diff --git a/examples/matlab/VisualSLAMExample.m b/examples/matlab/VisualSLAMExample.m
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+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+% GTSAM Copyright 2010, Georgia Tech Research Corporation, 
+% Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0415
+% All Rights Reserved
+% Authors: Frank Dellaert, et al. (see THANKS for the full author list)
+% 
+% See LICENSE for the license information
+%
+% @brief A simple visual SLAM example for structure from motion
+% @author Duy-Nguyen Ta
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+
+%% Assumptions
+%  - Landmarks as 8 vertices of a cube: (10,10,10) (-10,10,10) etc...
+%  - Cameras are on a circle around the cube, pointing at the world origin
+%  - Each camera sees all landmarks. 
+%  - Visual measurements as 2D points are given, corrupted by Gaussian noise.
+
+%% Generate simulated data
+% 3D landmarks as vertices of a cube
+points = {gtsamPoint3([10 10 10]'),...
+    gtsamPoint3([-10 10 10]'),...
+    gtsamPoint3([-10 -10 10]'),...
+    gtsamPoint3([10 -10 10]'),...
+    gtsamPoint3([10 10 -10]'),...
+    gtsamPoint3([-10 10 -10]'),...
+    gtsamPoint3([-10 -10 -10]'),...
+    gtsamPoint3([10 -10 -10]')};
+
+% Camera poses on a circle around the cube, pointing at the world origin
+nCameras = 8;
+r = 30;
+poses = {};
+for i=1:nCameras
+    theta = i*2*pi/nCameras;
+    posei = gtsamPose3(...
+                gtsamRot3([-sin(theta) 0 -cos(theta); 
+                            cos(theta) 0 -sin(theta); 
+                            0 -1 0]),...
+                gtsamPoint3([r*cos(theta), r*sin(theta), 0]'));
+    poses = [poses {posei}];
+end
+
+% 2D visual measurements, simulated with Gaussian noise
+z = {};
+measurementNoiseSigmas = [0.5,0.5]';
+measurementNoiseSampler = gtsamSharedDiagonal(measurementNoiseSigmas);
+K = gtsamCal3_S2(50,50,0,50,50);
+for i=1:size(poses,2)
+    zi = {};
+    camera = gtsamSimpleCamera(K,poses{i});
+    for j=1:size(points,2)
+        zi = [zi {camera.project(points{j}).compose(gtsamPoint2(measurementNoiseSampler.sample()))}];
+    end
+    z = [z; zi];
+end
+
+pointNoiseSigmas = [0.1,0.1,0.1]';
+pointNoiseSampler = gtsamSharedDiagonal(pointNoiseSigmas);
+
+poseNoiseSigmas = [0.001 0.001 0.001 0.1 0.1 0.1]';
+poseNoiseSampler = gtsamSharedDiagonal(poseNoiseSigmas);
+
+hold off;
+
+%% Create the graph (defined in visualSLAM.h, derived from NonlinearFactorGraph)
+graph = visualSLAMGraph;
+
+%% Add factors for all measurements
+measurementNoise = gtsamSharedNoiseModel_Sigmas(measurementNoiseSigmas);
+for i=1:size(z,1)
+    for j=1:size(z,2)
+        graph.addMeasurement(z{i,j}, measurementNoise, symbol('x',i), symbol('l',j), K);
+    end
+end
+
+%% Add Gaussian priors for a pose and a landmark to constraint the system
+posePriorNoise  = gtsamSharedNoiseModel_Sigmas(poseNoiseSigmas);
+graph.addPosePrior(symbol('x',1), poses{1}, posePriorNoise);
+pointPriorNoise  = gtsamSharedNoiseModel_Sigmas(pointNoiseSigmas);
+graph.addPointPrior(symbol('l',1), points{1}, pointPriorNoise);
+
+%% Print the graph
+graph.print(sprintf('\nFactor graph:\n'));
+
+%% Initialize to noisy poses and points
+initialEstimate = visualSLAMValues;
+for i=1:size(poses,2)
+    initialEstimate.insertPose(symbol('x',i), poses{i}.compose(gtsamPose3_Expmap(poseNoiseSampler.sample())));
+end
+for j=1:size(points,2)
+    initialEstimate.insertPoint(symbol('l',j), points{j}.compose(gtsamPoint3(pointNoiseSampler.sample())));
+end
+initialEstimate.print(sprintf('\nInitial estimate:\n  '));
+
+%% Optimize using Levenberg-Marquardt optimization with an ordering from colamd
+result = graph.optimize(initialEstimate);
+result.print(sprintf('\nFinal result:\n  '));
+
+%% Query the marginals
+marginals = graph.marginals(result);
+
+%% Plot results with covariance ellipses
+hold on;
+for j=1:size(points,2)
+    P = marginals.marginalCovariance(symbol('l',j));
+    point_j = result.point(symbol('l',j));
+	plot3(point_j.x, point_j.y, point_j.z,'marker','o');
+    covarianceEllipse3D([point_j.x;point_j.y;point_j.z],P);
+end
+
+for i=1:size(poses,2)
+    P = marginals.marginalCovariance(symbol('x',i));
+    posei = result.pose(symbol('x',i))
+    plotCamera(posei,10);
+    posei_t = posei.translation()
+    covarianceEllipse3D([posei_t.x;posei_t.y;posei_t.z],P(4:6,4:6));
+end
+
diff --git a/examples/matlab/covarianceEllipse3D.m b/examples/matlab/covarianceEllipse3D.m
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+function covarianceEllipse3D(c,P)
+% covarianceEllipse3D: plot a Gaussian as an uncertainty ellipse
+% Based on Maybeck Vol 1, page 366
+% k=2.296 corresponds to 1 std, 68.26% of all probability
+% k=11.82 corresponds to 3 std, 99.74% of all probability
+%
+% Modified from http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/newsreader/view_thread/42966
+
+[e,s] = eig(P);
+k = 11.82; 
+radii = k*sqrt(diag(s));
+
+% generate data for "unrotated" ellipsoid
+[xc,yc,zc] = ellipsoid(0,0,0,radii(1),radii(2),radii(3));
+
+% rotate data with orientation matrix U and center M
+data = kron(e(:,1),xc) + kron(e(:,2),yc) + kron(e(:,3),zc);
+n = size(data,2);
+x = data(1:n,:)+c(1); y = data(n+1:2*n,:)+c(2); z = data(2*n+1:end,:)+c(3);
+
+% now plot the rotated ellipse
+sc = mesh(x,y,z);
+shading interp
+alpha(0.5)
+axis equal
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diff --git a/examples/matlab/plotCamera.m b/examples/matlab/plotCamera.m
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+function plotCamera(pose, axisLength)
+    C = pose.translation().vector();
+    R = pose.rotation().matrix();
+    
+    xAxis = C+R(:,1)*axisLength;
+    L = [C xAxis]';
+    line(L(:,1),L(:,2),L(:,3),'Color','r');
+    
+    yAxis = C+R(:,2)*axisLength;
+    L = [C yAxis]';
+    line(L(:,1),L(:,2),L(:,3),'Color','g');
+    
+    zAxis = C+R(:,3)*axisLength;
+    L = [C zAxis]';
+    line(L(:,1),L(:,2),L(:,3),'Color','b');
+    
+    axis equal
+end
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