Add env var to disable automatic WebVisualizer use in Jupyter environ…

…ment (#6541) * Add OPEN3D_DISABLE_WEB_VISUALIZER env var --------- Co-authored-by: Sameer Sheorey <[email protected]>
isl-org · Dec 26, 2023 · bd869d4 · bd869d4
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diff --git a/docs/tutorial/visualization/web_visualizer.rst b/docs/tutorial/visualization/web_visualizer.rst
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ Additional notes on compatibility:
   source for ARM. See the ``3rdparty/webrtc`` folder for more details.
 - Google Colab and Kaggle notebook are not supported. You'll need to run you own
   Jupyter or JupyterLab server.
+- If you prefer using native windows (with blocking calls) instead of embedded
+  graphics in Jupyter cells, you can set the environment variable
+  ``OPEN3D_DISABLE_WEB_VISUALIZER=true`` before importing Open3D.
 
 Standalone mode
 ------------------

diff --git a/python/open3d/__init__.py b/python/open3d/__init__.py
@@ -117,7 +117,8 @@ def _insert_pybind_names(skip_names=()):
 if int(sys.version_info[0]) < 3:
     raise Exception("Open3D only supports Python 3.")
 
-if _build_config["BUILD_JUPYTER_EXTENSION"]:
+if _build_config["BUILD_JUPYTER_EXTENSION"] and os.environ.get(
+        "OPEN3D_DISABLE_WEB_VISUALIZER", "False").lower() != "true":
     import platform
     if not (platform.machine().startswith("arm") or
             platform.machine().startswith("aarch")):