How to use ipython with IsaacSim pip installation?

Omniverse Isaac Sim
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I installed Isaac Sim using the pip installation method. It seems that jupyter_notebook.sh mentioned in the Jupyter Notebook snippet in the official document is not present.

I try to first start a standard IPython kernel and then load the Omni app launcher. However, after running AppLauncher(), the IPython console stops working. Setting the ISAAC_JUPYTER_KERNEL environment variable and applying nest_asyncio as mentioned in the Docs does not help.

Any idea how to get Jupyter/IPython working with my installation? Thanks!

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Hi @mcfloundinho

Basically, the only you need to use IPyton/Jupyter with “Isaac Sim - Python packages” is to install and launch Jupyter

  1. Install Isaac Sim and Jupyter, then launch jupyter

    # create a new virtual environment
 python3.10 -m venv env_isaacsim
 source env_isaacsim/bin/activate
 pip install --upgrade pip
 # install Isaac Sim
 pip install isaacsim --extra-index-url https://pypi.nvidia.com
 # install Jupyter
 pip install jupyterlab
 # launch Jupyter
 jupyter lab

  2. Open a new “Python 3 (ipykernel)” notebook and play with it