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.

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	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	Heilan	InstantPlayer	Octaga	OpenVRML	SwirlX3D	Vivaty	Xj3D