Bug Fix / Feature Release

Changelog:

Bug Fixes:

• #7 - Added auto-sizing option for floor. Will require re-examining any scenes actively showing the floor object.
• #18 - Model attached to ticket now rendering correctly with all faces
• #44 - Scene state saving separated from scene data saving in Story. Scene state saving now happens under 'Capture' tab.
• #47 - Article editor now behaves like other editor panes in Story. Selecting an article from the list will automatically open it in the editor.
• #51 - Deleting an article from the article tab now removes 'Read more' links from any annotations referencing that article. Note - Deleting from the media manager will result in an error message, which is the intended result.
• #87 - Exposure slider now works with addition of tone mapping.
• #89 - Alternate language articles are created the same way as default language.
• #94 - Padding adjusted on articles.
• #96 - Extended annotations transition for smoothly.
• Added sanity checks for valid file paths before making WebDav requests.

New Features:

• #25 - Italics supported in scene titles
  • HTML user inputs now sanitized in Story to avoid malicious code
• Tone mapping enabled (hard coded to ACES)
• Explorer 'root' attribute can now be changed on the fly to reload the active scene.

Dependency Update and Feature Release

Changelog:

• Migrated to Webpack 5.5
  • Required plugin updates as well as ff-lib fixes.
• TS to 4.3.5
• lit-element to 2.5.1
• Three.js to 0.132.2

New features:

• Double-sided rendering override.
• Environment maps now applied to entire scene if any model has metalness/roughness maps. Also includes automatic PMREM via Three.js.
• No minimum annotation box size enforced for annotations < 40 chars.

API Update/Bug-fix Release

Changelog:

• Added API function to toggle measurement view.
• Added API event that signals a change in the active annotation status.
• Updated documentation for the above changes.
• Minor dependency updates.
• Rolled back Draco libraries to 1.3.6

Bug fixes:

• Fixed annotation scaling/offset #83
• Fixed articles loading issue with non-standard characters in the uri #78
• Article and annotation menu buttons no longer appear when there is no content #85

Bug Fix Release

Changelog:

• Bug fix for multi-model scenes where pieces were not transforming correctly.
• Draco version update to quasi-patch mobile Chrome bug (https://bugs.chromium.org/p/v8/issues/detail?id=11863)

Component Repackaging

Changelog:

Important: If you are self-hosting the Voyager Explorer component please see the below dependency changes

• Several required Explorer includes removed or bundled to simplify embedding
  • PEP.js is no longer recommended and has been removed from example pages.
  • Three.js is now bundled with the Explorer component, include removed from example pages
  • CSS is now bundled with Explorer component under ShadowDOM, include removed from example pages
• Switched from cjs transpile target to ES6
• Modified example files to point to CDN for fonts.css and favicon.png includes
• Changed internal static asset file references from local to CDN (Draco, fonts, images, language). The component can still be configured for local reference through attributes (dracoRoot, resourceRoot).
• Changed component attribute 'fontRoot' to 'resourceRoot' to generalize configuration of resource path
• Bug Fixes:
  • #76 Alpha mask blend type now supported
  • #77 Cut plane renders correctly in all states
• Dependency updates: three-bmfont-text
• Submodule update: ff-ui

Bug fix release / Updates

Change Log

• Three.js updated to 0.127.0
• Bug fix #74 temporary workaround for Firefox overlay bug
• Bug fix for non WebXR AR solutions - files can now be attached to any model in the scene
• Added fontRoot attribute to specify a custom font path
• Moved 'body' styles to lower level elements
• Pointer event handling change to accommodate dragging outside of frame
• Documentation updates and API examples

Bug Fix Release

Changelog:

• Bug fix #72 - uiMode attribute now has default behavior of all elements on.

API Expansion + Bug Fixes

Changelog:

• Expanded Explorer API
  • New Attributes
    • uiMode - define what ui elements are visible on load
  • New Methods
    • toggleAnnotations(), toggleReader(), toggleTours(), toggleTools()
    • enableAR()
    • getArticles()
    • getCameraOrbit(), setCameraOrbit()
    • setBackgroundColor(), setBackgroundStyle()
• Bug Fixes
  • #45 - new tags default to on
  • #46 - normalized annotation scale and offset
  • Adjusted near plane for small AR objects
  • Enforced a minimum AR interaction plane size
  • #70 Updated picking to work with multi-mesh files. Includes modifying Tape and Annotation tools to accommodate all transforms in their graph.
• Dependency update to address security issue (is-svg)

Dependency Update / Bug Fix

Changelog:

• Dependency updates (Three.js to 0.126.1)
• Fix for pointer release outside of iframe #14, #17
• Fix iOS selectable main view #56
• Fix for opening article reader from AR #60
• Temporary patch for Chrome depth bug #61
• Fix for scaling issue on object load #62
• Fix for scene title sometimes showing document.json #63
• Added configurable absolute path for Draco files #55
• Added support for multi-object scenes in WebXR mode
• Improved memory usage for AR object placement

Bug Fix Release

Changelog:

• Fixed Story bug with tagged annotations not refreshing
• Fixed tour bug with blur sometimes inadvertently turning on when repeating tour
• Added call to make sure gl context is xr compatible when launching XR session