⏫ 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 Removed the outdated "Basic" avatar system that used conical avatars for a more streamlined experience.

• Introduction of "Basic" Brain Type: Added a new "Basic" brain type, allowing users to set the AI prompt directly on the right bar, eliminating the need to select a specific brain.

🔐 Security Enhancements

• Enhanced Preview Link Generation: Revised the method for generating preview links to bolster security measures.

• Improved Data Encryption: Updated the encryption process for enhanced data security.

🐞 Bug Fixes

• Mobile - Walking Straight: Resolved the issue of walking straight on mobile devices using the third-person joystick, ensuring smoother navigation.

• Character Element Audio Issue: Fixed an issue related to the Character element audio for improved functionality.

• 3D Asset Loading Bugs: Addressed several bugs in the loading process of 3D assets utilizing KTX compression, ensuring proper loading and display.

⏫ Minor Improvements

• New rule to show toast notifications

• Removed restriction to have an empty action in rules

• New rule to register clicks on the SHARE button in product card element

• Simplified avatar selection process for all authenticated experiences

• Display name will now persist across all deployments with an origanization (if used with authentication)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixing experience starting issues when using load from deployment authentication method

• Fixed GLB and GLTF file uploads in the editor

⏫ 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

🎮 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 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.

🚀 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.