods and properties
vrnode Object Reference	Reference for vrnode objects, including methods and properties
vrfigure Object Reference	Reference for vrfigure objects, including methods and properties

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