The Virtual Reality Toolbox usually works with Internet Explorer 6.0. But there are known cases where IE 6.0 incorrectly interprets path to system Java libraries which prevents Java applets from working (VR Toolbox external viewer is a Java applet).
As a workaround, manually edit the path to Java libraries for IE 6.0 as shown below:
Please run REGEDIT, go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\JavaVM
Several values look like
%systemroot%\java\lib
Please replace the
%systemroot%
by your actual system root, e.g. "C:\WINNT", in all the values. Then please restart the machine.
Another possible workaround is to revert to IE 5.5.
Please also see the Release Notes for the Virtual Reality Toolbox 3.0:
Animation of virtual scenes The blaxxun Contact VRML plug-in can fail to update the virtual scene when used with the Virtual Reality Toolbox 3.0 and Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 and above. Netscape users do not experience this problem. If you are using Internet Explorer 5.5 or above, you must manually change a network security setting before you use the blaxxun Contact plug-in with the Virtual Reality Toolbox 3.0. To view the procedure for changing your default network security settings, please see "Installing a VRML Plug-in (Windows)" in the Virtual Reality Toolbox documentation.
The Virtual Reality Toolbox Version 3.0 is most stable with blaxxun Contact Version 4.4. We do not recommend upgrading to blaxxun Contact Version 5.0.
This information can be found by typing the following command at the MATLAB 6.5 (R13) command prompt:
web([docroot '/toolbox/vr/ch_ins14.html'])
