User`s guide

7 Viewing Virtual Worlds
7-2
VRML Viewers
In this section...
“Host and Remote Viewing” on page 7-2
“Sound” on page 7-3
“Comparison of Viewers” on page 7-3
“Legacy Viewer” on page 7-3
After you create a virtual world in VRML (as described in “Build Virtual Reality
Worlds”), you can visualize that virtual world with a VRML viewer or VRML-enabled
Web browser.
The Simulink 3D Animation product includes three viewers.
• Simulink 3D Animation Viewer (the default viewer)
• Simulink 3D Animation Web Viewer
• Orbisnap viewer
To determine which viewer to use, see “Comparison of Viewers” on page 7-3.
Host and Remote Viewing
You can view a virtual world on your host computer, with either the Simulink 3D
Animation Viewer, Orbisnap, or a Web browser. For Web browser support, Simulink 3D
Animation provides the Simulink 3D Animation Web Viewer.
In most configurations, you do not need to install a viewer on a client computer because
you can perform all the tasks on a host computer. However, if you have very large models
that consume considerable computational resources, you might want to use a client
computer to run and view the virtual world.
To view a virtual world on a client computer, which does not need to have Simulink 3D
Animation installed, you can use the Web Viewer, or Orbisnap. For remote viewing, use
the Web Viewer or Orbisnap.