CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

We generally group weekly changes into one dated entry on Fridays.

2023-06-02

Added

• Add support for High pixel density displays
• Add the hidden property for a card that makes it invisible in the scene and ignore pointer events.

2023-05-26

Fixed

• Transfering, or ctrl-click on a different card while another already has gizmo, is fixed.

2023-05-19

Changed

• assetLoadError takes a serializable object as argument.
• github workflow cleaned up.
• Include a version of Worldcore in the repo.
• Use Croquet OS 1.1.0-22.

Fixed

• Make video saveable as vrse.

Added

• Some vector functions.

2023-05-12

Fixed

• Some issues around full body avatars are ironed out.

Added

• Sets can be stored in the persistent data.
• the instanceId property is added to user events.
• assetLoadError Behavior can show a load error image when asset file is not available.

Changed

• Use THREE.js version 149.

2023-05-05

Added

• publish a message when asset loading fails
• Ready Player Me full body avatar support is added.

Changed

• use fillCacheIfAbsent more thoroughly

2023-04-21

Changed

• use terser and not uglify

2023-04-14

Changed

• wasd key down also make avatar start falling.
• user input event handlers are made immediate.

Fixed

• Gizmo rotation is made sane.

2023-04-07

Fixed

• Dolby.io echo cancellation is fixed by calling getUserMedia() carefully.

Changed

• View side user event handling uses immediate event handling.

Added

• Some documentations added.

2023-02-10

Added

• show hit point in XR

Changed

• user count now says "visitors"

Fixed

• make pointer up/down/move events work again in XR
• log errors during event handlers instead of crashing

2023-01-20

Changed

• clean up some demo files (and create library version 0.3.9).

2023-01-13

Changed

• use jsdelivr instead of unpkg as the former is more stable.

2023-01-06

Changed

• Tweak Joystick behavior.

2022-12-30

2022-12-23

Added

• log some information when shift-click the property sheet.
• An option to specify scalar for rotateBy (to rotate around Y).

Fixed

• Don't try to tear down Dolby audio when it was not built (when running on http).

2022-12-16

Fixed

• double down jump properly display the avatar at the new position.
• DRACOLoader is loaded once per session, instead of every model load.
• Don't try to start Dolby audio when running on http.

Changed

• Remove some log messages

Added

• THREE.js based PositionalAudio (ongoing).
• Make "Enter VR button position customizable.

2022-12-09

Changed

• 3D models handle fullBright property.
• turn on anti-aliasing for FireFox
• changed position update frequency in Dolby spatial audio.

Added

• Buttons for PDF viewer and video player.

2022-12-02

Changed

• Infer modelType from the suffix of a file name, if it is not .zip
• Use Worldcore 1.3.2 and Croquet 1.1.0-14
• Enable anti-aliasing for Safari
• Stop using cascading shadow map for a closed room like gallery.

Added

• loadSynchronously property controls what to do until all objects with the flag are loaded.

Fixed

• VideoPlayer for synchronous video playback work on Safari

2022-11-25

Added

• Joystick gets mini arrows.

Fixed

• Some documentation

2022-11-18

Added

• VRMLLoader (modelType: "wrl") is added.
• A way to support different start up logic is being added.
• A way to disable the persistent data saving is added.

Fixed

• Make sure that wonderland avatars can be used when voiceChat is enabled in a different way.

2022-11-11

Added

• Dolby.io can be used for voice chat.
• A mechanism to allow switching object manipulator interface, and a different manipulator (pedestal) was added.

Fixed

• perform a sanity check on the URL entered for avatar URL.

2022-11-04

Fixed

• Home button works for spectators.
• Clean up settings panels so that they fit within landscape phone screens.

Changed

• The "ENTER VR" button does not overlap with joystick.

Added

• WalkManager is added, and the way the avatar can be more customizable.
• A simple synchronized video playback behavior is added.

2022-10-28

Changed

• PDFView supports replacement of viewed document.
• Open property sheet button is iconic.
• Pressing the gather button does not close the world menu
• The microverse-library installation deletes old lib directory first.

Added

• Property Sheet can be simply dragged.

2022-10-21

Changed

• Gizmo look is updated. in particular tools are rendered in front of other objects.
• The user count is displayed at the top. Gather is now in the world menu.
• Event routing honor renderOrder so that object rendered in front with it is tested first.

Added

• Better support for adding a card to avatar.

2022-10-14

Changed

• webpack.config.js is changed to copy all files under assets automatically
• the world menu is updated.

Added

• Broadcast mode is added.

2022-10-07

Fixed

• Deletion of gizmo when a peer drops out or times out.

Added

• Add text scroll feature to text fields.

2022-09-30

Added

• World replace command (a lighter weight version of portals) is added.
• Support for getters/setters from a bahavior is added.
• The first version of Gizmo is added.

Changed

• The handling of apiKey.js (now solely for production) and optional apiKey-dev.js (used if runniing locally) is changed.

2022-09-23

Fixed

• Regression in non-VR environment at start up is fixed.

Changed

• The direction of the mouse look on laptop is fixed.

Added

• sourceURL in comment allows the behavior name show up in the developer tool.

2022-09-16

Changed

• The settings interface uses avatar's 2D images stored on the server.

Added

• sendToShell() function is available for behaviors.
• A mechanism for an avatar to bypass dormantAvatarSpec.
• a pawn side method getMyAvatar() is added.

Fixed

• WebXR movement with joystick is fixed.
• an error in accessing isSessionSupported is properly handled.

2022-09-09

Fixed

• Half body avatar movement improved.
• All use of iterating this.shape.children to remove elements makes a copy of the original array.

Added

• The first cut of WebXR support.

2022-09-02

Changed

• Version is updated to 0.1.7

Fixed

• Loading a behavior in a VRSE file works again.
• Mitigate initial avatar rendering issues

2022-08-26

Added

• Voice chat and Avatar selection page is added.

Fixed

• Some code clean up.
• Further tweaking on avatar translucency.
• successive 3D model load requests handled properly (the last one wins)
• The half body avatar's hand position is tweaked.

Modified

• Hooks around avatar customization.

2022-08-19

Fixed

• properly show behaviors already selected in property sheet.
• Fixes around Ready Player Me half body avatars.
• Some issues around create-croquet-microverse.

Added

• Bloom rendering pass to ThreeRender.js and a demo of using it.

2022-08-12

Added

• A new smallfactory world is added (tentative).
• Convenience methods rotateBy, forwardBy, translateBy and scaleBy are added to CardActor
• Some work on Ready Player Me avatar support has been started.

Fixed

• Some documentation updates.

Changed

• Check the structure of import from a behavior file and warn the user if it is malformed.
• Use Worldcore version 1.3.1.

2022-08-05

Added

• A way to remove the view-side update request (removeUpdateRequest()) is added.
• A Billboard behavior is added, and use it for the Auggie status.

Fixed

• the view-side update request property handles multiple requests for the identical spec.
• Editing properties of a nested card handles the string parent field properly.
• Allow dropping a directory of .obj, .mtl and texture files work again.
• Allow Control-drag of a nested object.
• Typos in documentations.
• Mitigate timeout issue handling of non-microverse iframe.

Changed

• stop using the external worldcore-three package but use a local customized version of ThreeRender.js.
• An optimization around setOpacity of avatars.
• An optimization around avatar look.
• Make text rendering one sided.
• Use a short name for the world name options for persistent data lookup.
• Not to add event listeners when text is read only.

2022-07-29

Fixed

• Regression on dropping PDF is fixed.
• Property cache named assset data.
• Prevent buildup of socket connections for bitcoin tracker.
• Revoke objectURL sooner for an image texture.

Changed

• The logic to extract values from git for version.txt is changed.
• The on demand update request from a pawn behavior is called after the "super" version of update is called.

Added

• Option key/Alt key as an alternative to Control to invoke control.

2022-07-22

Fixed

• Links in tutorial documentation are fixed.
• The elements in the property sheet need to have sane z-coordinates.
• Prevent redundant creation of portal frames.
• Make Portal rendering somoother.

Changed

• The set of behaviors loaded into a Microverse world when connected is narrowed down to the directory specified as UserModuleDirectory.

Added

• A feature to hide the joystick and fullscreen button from shell upon a request from an iframe.

2022-07-15

Added

• A URLlink demo feature is added to the default world.
• A 3D text demo is added.
• A cache mechanism is added to the AssetManager (./docs/AssetManager.md).
• A Newton's Cradle demo is added to the default world.

Changed

• The dataScale for an object loaded from a world file gets [1, 1, 1] by default.

Removed

• The pendulum demo is removed from the default world (still available in the campus world.)

Fixed

• The clipping of a long menu works better.

2022-07-08

Added

• Experimental TextGeometry based 3D text is added.

Changed

• Use a local only default key when the apiKey.js is not found.

2022-07-01

Added

• The default gallery world has the Auggie Award statue.
• The crane and boxes improved in the factory world.

Fixed

• Future call made from a behavior with arguments works properly.
• Loading a VRSE with a nested structure translated property.
• Typos and errors in Documentations are fixed.

Changed

• Made Three.JS animation under the control of Microverse code.
• Do not import the shell code into a Microverse frame.
• Fix documentation.
• The global variable visible from a behavior is called Microverse, instead of Worldcore.

2022-06-24

Added

• Open Source license is now added. (and repositories are re-organized).

Changed

• Tweaks to the factory and the art galley examples worlds.
• All system behaviors is now implicitly loaded, unless SystemBehaviorModules constants overrides it.

Removed

• Unused font files and style files from assets/fonts directory

2022-06-17

Added

• A factory world, with many interactive objects, is added.

Changed

• Turn off anti-aliasing on mobile and Safari.
• The AvatarNames constantcs can take an object to have a different avatar model.

Fixed

• Spawn point specification honors the y coordinates.
• Walking up stairs is now robust.
• PDF view sets last page scroll position properly.
• Further improvements in going through a portal with followers.

2022-06-10

Added

• A way to display iframes for connected worlds in the tiled view.

Fixed

• Continuing improvements in walk and hit detection.
• Continuing improvements in portals.
• Properly handle modules with the same name at different file paths.

Removed

• the multiuser flag was removed (in favor of the SingleUser behavior moduele).
• setTranslation() and setRotation() for Card was removed (in favor of translateTo() and `rotateTo()).

2022-06-03

Added

• The start of two way Portals.
• SingleUser behavior added.

Fixed

• Performance issues in the PDF viewer.
• Continuing improvements in walk and portal hit detection. adding another walkable card is again possible.
• Continuing improvements in portals.
• Property Sheet colors adjusted.

Changed

• The effects on portal.
• The pendulum has scale for convenience.
• The default world is now the art gallery, with a portal into the refinery world.
• 2D cards use toneMapping flag.

2022-05-27

Added

• Paste an image, a text or url text to create an appropriate object.
• A PDF file can be dropped to launch a PDF viewer.
• A campus world with live map.

Fixed

• Further improvements of avatar walk.

Changed

• SpinActor checks the releasing movements more carefully.
• Flat cards are now rendered only one side.
• Use PhongMaterial for flat cards.

2022-05-20

Added

• Particle effect for portals.
• A feature to caputure the pointer with the first responder mechanism.
• Immediate local avatar movement before updating peers.

Fixed

• Portals clipping issues.
• Collision with walls and floor works smoother.
• Watch server works on Windows by handling backslash path properly.

###Changed

• Extruded Shape has z=0 at center.

• the default index.html now has <DOCTYPE !html>

• 2022-05-13

• Added

• Full screen mode work with portals

Changed

• Use .vrse extension for saved/exported file name.
• Make Avatar be a kind of card, thus one can write behaviors for it.
• The world menu is moved to top right.

Fixed

• A divergence issue due to a view code used in model.
• Avatar look is preserved when walking through a portal.
• The faucet in the cascade demo can be moved.
• Embedding Microverse into an iframe works.
• A whiteout bug due to 0 being treated as falsy.

2022-05-06

Added

• A new layer called "portal".
• A way to create a new card with Sticky Note.

Changed

• The default value for multiuser flag is now true.
• The behaviors of an exported card are detatched from the file editing.
• Instead of "_" change event names, use the property name + "Set" for change event names.

Fixed

• Memory Leak in Rapier.js.
• Saving a card only save the file for the initiating user.
• Movement after coming back from dormancy.

Pending

• Avatar collision with walls.
• Numerous improvements to the Portals.

2022-04-29

Added

• The follow button has participant count readout.
• The follow feature works also when the leader goes to the birds eye view.
• Avatars translucency adjustment when following or being seen through a portal.
• The Rapier-based physics simulation. (rapier.js and collider.js)
• The prototype version of portals.
• Save an individual card into a file.

Changed

• 3D events that event handler receives has the "xy" property that is in the display coordinates.
• Spin behavior uses xy to spin an object a bit more smoothly.