X3D

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X3D is the ISO standard for real-time 3D computer graphics, the successor to Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML). X3D features extensions to VRML (e.g. Humanoid Animation, Nurbs, GeoVRML etc.), the ability to encode the scene using an XML syntax as well as the Open Inventor-like syntax of VRML97, and enhanced application programmer interfaces (APIs).

X3D defines several profiles (sets of extensions) for various purposes, such as X3D Core, X3D Interchange, X3D CAD, X3D Geospatial and X3D Immersive, and browser makers can define their own extensions prior to submitting them for standardisation by the Web3D Consortium.

A subset of X3D is XMT-A, a variant of XMT, defined in MPEG-4 part 11. It was designed to provide a link between X3D and 3D content in MPEG-4 (BIFS).

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List of vector graphics markup languages
Comparison of vector graphics markup languages
COLLADA

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X3D Plugin Detector
Flux Player Free Web 3D (XML/VRML) browser plug-in for Windows. Open source. Fully supported.
FreeWRL VRML X3D browser, VRML and X3D for Linux, Unix and OS X
Octaga Player X3D/VRML standalone viewer and web-browser plugin for Windows and Linux

Demotride - standalone X3D viewer

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Flux Studio Free authoring tool (modeling, animating, scripting) for creating X3D content. Fully supported.
Ajax3D Ajax-based programming for creating 3D worlds within a web browser
H3D Free C++ / OpenGL API for developing X3D applications and browsers
CyberX3D, C++ and Java libraries for X3D
VRML97 to X3D Translator standalone software to convert VRML to X3D
Xj3D toolkit and browser
X3D-Edit authoring tool
X3D Plugin Detector