View WRL files in your browser
VRML, the 3D of the early web, still saved by CAD, chemistry and color 3D printing apps. Open one right here with no plugin. Nothing leaves your device.
Or drop it anywhere on this page
What you'll see
Your model opens in 3D, lit and framed, with what's in it beside it and what you pick on the other side.
- Turn, zoom and move it • Double click to center on a point
- Every object in a list • Hide one or see it alone
- Its own colors, clay, wireframe or X-ray
- Export • PNG, GLB, USDZ, STL and OBJ
About WRL
VRML 2.0 came out in 1996 to put 3D worlds on the web, and became an ISO standard as VRML97 in 1997. The browser plugins that showed it are long gone, but CAD apps, molecule viewers and color 3D printers still use WRL files.
A WRL is text: a scene of nodes, such as shapes with their geometry and appearance, transforms and groups, with colors on faces or corners and textures from pictures beside it.
Filepeek reads VRML 2.0 in your browser with its colors, and its textures when they're opened with it: every object listed, Inspect, Measure and Section. Export saves it as GLB, USDZ, STL or OBJ, or the view as PNG.
VRML World
.wrl • .vrml
Format
- MIME type
- model/vrml
- Made by
- Web3D Consortium
- Released
- 1997
Inside the file
- Scene
- Groups, transforms and shapes
- Geometry
- Face sets, lines, points and simple shapes
- Colors
- Of materials, faces and corners
- Textures
- Pictures beside it
Opens in every browser
Browsers haven't shown VRML since its plugins went away, and download WRL files. Filepeek opens VRML 2.0 files in Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari, with no plugin.
- YouChromeOpens through Filepeek
- YouEdgeOpens through Filepeek
- YouFirefoxOpens through Filepeek
- YouSafariOpens through Filepeek
Questions
How do I open a WRL file?
Drop it on this page or choose Peek a WRL. It opens at once in 3D, with no plugin and nothing to install.
Which VRML files open?
VRML 2.0 and VRML97, which start with #VRML V2.0. VRML 1.0 files, from before 1996, open as text.
Can I turn a WRL into an STL or a GLB?
Yes. Choose Export to save it as STL for 3D printing, GLB for web pages and 3D apps, USDZ or OBJ.
Is my file uploaded?
No. The model opens inside your browser and never leaves your device.