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I would like to know if there is a way to render .wrl (vrml files) in Firefox running on Linux x86 ?
I've found some softs to open .wrl files (like orbisnap) but that's not embedded in the browser.
Thanks.

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  • You may want to ask this on askubuntu.com or unix.stackexchange.com – Ali Mar 23 '12 at 13:00
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    [OpenVRML](http://openvrml.org/) has a plugin for Firefox. Talk about a blast from the past! –  Mar 23 '12 at 13:00

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This question has some useful information. Firefox in Linux (assuming you have recent graphics drivers and supported hardware) has a 3D rendering API called WebGL. With a bit of fiddling you can convert your VRML file into a format that can be rendered using WebGL and X3DOM without the need for an external plugin.

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