Release notes
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Discover the latest platform improvements and bug fixes for the iR Engine.
Release date: 2024/10/04
Summary
Version 0.8 Update 2 of iR Studio introduces a new feature for managing scene Locations and includes several bug fixes that improve scene performance and multiplayer experiences. This release continues our Closed Beta period. Some issues with mobile device support remain.
New features
- Locations tab: Added a "My Locations" tab to the dashboard, enabling users to view all published scene locations in one place.
Bug fixes
- Skybox luminance settings: Fixed skybox luminance settings to ensure consistent lighting across scenes.
- Object scaling: Resolved issues with scaling objects that have rigidbodies, improving their interaction with physics.
- Instance servers and stability: Improved backend stability for multiplayer functionality and experience sharing, ensuring smoother sessions.
Known issues
- Mobile responsiveness: The dashboard is not fully optimized for mobile devices, causing usability issues when accessed via mobile.
- Joining locations on mobile: Mobile devices are still not officially supported for joining locations. Performance issues may occur—use at your own risk.
End of release notes v0.8 Update 2
Release date: 2024/09/12
Summary
Version 0.8 of the Studio moves the application from Closed Alpha to Closed Beta. This release focuses on bug fixes and UI/UX improvements to the initial Version 0.7 (Closed Alpha) release.
New features
- Add Analytics to UI: Added an analytics section to each project displayed in the iR Studio to give creators a better sense of how their projects are performing.
- Added History Log: Added a history log to give creators more information on the history of each project.
Improvements
- Sign-up flow:
- Mobile responsiveness: Improved the user sign-up flow to allow for enhanced mobile responsiveness on smaller devices.
- User interface: Improved the sign-up UI to make it more intuitive to a user signing up with one of the SSO options that the legal checkboxes are required.
Bug fixes
- Sign-up, sign-in, and sharing:
- Sign-up and sign-in flow for mobile devices: Fixed an issue where the sign-in/sign-up flow UI appeared broken on mobile devices.
- Apple SSO: Fixed an issue where the Apple SSO option didn't work for sign in or sign up.
- iR Engine invite: Fixed an issue where users couldn't invite new users to the iR engine from within the studio viewer interface.
- Saving and loading scenes: Fixed scene saving and loading issues.
- Component fixes: Fixed various Components behavior and bugs, including Link, Video, Media, and Camera components.
- Deleting assets: Fixed an issue where deleting an asset from the files tab would crash the studio.
- Prefabs: Fixed an issue where the user would receive an error message when creating a prefab.
- Avatar movement: Fixed an issue where users were unable to move an avatar using Arrow keys.
- Additional fixes: Fixed many more bugs, improved navigation, and addressed stability issues in the Studio!
Known issues
- Published locations: Currentl, users are unable to view all of their published locations within the dashboard interface. The tentative plan is for these to be displayed in version 0.9.
End of release notes v0.8
Release date: 2024/08/08
Summary
This inaugural release of the iR Engine lays the foundation for building and managing virtual experiences with a focus on stability, core functionality, and ease of use.
New features
- Compliance checkboxes: Added two new checkboxes to the sign-up flow, requiring the new user to agree to the iR Terms of Use, as well as consent to being 13+ age or older for legal compliance.
- Analytics: Added project-level analytics for all iR creators to help view and understand the performance of their projects.
- Project sharing: Added the ability for iR creators to share their projects with friends & family for easy collaboration.
Improvements
- Asynchronous update: Made updates to the user sign-up flow to allow quicker page load times and move through the entire process from start to finish much quicker.
- Search results: Made an improvement to the console UI that makes it clear when a user searches through their projects if no search results are found.
- Default scene: Made updates so that when an iR creator creates a new project, a default scene is also generated.
Bug fixes
- Sub-domain propagation: Fixed a bug where the sub-domains that were being auto-generated were over the 64-character limit and would display an error message to the user.
- Apple SSO: Fixed a bug that was preventing the Apple SSO option from working properly.
- Help widget: Fixed a bug that prevented the Help widget from being displayed to users in the iR console.
Known issues
- Mobile responsiveness: In this version, the iR Studio performs best on a desktop machine, but future releases will include enhancements to the mobile responsiveness.
- Locations: Currently, iR creators cannot view their published locations. In the future, these will be displayed in the iR console UI.
- Signup page UI: Improvements will be made to the signup page UI to not only make it more intuitive but also include more detailed error messages to help users troubleshoot themselves if they have issues.
End of release notes v0.7
