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I need to open a .WRL file on either Ubuntu 16.04 or Windows 10.

Does anyone know how to do this? Cortana3D doesn't seem to work, and I cant find anything for ubuntu that doesn't involve building something from source with outdated instructions.

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  • Building software is straightforward in most cases, there is no need to be afraid. How did you determine the instructions were out of date? // There are quite some VRML viewers available. Did you try all of them? Do you have any more specific problems than “doesn’t seem to work”? – Daniel B Jan 20 '17 at 23:26
  • Have you tried [FreeWRL](http://freewrl.sourceforge.net/)? "FreeWRL is an X3D/VRML open source viewer for Windows, Linux and Android." – DavidPostill Jan 20 '17 at 23:36
  • [qiew](http://www.qiew.org/) works well. No need of admin rights on Windows. – Stéphane Laurent May 22 '18 at 12:24
  • [FreeCAD](https://www.freecadweb.org/) is nice too. – Stéphane Laurent May 22 '18 at 20:45

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I have never used these files, but after some googling i came up with this site which lists some vrml/x3d viewers. some people said that the InstantPlayer binaries works for ubuntu, but It wouldnt open some test .wrl i downloaded.

look like view3dscene works for some people. On this page you can find the binaries for both 32-bit and 64-bit Ubuntu.

It's a bit ugly, but seems to work for other users. Here is what it looked like for them: enter image description here

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