NEW

Avatars

o Artwork style refresh: hairstyles and design aligned more closely between platforms.
o New avatar clothing Full outfits
o New Character base mesh options, artwork refresh
o New Beard options (15 styles)
o New Avatar natural skin tone shader
o You can now apply decals to compatible full-body outfits in the avatar editor.

Camera

o The ENGAGE camera now includes a gallery feature, which you can use to view pictures that you have taken.

Cloud file manager - Enterprise only

o You can upload a picture that you take with the ENGAGE camera.
o You can now load 360 images in a Session and view them as spherical projection IFX.
o Files in your recycle bin no longer count towards your usage quota.
NOTE – Access to this beta feature is limited for initial rollout to approved beta testers only for now

Gizmo

o Reset button was added to the gizmo so that you can return an object’s scale and rotation to initial values.

Portals- Enterprise only

o You can now teleport into a portal.
NOTE – Access to this beta feature is limited for initial rollout to approved beta testers only for now

Security and performance

o Implemented Session encryption for selected Enterprise customers on a trial basis.

IMPROVED

Accounts

o Added Mx option for titles.

Avatars

o Implemented a new shader system that applies simulated lighting to avatars.
o Updated locomotion system, poses, and animations.
o Improved support to restrict custom outfits to specific Enterprise groups.
o Clothing decals can now be restricted to a specific Enterprise group.
o The low-detail avatar toggle is now a hover state.
o Improved accuracy of lip-sync in recordings.

Gizmo

o Smoother and more fine-grained transformations are now possible.
o All transformations are now mapped to the left and right directions of the thumbstick on the right-hand controller.
o Reduced sensitivity of thumbstick translation for improved control.

Portals - Enterprise only

o Significant improvements to the stability of portals.
NOTE – Access to this beta feature is limited for initial rollout to approved beta testers only for now

Secuity and performance

o Important updates and improvements that benefit the stability of the platform.

FIXED

3D pen

o 3D pen drawings have accurately synchronized positions for all users, both as they are drawn and when saved.
o 3D pen drawing is not interrupted when you draw over interactive objects, such as whiteboards.
o Users that join a Session after the creation of a 3D pen drawing now see the drawing.

Accounts

o Ensured compatibility for older accounts to enable them to log in.

Avatars

o Seated avatars that enter away mode adopt the correct pose.
o Controller timeout interval reduced to limit unrealistic poses when a user puts their hand controllers down.

Cloud file manager - Enterprise only

o File extensions cannot be edited in the web manager.
o Periods that appear within a filename are displayed in the ENGAGE app.
o You can delete content files from the cloud file manager screens when in a Session.
NOTE – Access to this beta feature is limited for initial rollout to approved beta testers only for now

Content Creator

o When you use the Gizmo to move IFX, repeated selection of an axis does not affect thumbstick control.

Events

o Missing language data for users no longer prevents attendee list pagination in the web manager.

Locations

o Locations that previously only appeared in search results are now included in the appropriate public or Enterprise group list.

Media

o The virtual keyboard no longer appears if your language is set to Korean and you share a web link.

Objects

o You can move images and sticky notes after you place them in front of a whiteboard.

Recordings

o When you choose to replace the audio in a recording within ENGAGE, the selection is not restricted to image files.
o You can disable user IFX for any specified users that were captured in a recording.