Stand-Alones, Helpers and Plugins Let's clear up a bit of nomenclature. The latter kind requires you to do some programming. We won't cover them here, but we'll talk about them in the tools section for people who are interested in building their own applications. You can also fire them up by themselves to view VRML worlds on the net or on your own machine. Plugins view VRML worlds in your web browser's own window.
Many people find plugins preferable to stand-alones or helpers.
Plugins run under Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer, and some have versions that will run in either one. Your first stop should be the VRML Repository 's list of browsers and plugins. Since that list isn't always up to date, you may want to check the next stops as well. Now you know what's available for your machine. Hopefully, it's more than one.