Player support for X3D components

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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.

Related pages: X3D Resources: Applications, Players, Plugins, Tool support for X3D components 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 and versions H3DViewer BS Contact FreeWRL/FreeX3D Heilan InstantPlayer Octaga Player OpenVRML SwirlX3D Vivaty Xj3D
v2.1 v7.1 v1.22.3 v0.15 beta 5 v2.3 v0.17.9 v2.1.7 v1.0 build 900 1.0
X3D Conformance Certification none Interchange Profile Interchange Profile none none none none none Interchange Profile Interchange Profile

File Encodings
- XML (.x3d) yes yes yes yes yes yes  ? yes yes yes
- ClassicVRML (.x3dv) yes yes yes no yes yes yes yes yes yes
- Compressed Binary Encoding (.x3db) no no no no partial no no no no yes
- VRML 97 (v2.0) (.wrl) yes yes yes  ? yes yes yes  ?  ? yes
- VRML 1 (v1.0) (.wrl) no  ? yes  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?

X3D component list
CAD geometry no yes no no yes yes partial yes no yes
Core yes yes yes partial
(not Proto)
yes yes yes yes yes yes
Cube map environmental texturing yes yes partial no yes yes no no partial no
Distributed interactive simulation (DIS) no no no no no no partial no no yes
Environmental effects yes yes level 3 level 2 yes yes partial yes yes yes
Environmental sensor level 2 yes yes no partial yes partial yes yes yes
Event utilities yes yes yes yes yes yes partial yes yes yes
Followers no no no no yes yes no no no no
Geometry2D yes partial yes no yes yes partial yes no partial
Geometry3D yes yes yes level 3 yes yes partial yes yes yes
Geospatial no yes yes no no partial partial no no yes
Grouping level 2 yes yes level 2 yes yes partial yes yes yes
Humanoid animation (H-Anim) no yes partial no partial partial partial partial yes yes
Interpolation level 4 yes level 3 level 2 yes yes partial yes yes yes
Key device sensor yes yes yes level 2 partial yes partial yes yes yes
Layering no yes no no no partial no yes partial no
Layout no yes no no no partial no yes partial no
Lighting yes yes yes level 2 yes yes partial yes yes yes
Navigation yes yes level 2 level 1 yes yes partial yes yes yes
Networking partial level 2 level 3 no yes yes partial yes yes yes
NURBS partial yes no no yes partial partial yes partial no
Particle systems yes partial no no no yes no no partial yes
Picking sensor no no no no no no no no yes yes
Pointing device sensor yes yes yes no yes yes partial yes yes yes
Programmable shaders yes yes yes no yes yes no partial no no
Rendering level 3 level 3 level 4 level 4 yes yes partial yes yes yes
Rigid body physics yes partial no no  ? yes no no no partial
Scripting - ECMAScript no yes yes no yes yes partial no yes yes
Scripting - Java no partial (external) partial (external) no yes yes partial no no yes
Shape yes yes yes level 2 yes yes partial yes yes yes
- FillProperties node partial yes yes (requires runtime shader support) no no partial partial no no partial
- LineProperties node partial yes yes no partial yes partial no no yes
Sound yes yes yes (rewrite for newer APIs in V1.22.4) yes yes yes partial yes yes partial
Text yes yes yes no yes yes partial yes yes partial
Texturing level 2 yes yes (MovieTexture for newer APIs in V1.22.4) level 1 yes yes partial partial yes yes
Texturing3D yes yes no no yes yes no no no partial
Time yes yes yes level 2 yes yes partial yes yes yes
Players H3DViewer BS Contact FreeWRL/FreeX3D Heilan InstantPlayer Octaga OpenVRML SwirlX3D Vivaty Xj3D