vb.net + webbrowser/webkitbrowser + collada viewer

Question

I am currently working on a vb.net application (winforms) and my task is to somehow import collada files(.dae) files and make them viewable from inside the application.

What worked for me is this: In a simple html5 webpage, I used three.js, colladaloader.js and I was able to view the animation in my web browser.

So I thought I can just import this into the vb.net application using the webrowser/webkotbrowser toolbox component. But alas, what worked in a normal html browser did not inside the application.

The browser that we import in the application doesn't support webgl (even the webkit version doesn't support it).

This is what I get instead of the animation

Again, it works fine inside a web browser like Chrome or Safari, but not IE.

Any help to make this possible in vb.net is highly appreciated.

Answer 1

You will probably have to use a NON-IE based web browser control, see this post:

What is the best web browser control to use on Windows Form Application?

his geckoFX link is outdated I think...

http://webkitdotnet.sourceforge.net/

https://bitbucket.org/geckofx/

This one costs money:

http://awesomium.com/