v1.68.0

Changes

• Skydome projection to allow dome / box sky texture projections by @mvaligursky in #5886
• Opacity dithering support by @mvaligursky in #5903
• Updated dithered transparency to support blue noise by @mvaligursky in #5941
• Support for integer/data textures in WebGL2 and WebGPU by @liamdon in #5921
• Gizmo System by @kpal81xd in #5928
• WebGPU support for TextureArrays by @mvaligursky in #5861
• ESM ScriptType loading by @marklundin in #5963
• Introduction of RenderPassCameraFrame - pass describing typical render passes for the camera by @mvaligursky in #5881
• Compose render pass contains color grading by @mvaligursky in #5839
• Update scheduling of directional light shadow render passes to be compatible with manual render passes by @mvaligursky in #5845
• [ImgBot] Optimize images by @imgbot in #5838
• Color grab pass can be used for custom render pass rendering by @mvaligursky in #5866
• Vignette support in the Compose render pass by @mvaligursky in #5867
• Fringing / Chromatic Aberration added to render pass compose by @mvaligursky in #5870
• Depth bias support for WebGPU and refactor to add it to the DepthState by @mvaligursky in #5871
• Simplify and optimize some GraphNode find functions by @NewboO in #5850
• Add JSDoc typeof support via JSDoc plugin by @kungfooman in #5882
• Add JSDoc for extras/splat ply-reader/splat-material/splat by @kungfooman in #5868
• RenderPassRenderActions is renamed to RenderPassForward by @mvaligursky in #5890
• Small cleanup of deprecated functionality and default parameters by @mvaligursky in #5897
• No longer exporting deprecated LINEBATCH_ constants by @mvaligursky in #5898
• Exposing sky for Editor by @kpal81xd in #5901, #5904
• Remove unused Texture._isRenderTarget by @erikdubbelboer in #5913
• Call adjustVramSizeTracking for WebGPU textures by @erikdubbelboer in #5915
• WebGPU device exposes fragment/vertex-UniformsCount property by @mvaligursky in #5932
• Refactor of static functions of the LightsBuffer to avoid issues on the null device by @mvaligursky in #5935
• Remove type global function by @slimbuck in #5942
• Fixed name capitalization for Upsample and Downsample render passes by @mvaligursky in #5947
• Use function shorthand in objects by @willeastcott in #5948
• JSDocs for extras/exporters by @mvaligursky in #5954
• Add module docs by @willeastcott in #5959
• Remove VertexArrayObject polyfill for IE11 by @mvaligursky in #5957
• Partial support for Lightmapper on WebGPU by @mvaligursky in #5953
• Use spread to handle variadic args of path.join by @willeastcott in #5961
• Updated babel target list to exlude dead browsers (IE11) by @mvaligursky in #5962
• Small update to JSDocs of the exporters by @mvaligursky in #5965
• Expose EventHandle by @slimbuck in #5969
• Updated description for affectSpecularity by @kpal81xd in #5967
• Refactor JSDocs for events by @willeastcott in #5974
• Gizmo refactor by @kpal81xd in #5975
• Gizmos - Added render update event by @kpal81xd in #5981
• Gizmo view by @kpal81xd in #5984
• Improve TypeDoc categories by @willeastcott in #5977
• Avoid using WebGPU 'timestamp-query' which has been removed in Chrome 121 by @mvaligursky in #5990
• Removed GraphicsDeviceAccess class used for compatibility reasons by @mvaligursky in #5992
• Gizmo transform shape toggling by @kpal81xd in #5995

WebXR

• WebXR Raw Camera Access (color) by @Maksims in #5786
• WebXR Mesh Detection by @Maksims in #5791
• XrAnchors - Availability flag by @Maksims in #5879
• WebXR Input Source: linear velocity by @Maksims in #3060
• WebXR HitTestSource fix by @Maksims in #5887
• WebXR Depth Camera by @Maksims in #5848
• Add missing XR exports by @marklundin in #5971
• Sorts XR re-exports by @marklundin in #5972

Bug fixes

• Reverting recent glb alpha depth write change for transparent meshes by @mvaligursky in #5988
• Add Entity.findScript[s] functions by @NewboO in #5851
• Fix for video textures by @slimbuck in #5836
• Add additional texSubImage2d checks by @slimbuck in #5840
• Ensure screen scale is always valid by @NewboO in #5842
• WebXR handling WebGL context loss by @Maksims in #5849
• Corrected Spelling without Any Functional Changes by @arcadian-st in #5858
• Reproject fix by @slimbuck in #5860
• Disable antialiasing when running in Windows Firefox due to possible Firefox bug by @mvaligursky in #5857
• Adding browser check before calling Spector by @marklundin in #5874
• [Fix] Framebuffer clear flags on the Layer were not correctly used by @mvaligursky in #5875
• npm run docs: fix three errors and remove non-existed argument comment by @kungfooman in #5876
• [Fix] Fix compatibility with deprecated Layer.renderTarget by @mvaligursky in #5877
• Fix docs 404 for XrAnchorCreateCallback by @kungfooman in #5880
• Video fix by @slimbuck in #5896
• Fix to fringe offset to be independent of the render target resolution by @mvaligursky in #5911
• Fix thumbnail creation on Windows by @willeastcott in #5929
• Fix npm run build:thumbnails by @erikdubbelboer in #5919
• Correctly flip the depth texture in drawDepthTexture by @mvaligursky in #5930
• Fix some ShaderPass JSDoc by @kungfooman in #5926
• Store default instancing vertex format in device cache by @mvaligursky in #5936
• Fix typo: Change console.logWarn to console.warn in gltf-exporter.js by @yushimatenjin in #5950
• [Fix] Fix additional shaders getting processed on WebGPU by @mvaligursky in #5952
• Few additional dummy functions on the NullGraphicsDevice to handle engine examples failing. by @mvaligursky in #5956
• Fixes to automated testing to work without VAO extension by @mvaligursky in #5960
• Fix initial value of _assetReference in RenderComponent by @mvaligursky in #5970
• GSplat gizmo bug fixes by @kpal81xd in #5987
• Small fix just introduced related to updating splat instances by @mvaligursky in #5978
• Fix the Sky example - it no longer needs to registerPlyParser by @mvaligursky in #5979
• [Fix] DepthGrab now supports render target without stencil by @mvaligursky in #5994

Experimental features

• Move splat functionality from extras to core engine by @mvaligursky in #5968
• GSplatComponent that allows native integration of splat tech with the Entity by @mvaligursky in #5976
• Implementation of shader generator for Splat Materials supporting gamma and tonemapping options by @mvaligursky in #5900
• Experimental opacity dithering for splats by @mvaligursky in #5905
• Initial experimental support for static TAA by @mvaligursky in #5909
• Small cleanup to splat rendering related to changes to dithering by @mvaligursky in #5945
• Adding GSplatComponentSystem to the Application by default by @mvaligursky in #5980
• Exposed temporary API for custom shaders for the splat rendering by @mvaligursky in #5983

Examples

• Show configurable example descriptions by @erikdubbelboer in #5922
• [Examples] Skip hidden examples from being listed by @kungfooman in #5847
• [Examples] Remove redundant static NAME property on Example classes by @kungfooman in #5853
• [Examples] Load examples without internet by @kungfooman in #5862
• Updated examples package version to fix vulnerability by @mvaligursky in #5863
• [Examples] Fix build time getting progressively slower by @kungfooman in #5873
• PaintMesh engine example works on WebGPU by @mvaligursky in #5891
• Disable MSAA for splat examples by @mvaligursky in #5899
• Fix all linting errors in the examples by @erikdubbelboer in #5923
• Make MiniStatsExample WebGPU compatible by @erikdubbelboer in #5916
• Make Point Cloud examples WebGPU compatible by @erikdubbelboer in #5917
• Make more examples WebGPU compatible by @erikdubbelboer in #5918
• For WebGPU render to low res buffer to make PointCloudSimulation example visible by @mvaligursky in #5931
• MRT example fix by @LeXXik in #5934
• Add example with multiple applications at the same time by @erikdubbelboer in #5920
• Update Physics collision offset example by @LeXXik in #5940
• Examples ar-link flag by @kpal81xd in #5946
• Slight modifications to LoadersGL example to work on WebGPU by @mvaligursky in #5982
• Small clean up and improvements to the MultiApplication example by @mvaligursky in #5991
• Simple polish to the IntegerTextures example by @mvaligursky in #5997
• Polish to the texture-array engine example by @mvaligursky in #5996

New and substantial updated examples

• https://playcanvas.github.io/#/graphics/sky
• https://playcanvas.github.io/#/misc/gizmos
• https://playcanvas.github.io/#/graphics/dithered-transparency
• https://playcanvas.github.io/#/graphics/integer-texture
• https://playcanvas.github.io/#/graphics/texture-array
• https://playcanvas.github.io/#/misc/multi-application
• https://playcanvas.github.io/#/graphics/postprocessing
• https://playcanvas.github.io/#/xr/ar-mesh-detection
• https://playcanvas.github.io/#/xr/ar-camera-color
• https://playcanvas.github.io/#/xr/ar-camera-depth

New Contributors

• @arcadian-st made their first contribution in #5858

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