🚀 Major Features

• Introduced ability to add substitutes for image, audio and text elements based upon variable value

✨ Improvements

• Added ability to delete multiple selected elements from structure tree

• Fixed history for chats

🚀 Major Features

• UI to show historical conversation with the Character Element

• Support for KTX2 compressed 3D models

🚀 Major Features

• for deployments that allow broadcasters to send audio stream and be visible in all rooms instances.

⏫ Improvements

• Streamlined Avatar System: Simplified the avatar system to include only three options: Ready Player Me, Custom, and None. Removed the outdated "Basic" avatar system that used conical avatars for a more streamlined experience.

🚀 Major Features

• 🌐 We've introduced a new element, Embed 3D (beta), that allows you to add web embed codes into the 3D world. This exciting feature opens up a whole new realm of possibilities for your 3D creations!

⏫ Minor Improvements

✨ Improvements

• ⚡ Slight performance improvement in the editor.

• 🔄 Rules can now be rearranged.

🚀 Major Features

• Updated UX for Avatar Selection

🚂 Editor Upgrade: V4 to V6

We released the v5 editor in November 2021 and introduced v6 in August 2023. Both of these releases marked major upgrades in terms of the underlying technology and the way we store GMetri projects.

During the transition from v4 to v5, we did not automatically update older projects. Instead, we have continued to support the older v4 format in legacy mode for approximately two years.

Throughout this time, GMetri's feature set has expanded significantly.

We are planning to decommission the v4 editor in the near future. Fortunately, this change will not impact your deployments. This is because, for an extended period, v4 projects have been viewed using the latest viewer. In the viewer we update v4 projects on the fly to the latest version (to v6), without saving them back, to ensure that you can still use the v4 editor, while getting the benefits of our latest viewer.

🚀 Major Features

• A new to check the estimated performance and metrics about the scene (accessible via navbar)

🚀 Major Features

• DRACO compressed models are now supported. This allows you to use models that are highly optimized for the web. Learn more about DRACO compression .

✨ Improvements

• 🗣️ New Language options for Text-to-Speech Element and Character element voice options

🚀 Major Features

• New joystick developed for navigation on mobile phones

• ProductCard element simplified to work with e-commerce plugins

⏫ Minor Improvements

• Horizontal alignment fixed for Text element

• Locked and hidden properties added to Hotspot element

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed bug with sketchfab imports when opened from the properties panel

• Removed un-used actions from light element

🚀 Major Features

• UI to show historical conversation with the Character Element

• Support for KTX2 compressed 3D models

• Minimap element (beta)

✨ Improvements

• Stricter restrictions on File Uploads

• Support for controlling Avatar quality

• Product card - checkbox for enabling share button

• Support for controlling Avatar quality

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Reduced poly count for zone element

• Fixed idle and talking animations for Character element

• Fixed PDF Viewer for Popup element

• Fixed render order issue for Zone element

🚀 Major Features

• A new section at the top of you portal - My Metaverse Rooms which is a set of deployments that you can use out of the box with a GMetri account.

• Replaced "Cube Collider" with "Collider Volume" elements that allows many shapes like sphere cube, cone, cylinder, sphere, polygon and torus.

• Added a new element "Collider Mesh" that allows you to specify a 3D file (glb or gltf) as a collider.

• Added a new property "Mouse Jump" to both collider elements that lets you decide if the user should be allowed to jump on the collider using right click or not.

• Added a new element "Workspace Logo" that gets replaced with the Workspace Logo (or the Project Logo if you have specified that) depending on which workspace the project is in.

• Added a new property to 3D elements - Environment Map Intensity. This can be used to reduce any "burn" in a 3D Model caused by the environment map selected in a scene.

⏫ Minor Improvements

• Added Fly Controls to editor. This can be toggled only through the shortcut alt + q as of now.

• Added ability to both add and replace users to the Viewer Group type "Custom List".

• In Host Mode, in case the number of participants is large, a few of the names go below the page. Now there’s a scrollbar to help with this.

🐛 Bug Fixes

• In the rules "Open Deployment", fixed overflowing content in the open deployment modal to choose deployments from

• Fixed API where on renaming deployment name, the new deployment name should not be a part of deployment list

• Better WebGL crash messages

• The default rule that was part of a new experience crashed viewer. This is now fixed.

🚀 Major Features

• Updated Signup flow - Added ability to add organization details, reference and purpose

✨ Improvements

• Updated substitute nomenclature to Variants for Image, Audio, Audio TTS and Text elements

• Added capability to rules to change view mode

• Added CTA to open scene properties in the Structure tree

• Restricting conversational brain to an Enterprise only feature.

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed order of elements inside groups in rules UI dropdowns

• Fixed ability to use delete key for input fields in editor

🚀 Major Features

The much awaited VR mode support is finally here! 🎉

• You can now move within VR mode using headset controllers. You can move using either the thumbstick or cursor click.

• Editors can upload upto 6 custom avatars that can be used by viewers

• Editors can specify room member and instance limits to control how many viewers can stay in a room simultaneously.

• Using host mode you can now kick and mute viewers in the room.

• Send notifications to all viewers on a link!

• You can now trigger rules based on a time by using "current time" in the rules dropdown.

⏫ Minor Improvements

• Firefox support added

• Ability to change viewer height from scene properties

• Other viewers are hidden when they are within 1.5M of the player

• A new analytics page

🐛 Bug Fixes

• File Manager: Fixed post processing for 3D models - Thumbnail and USDZ generation

• File Manager: Small UI fixes to improve usability

• Fixed leaderboard when lead generation is enabled

• Made a security fixes to plug an XSS scripting attack vector

🚀 Major Features

• Redesigned Publish section for easier sharing

• Ability to control camera height for editing in multiple levels - Change camera height from Navbar

• Ability to toggle between First Person and Fly controls in the editor from Viewport properties. Use ALT + Q as a shortcut to toggle switch

• Better color reproduction for Lights and 3D shapes

⏫ Minor Improvements

• Deprecated Geofencing

• New metadata “description” added to view links

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed issue with DRAG TO MOVE UI appearing over menu

• Fixed scrolling issue with menu

• Fixed incorrect UI states for AND/OR rules

⏫ Minor Improvements

• 📝 We've made the "is in list" and "is not in list" rule events case insensitive for a more user-friendly experience.

• 🚫 We've removed userguiding to streamline the editing process.

• 🎮 We've added a pitch range for 3D scenes to give you more control over your 3D environment.

• 👾 We've made cosmetic changes to the AI character element to enhance its visual appeal.

🐛 Bug Fixes

• 🐞 We've fixed the background clipping for the text element (without background) to ensure a seamless viewing experience.

• 🔄 We've fixed the point to action while moving between different scene types for smoother transitions.

• ✅ We've fixed the close button clickability for popups for better user interaction.

• 🔒 We've fixed the access issue for the leaderboard page while logged out to ensure secure access.

🚀 Major Features

• The Editor now shows the sync status for any changes made - just like Google Docs!

⏫ Minor Improvements

• Performance Improvements for the avatar system

• Performance improvements for beta features

• Improved mobile usability for multiplayer deployments using beta features and 3rd person mode

• In case of any network issues - the user is warned in around 30 seconds that changes aren't getting saved

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed tooltips on navbar

• Misc UI fixes for navbar

• Fixed rendering for Date-time picker for current time element in rules

⏫ Improvements

• Walking Speed Multiplier: Implemented a walking speed multiplier, allowing users to accelerate the experience by adjusting the walking speed.

• Character Element Events: Added two new events to the Character element: "Finishes Speaking" and "Finishes AI Response," facilitating smoother integration of events in interactive storylines involving character elements.

• Mobile “Tap to Start” Screen: Introduced a new "Tap to Start" screen on mobile devices to ensure the audiocontext is unlocked, improving user experience.

• Multiline Text Input: Enabled multiline text input in various then actions, including "Set to String," "Speak," "Show Notification," and "Replace Screen Reader Text," enhancing flexibility and functionality.

• Wider Rule Name Input Boxes: Increased the width of rule name input boxes to accommodate longer rule names, improving visibility and usability.

• Autogenerated Variable Table Enhancement: Updated the autogenerated variable table to display variable categories on the Variables Settings page for improved organization and management.

🔐 Security Enhancements

• Password Expiry: Implemented password expiry for GMetri editor accounts. Accounts older than a specified period will prompt users to update their passwords for enhanced security.

• Reduced Third-party App Usage: Minimized the utilization of third-party applications accessing GMetri data to bolster data security and privacy.

🐞 Bug Fixes

• Movement Speeds: Fixed movement speeds for both first-person and third-person modes, providing smoother navigation.

• Autogenerated Variable Headers Alignment: Corrected the alignment of autogenerated variable headers for consistency and clarity.

• Logic Map Sorting: Ensured correct sorting of logic map rules and when events for better organization and ease of use.

• Gyro Permissions

🚀 Major Features

• Collider Boxes and Scene Bounds for 3D scenes. These allow you control where a player can move, and improve collision detection performance. 3D scenes are now smoother as a result.

⏫ Minor Improvements

• We reworked how the preview button works at the top right corner of the editor. The Preview popup now shows options to open the preview in new tab, scan a QR code or go to deployments to publish the experience

• New display options have been added to the SCORM element - Fullscreen, Fullscreen without close. The SCORM element allows you to embed SCORM modules within a GMetri experience.

• Email verification screen is shown when a user’s email isn’t verified

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed workspace logo updates

• Thumbnails are correctly generated whenever projects are duplicated

• Fixed an issue with SCORM files processing

• Correct error messages are shown in preview links whenever the preview session expires (15mins)

🚀 Major Features

• Editor

  • New properties for text element including background color, background opacity, border color, border thickness. Also added ability to upgrade any existing text element to enable all the new properties

  • A new grow animation option added to all 3d elements.

⏫ Minor Improvements

• Editor

  • Documentation for GMetri Plugin Ecosystem

  • Elements can be added inside groups directly from the add element UI

• Viewer

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Viewer

  • Actionbar element styling fix for devices with smaller resolutions

  • Capture text element matches text with regex validation correctly

  • Embed HTML element appears in popup mode when pip is selected to maintain consistency of the UI

A major release this time with 3D Scenes

🚀 Major Features

• 3D Scenes enabled for all users 🥳

• Added a new element - Environment (Environments are 3D spaces)

• New SignUp and SignIn pages!

⏫ Minor Improvements

• Adding scenes now adds relevant elements like lights and pano Improved PointTo algorithm to ensure rotation is always linear

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue with invites

• Fixed an issue where users were getting logged out of the editor, ensured users always have fresh session tokens

🚀 Major Features

• Editor

🚀 Major Features

• 💺Seat element released in beta

🚀 Major Features

• Adaptive Graphics that adjust the graphic details according the hardware device The editor can control the initial value for adaptive graphics between high, low, and adaptive (default).

🚀 Major Features

• Portal

🚀 Major Features

• 3D Scenes are now no longer Beta!

🚀 Major Features

• Portal

🚀 Major Features

• Environment element now allows user to select any custom file as the environment

🚀 Major Features

• Viewer

🚀 Major Features

You can now share your screen on multiplayer mode!

🚀 Major Features

• Speed improvements for view links for USA and surrounding regions

• Copy and Paste functionality for scenes and elements using CTRL+C/CTRL+V keyboard shortcuts

• New docs at https://www.gmetri.com/docs/

⏫ Minor Improvements

• Editor: User notifications when network gets disconnected while editing an experience

🐛 Bug Fixes

Editor:

• Fixed project duplication for v5 projects

• has been clicked event added back to the list of events in rules page

• Fixed issues with elements inside duplicated groups

Viewer:

• Fixed viewer token forwarding issue

🚀 Major Features

🎮 New Multiplayer System Released

We released a new Multiplayer System today, which culminates a long journey of upgrades that started last year. These include the v6 release that made our underlying JSON robust and efficient, and a new multiplayer written in-house, keeping the future in mind so that we aren't limited by multiplayer scale and room limits - even for the foreseeable future.

The new multiplayer system also brings with it a host of improvements and bug fixes.

• 💡 Developed in-house

• 🌐 Now supports up to 100 users simultaneously in a single room.

• 📍 Fixed issues with initial player positions.

• 🔝 Room capacity increased to 100 for enterprise customers

Editor Updates:

• 📚 GMetri SCORM API now supports multiple SCORM elements within the same scene.

• 🌐 Ability to Show/Hide Groups in the structure tree. (Note: This doesn't work on colliders currently).

• 📂 Implemented rules to control visibility of entire groups.

• ⌨ Shift-select multiple items in the Structure tree (Ctrl-select remains).

⏫ Minor Improvements

• 🖼️ New template for custom Share URL patterns in Product Card elements.

• 📝 Expanded template variables, fully documented here:

• 🔐 Direct passcode entry in moderator URL using ?passcode=yyyy.

🐞 Bug Fixes

• 🔄 Fixed a bug in "Load from another deployment" authentication affecting viewer’s state.

• 💾 Enhanced memory usage with multiple avatars and scene transitions.

• 📺 Fixed screen source switching issues in Screenshare Element.

• 🎲 Addressed multiplayer to single-player downgrades.

🚀 Major Features

• WooCommerce integration. There is now a WooCommerce plugin in GMetri. You can bring your existing stores built on WooCommerce easily into the Metaverse.

• A Brand new Editor UI 🎉

  We have removed the left bar, and moved a lot of the functionality to a new bar, paving way for a sleeker UX and faster improvements

• Improved Avatar System

⏫ Minor Improvements

• A lot more ready to use "My Metaverse Rooms" added

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed issue with EmbedHTML and EmbedSCORM element where it makes a unnecessary request to server.

• Fixed issue where screen gets locked in mobile phones

• My Metaverse Rooms use organization cname if present

• Fixed search in Resources Panel

🚀 Major Features

• Portal

  • New Pricing pages and billing setup for new subscribers

• Viewer

  • GMetri view links are now oEmbed compatible

• Editor

  • Unlimited deployments for all tiers

  • Fonts support for timer element

⏫ Minor Improvements

• Portal

  • User profile page now shows an API token that can be used with the plugin system

• Editor

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Editor

  • Fixed issue with sketchfab imports

  • Fixed issue with deletion of grouped elements

  • Fixed issue with settings panel for projects migrated from v4

🚀 Major Features

• Viewer

  • Better transparency management and rendering of all elements

• Editor

  • Undo-Redo can be accessed using keyboard shortcuts. The list of all keyboard shortcuts is published

⏫ Minor Improvements

• Editor

  • Adding new element when a group element is selected adds it within the same group

  • For all elements that have background_source, 3d_model_source, a new option to remove the selected assets

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Editor

  • On End event added to instructions element. Fires when all stories have finished

  • FOV change shows up correctly in the 360 environment

🚀 Major Features

• You can now add a Screenshare element and use it to share your screen with your peers in a 3 dimensional setting

⏫ Minor Improvements

• Updated embed code to allow VR mode to work in embeds

• Aria-labels added for EmbedHtml elements

• Added placer 3d to pano elements

• Updated structures for signin signup pages (required for Google SEO)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Handling expired preview links better

• Handling editor access errors better

• Removed rules from Collider Meshes - appear / disappear doesn’t work on colliders as of now

• In the area above the viewport, elements were not draggable. This is now fixed.

🚀 Major Features

• V5 Viewer official release

⏫ Minor Improvements

• Logout and offlining option removed from Viewer Preferences

• Allow fullscreen and Allow VR are default checked in Viewer Preferences

• Preview section shows correct thumbnail on the Rightbar

• Better user role management on the portal

🐛 Bug Fixes

A whole lot of bug fixes in the V5 viewer:

• Fixed initial rotation on mobile devices with gyro

• Fixed reset view on mobile devices

• VR mode disabled in unsupported devices

• Android edge is now supported without VR functionality

🚀 Major Features

• Bloom effects for 3D objects

• Environment Maps for 3D objects

⏫ Minor Improvements

• Upgraded screens for Premium Features

• Added Teasers for upcoming features

• Simplified billing

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed a few issues with links built on older version

⏫ Minor Improvements

• Project duplication is instantaneous

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed WebGL crashes due to video memory leaks

• Org users with member access can now access viewer groups page

• AR elements shows selected file name when

• Fixed transitions when going from a gyro locked scene to a non gyro locked scene.

🚀 Major Features

• Multi-user editing support for editor

• Improved analytics views for deployments

• UI Upgrade for editor

⏫ Minor Improvements

• Editor:

  • Improved copy and paste operations for scenes and elements

  • Updated dynamic event and action selection logic for rules when switching between elements

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Portal:

  • Advanced Analytics page access fixed for users with analytics roles

  • Geolocation and maps in analytics shows correct locations

  • Login fix for experiences using SCORM packages

🚀 Major Features

• PBR materials are now supported in 3D Models

• New name bubble design over Avatars

• Restructured Branding section.

⏫ Minor Improvements

• New deployments are Live by default

• There are new auto-generated variable for tracking the viewer's last name and full name

• Users are hidden when they enter the spawn zone

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Preventing access to the editor without a valid uuid

• Fixed inconsistency with durations on the Deployment Analytics page

• Fixed styling issues on Analytics page

• Fixed clickability issues with Colliders

Collaboration

Editor

🚀 Major Features

• ReadyPlayerMe Integration for System

🚀 Major Features

• Editor

🚀 Major Features

• Viewer

🚀 Major Features

• Editor

🚀 Major Features

• You can now add rules to load another GMetri experience. This allows you to create a web of Metaverses from a single central space.

⏫ Minor Improvements

• New rule to show toast notifications

🚀 Major Features

• New Volume and Tour mode controls for viewer links

🚀 Major Features

• Editor version 5 beta released and enabled for partners

🚀 Major Features

We have released some features this time that are great for creating multiplayer games!

🔄 Shared Rules Update:

• "Shared" Property 🤝: Rules can now be marked as "Shared". When activated, these rules apply to everyone in the same room, enhancing multiplayer interactions.

• Enhanced on_var_change 🔄: This function has been updated to work with Shared Rules, enabling real-time variable syncing across all players. You can now set a rule “When variableA changes, variableA should capture data”. If this is a shared rule, the value of variableA will be synced with all players.

🔍 Advanced Variable Comparison:

• Variable Substitution in When Conditions 📊: You can now use variable substitution in the "When" part of rules, allowing for dynamic comparisons. For example, set conditions like "When a > {{b}}".

🎮 Player Count Enhancements:

• New Variables: Introducing two auto-generated variables for player counts:

  • player_count_var 🧑‍🤝‍🧑: Tracks the number of players in your current game instance.

  • player_count_all_var 🌐: Shows the total number of players in the entire game room.

🔐 Improved Session Management:

• "Remember Me" Option ✅: Users can now choose to be remembered after logging in, streamlining access for subsequent sessions. This feature is available for "Social" logins and other methods configured in Viewer Groups.

📱 PWA Support:

• Install as PWA 🚀: GMetri experiences can now be installed as Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) on most modern browsers, offering a more app-like experience directly from your browser.

⏫ Minor Improvements

• Japanese Language Option 🇯🇵 The viewer bubble now supports Japanese fonts also

• Faster Avatar Thumbnails⚡ Default avatars selection screen now load more quickly, enhancing the user experience right from the start.

• Max Rooms Configuration 🔀 Setting the maximum number of room instances to more than 1 allows for separate moderator rooms. However, setting it to 1 keeps moderators and attendees in the same space, ideal for scenarios like classroom interactions where the teacher needs moderation control.

🐞 Bug Fixes

• SCORM File Extension 📦: Fixed an issue where SCORM files downloaded from the deployment section were missing the .zip extension. Now, files are correctly labeled for easy identification and use.

• Collider Visibility Control 🚫: The hide/show functionality now properly applies to collider elements as well, ensuring consistent visibility settings across your project.

• Rule Label Correction 🏷️: Corrected the labels for the “When number is between”. “< than” and “> than” now accurately reflect the intended conditions.

✨ Improvements

• 🪑 Better UX while using the Seat element in the editor - a model on a seat is now displayed while placing the element.

• 🔊 Added a “matches duration” event for Audio TTS element.

• 🎭 Animations are now applied to compatible Characters selected even from outside of Ready Player Me.

• 📚 Updated UI used to create and add files to a Character element's Brain.

• 🆘 Better help options in the top bar of the Portal. More visible help icons on the Editor top bar.

• 📁 You can now select Character files from the File Manager for custom avatars.

• 🧑‍🎨 Added a configure avatar link in the deployment page (takes you to avatar preferences), and a few UI improvements.

• 🖼️ Better icons and thumbnails for Screenshare, Zone, Seat, and Embed3d in the “Add Element” page.

In The Viewer:

• 📝 Removed cursor instruction for third-person view (as they aren't needed there). Also, we now show instructions when scene changes from 360 to 3D.

• 🌐 The optimization that happens to a project while viewing a link - which causes dormant scenes to be removed from it, is no longer applied while previewing the project. This is because the editor might be working on a project that is currently inaccessible but might later link it into the project.

• 🇯🇵 Translation updates: Capture Input element's copy for Japanese.

🐛 Bug Fixes

• 🔄 When a browser tab with a GMetri view link was duplicated, the session id used to get duplicated - and viewer updates used to get overwritten. This is now fixed.

• ➕ Deleting an element and then trying to add a new element without selecting anything from the Structure Panel used to fail. This is now fixed.

• 📝 Entering text in input boxes should no longer moves the camera. This issue used to sometimes bring the camera down to ground level (because of the “e” reduce camera height shortcut). Fixed!

In The Viewer:

• 🎮 Controller movement fixes for VR mode on headset devices.🎉

• 📷 Fixed camera height and name bubble position while sitting.

• 🔁 Reset rotation property wasn’t being applied for Third person mode. This is now fixed.

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Editor

  • New scenes will automatically get added to the menu

  • QRMatcher rules show correct entries in rules

  • Directional light impacts all 3D models correctly

  • Timer position shows correctly in editor and viewer

  • Green screen effect on videos

  • Fixed issue with viewer form not working when there all entries are deleted

  • Fixed issue inconsistent menu entries when scenes are deleted

  • Geolocation can now be used from the deployment section

  • Linked variables with media upload are shown correctly in the “Autogenerated” variables section

• Viewer

  • Multiple fonts for text elements can be used on iOS devices

  • Fixed fluctuations on mobile devices when using scene range locks

  • Instructions element skips entries that don’t have any asset selected
• Portal

  • Deprecated editor login

  • Fixed Azure login

🚀 Major Features

• Updated browser whitelisting for different OS and browsers