Player support for X3D components

The Extensible 3D (X3D) Graphics standard has many capabilities. X3D components are modular collections of nodes that make it easier for software to gradually implement the full range of X3D capabilities.

Authors can also indicate what components are needed in an X3D scene in order to ensure that proper support is provided at run time.

This table records support for the official X3D components by each of the various X3D players. It is maintained by the X3D Working Group and member companies in the Web3D Consortium.

• The X3D Resources page provides lots of additional information about X3D.
• Please Contact Web3D if you want to learn more or report an update.
• The X3D Node Inventory Comparison (.pdf) shows implementation coverage of the X3D Abstract Specification, X3D Schema, X3D DOCTYPE, X3D-Edit, X3DOM, and VRML97 node sets.

Related pages nearby: Tool support for X3D components, X3D Resources: Applications, X3D Implementations, X3D Node Inventory Comparison and X3D Plugfest.

Table key

• yes all nodes, all fields supported for all levels of this component (though some bugs may be present)
• partial some nodes and fields supported
• level # which component level number (1-4) is supported (found at end of each component specification)
• no no support provided
• ? unknown, need status report

Players	BS Contact family	FreeWRL, FreeX3D	H3DViewer	InstantPlayer	OctagaVS Player	OpenVRML	SwirlX3D	view3dscene	Xj3D	Heilan	Pivoron	Flux 2.0 2.1	Vivaty
Versions	v8.0	v1.22.8	v2.1	2.1	v4.0	v0.17.9	v2.1.7	v3.11.0	1.0	v0.15	v1.0	v2.1	v1.0 build 900
X3D Conformance Certification	Interchange Profile	Interchange Profile	none	none	none	none	none	none	Interchange Profile	none	none	Interchange Profile	Interchange Profile
Development Status	Active	Active	Active	Active	Active	Active	Active	Active	Active	Inactive	Inactive	Inactive	Inactive
File Encodings
XML (.x3d)	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	?	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	yes	yes
ClassicVRML (.x3dv)	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	no	yes	yes
Compressed Binary Encoding (.x3db)	yes	no	no	partial	no	no	no	no	yes	no	no	no	no
VRML 97 (v2.0) (.wrl)	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	?	yes	yes	no	yes	yes	yes
VRML 1 (v1.0) (.wrl)	no	yes	no	?	?	?	?	yes	?	no	no	no	no
X3D component list
CAD geometry	yes	yes	no	yes	yes	partial	yes	yes	yes	no	?	no	no
Core	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	partial (not Proto)	yes	yes	yes
Cube map environmental texturing	yes	partial	yes	yes	yes	no	no	yes	no	no	?	partial	partial
Distributed interactive simulation (DIS)	no	no	no	no	no	partial	no	none	yes	no	?	no	no
Environmental effects	yes	level 3	yes	yes	yes	partial	yes	partial	yes	level 2	yes	yes	yes
Environmental sensor	yes	yes	level 2	partial	yes	partial	yes	partial	yes	no	?	yes	yes
Event utilities	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	partial	yes	yes	yes	yes	?	yes	yes
Followers	yes	no	no	yes	yes	no	no	none	no	no	?	no	no
Geometry2D	partial	yes	yes	yes	yes	partial	yes	partial	partial	no	?	no	no
Geometry3D	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	partial	yes	yes	yes	level 3	yes	yes	yes
Geospatial	yes	yes	no	yes	partial	partial	no	partial	yes	no	?	no	no
Grouping	yes	yes	level 2	yes	yes	partial	yes	yes	yes	level 2	?	yes	yes
Humanoid animation (H-Anim)	yes	partial	no	yes	yes	partial	partial	yes	yes	no	yes	yes	yes
Interpolation	yes	level 3	level 4	yes	yes	partial	yes	yes	yes	level 2	?	yes	yes
Key device sensor	yes	yes	yes	partial	yes	partial	yes	yes	yes	level 2	?	yes	yes
Layering	yes	no	no	no	partial	no	yes	none	no	partial	?	partial	partial
Layout	yes	no	no	no	partial	no	yes	none	no	no	?	partial	partial
Lighting	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	partial	yes	yes	yes	level 2	yes	yes	yes
Navigation	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	partial	yes	yes	yes	level 1	?	yes	yes
Networking	level 4	level 3	partial	yes	yes	partial	yes	partial	yes	no	?	yes	yes
NURBS	partial	no	partial	yes	partial	partial	yes	partial	no	partial	no	partial	partial
Particle systems	partial	no	yes	no	yes	no	no	none	yes	no	?	partial	partial
Picking sensor	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	none	yes	no	?	yes	yes
Pointing device sensor	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	partial	yes	yes	yes	no	?	yes	yes
Programmable shaders:	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	partial	yes (GLSL)	no	partial	?	no	no
* OpenGL shading language (GLSL)	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	yes	?	?	?	?	?
* Microsoft high level shading language (HLSL)	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
* nVidia Cg shading language	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Rendering	level 4 (partial level 5)	level 4	level 3	yes	yes	partial	yes	yes	yes	level 4	yes	yes	yes
Rigid body physics	partial	no	yes	?	yes	no	no	no	partial	no	?	no	no
Scripting - ECMAScript	yes	yes	no	yes	yes	partial	no	no	yes	no	yes	yes	yes
Scripting - Java	partial (external)	partial (external)	no	yes	yes	partial	no	no	yes	no	yes	no	no
Shape	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	partial	yes	partial	yes	level 2	yes	yes	yes
FillProperties node	yes	yes (requires runtime shader support)	partial	no	partial	partial	no	no	partial	no	?	no	no
LineProperties node	yes	yes	partial	partial	yes	partial	no	yes	yes	no	?	no	no
Sound	yes	yes (rewrite for newer APIs in V1.22.4)	yes	yes	yes	partial	yes	yes	partial	yes	yes	yes	yes
Text	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	partial	yes	yes	partial	no	yes	yes	yes
Texturing	yes	yes (MovieTexture for newer APIs in V1.22.4)	level 2	yes	yes	partial	partial	partial	yes	partial	yes	yes	yes
Texturing3D	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	no	no	yes	partial	no	?	no	no
Time	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	partial	yes	yes	yes	level 2	?	yes	yes
Volume Rendering (X3D v3.3)	no	no	yes	yes	no	no	no	no	yes	no	?	no	no
Players	BS Contact	FreeWRL/FreeX3D	H3DViewer	InstantPlayer	Octaga	OpenVRML	SwirlX3D	view3dscene	Xj3D	Heilan	Pivoron	Flux 2.0 2.1	Vivaty