Virtual Reality Toolbox

VRML Viewer

You use a VRML viewer to visualize and explore virtual worlds described with VRML. The following are descriptions of VRML viewers:

• Virtual Reality Toolbox viewer -- This viewer is installed with the Virtual Reality Toolbox and is the default viewer for virtual worlds. You can access this viewer from either a Virtual Reality Toolbox block in your Simulink model, or by using the vrview and vrfigure functions with MATLAB.

• The Virtual Reality Toolbox viewer is a client to the Virtual Reality Toolbox server. It does not require a Web browser and it is available on more platforms than any other VRML97 viewer. It is supported on PC, UNIX, and Linux platforms. The viewer is the recommended method for viewing virtual worlds on a host computer.

• blaxxun Contact Version 4.4 -- VRML plug-in shipped with the PC version of the Virtual Reality Toolbox. This VRML plug-in allows you to view virtual worlds in your Web browser. The blaxxun Contact plug-in is the only supported VRML plug-in.

• You can view a virtual world in the Virtual Reality Toolbox viewer as soon as you install the Virtual Reality Toolbox. If you want to view the virtual world in your Web browser, you need to use the vrinstall command to install the blaxxun Contact plug-in. See Installing a VRML Plug-In (Windows).

For information on using a Web browser to view virtual worlds, see Testing the Installation. To download the blaxxun Contact plug-in, see http://www.mathworks.com/support/product/VR.

Note    Every VRML plug-in installs Java classes into the Web browser. It is best to limit the number of plug-ins you use in order to avoid Java errors and conflicts. For this reason, use only the Virtual Reality Toolbox viewer or the blaxxun Contact VRML plug-in on PC platforms. On UNIX and Linux platforms, use only the Virtual Reality Toolbox viewer.

Simulink

VRML Editor