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ENGAGE - Update to Version 4.2

Doversteam_community_announcements

201d ago

NEW

Activity Logs

Added new IFX to the Experience Editor: 'Completion Event IFX' that allows for custom event logging in Experiences
Added events to capture when users start and end Experiences

Experience Editor

Added a Gaze Trigger that can activate effects when a user looks at it for a specified length of time
Added the ability to trigger quizzes for only the user who activates the trigger
Added the ability to set a time delay on triggered effects
Added the ability to add colliders to imported glb models
Added the ability to set glb models as interactive IFX so they can have physics applied to them or be used as object triggers

AI

Replaced Open AI Chat Completions method with the newer Responses API, following OpenAI’s recommendation for improved capabilities and long-term support
Simplified the User Interface of the Character builder to focus on important choices and hide advanced options
Introduced a new interaction method – ‘Hold to talk’. This sets the bot to listen while you keep the interaction button held down and immediately stops listening upon release.
Added a ‘chunk size’ option for Text-to-speech) to allow for creators to select their own trade-off between contextual understanding and processing speed.
Added OpenAI as a text-to-speech provider
Added OpenAI as a voice recognition provider. This is a dynamic multilingual model that can detect the spoken language as it is spoken. This model is selected by default
Added Elevenlabs as an optional voice recognition provider. This also provides dynamic multilingual voice recognition
Added the ability to select the ‘default model’ which will set the AI Model to be the ENGAGE recommended model, and update automatically as our recommendations change over time
Added a new function that allows the AI to deliver an ENGAGE (or LMS) quiz to the user and then receive the results to provide feedback to the user.
Added the ability to duplicate an existing AI character
Added a Function: “Load any IFX Object” - which searches the IFX library for the any available IFX and loads in the session
Added a Function: “Code Interpreter”, which allows the bot to run calculations and simulations to provide better answers to numerical problems
Added support for GPT 5.1

IMPROVED

Reduced CPU usage of Avatars
Improved login speed for users who are members of many groups
Improved load time on Experiences
Experiences now cache Cloud files as part of the experience loading process, eliminating 'pop in'

FIXED

Fixed an issue where some IFX stated that they had colliders, but they did not.
Fixed an issue on desktop where resizing the ENGAGE window could cause the UI to resize and get too small to be usable
Fixed an issue where, when users with access to many groups view Dashboards in Safari, it can cause the browser to freeze

ENGAGE - Update to v4.1

Doversteam_community_announcementspatchnotes

377d ago

NEW

AI

AI Characters made in the AI Character Builder that use ‘Chat Completions’ can now use Functions. This allows for Athena-style capabilities at much faster processing speeds.
Added a Session Setting and an individual user setting to allow hosts to manage who can talk to AI characters in the session.
Added a Group Setting that allows AI Character Builder to be accessed by group Members, and not just group Owners & Admins.
Added a new function: Web search – allows the AI bot to search the web in real-time to find answers to questions.
Added a new function: Create 3D Mesh – support for Meshy.ai to be able to generate an original, fully textured 3D model.
Added a new function: Load specific IFX.
Added the ability for an AI Character to continue to be able to have a conversation with the user while Generative AI is processing.
Added a new function: Ability for the AI to trigger Experience triggers.
Added an ‘AI Command’ IFX to the Experience Editor so that an Experience can send commands to the nearest AI character, allow the character to ‘spontaneously’ respond to actions the user takes within an Experience.
Added Experimental non-English language support.

Other

Haptic and Audio feedback on the Virtual Keyboard.
Hosts can push a whiteboard drawing to all users' ‘My Drawpad’ tab on their personal Drawpads.
Applied the movement UI seen on the Drawpad to the Virtual Keyboard and the Mixed Reality Window.
Added more information to the Activity Logs.

IMPROVED

Whiteboards no longer display the 'Draw' button when you point at them if you're connected to them via your Drawpad.
Introduced an improved GLB/GLTF model importer that is faster and more performant.
Declining Spatial and Storage permissions does not prevent you from accessing the application.

FIXED

Fixed an issue where the virtual keyboard failed to register key presses in the Experience Editor.
Fixed an issue where users with no IFX permissions were able to spawn video cameras if they have access to the Recordings menu.
Fixed an issue where saving an Assistants API bot in the AI Character Builder that use Files can cause the 'Files' function to be disabled.
Fixed an issue where subgroup integrations don’t successfully verify users.

ENGAGE - Update to v4.0

hexagodsteam_community_announcementspatchnotes

493d ago

NEW - Added a new, full-featured personal drawing pad to facilitate both private and collaborative drawing. - Added support for the Logitech MX Ink stylus for users of Quest 2, Quest 3, and Quest 3S headsets. This includes left and right handed use for drawing on surfaces, adjusting line style in response to applied pressure, drawing in the air with the 3D pen, and navigating through ENGAGE. - Added host settings to control whether Drawpads are available in a session and whether non-hosts can connect their Drawpad to a whiteboard. - Added the ability for the drawings on a whiteboard to be captured in a spatial recording. - Added the ability to connect whiteboards together, so that anything drawn on one whiteboard is mirrored to another. - Redesigned the tool panel used when drawing on a whiteboard in VR. - Added the new Drawpad as the interface when using a whiteboard on a desktop device. - Added the ability to capture a 2D video recording from either an avatar's point of view or the view from a camera IFX. Users can add multiple camera IFX and switch between capture sources during the recording. - Added the ability to press the Z key or middle mouse button on desktop devices to toggle between looking around and interacting with the environment. - Added the ability to press the B key to toggle the visibility of IFX bubbles. - Introduced limits on the number of LITE users that can join some types of session. - Added commercial sessions. These are like persistent sessions, but don t limit the number of LITE users that can join. - Added an indicator on the in-session menu that shows the LITE user limit and how many are currently in the session. - Made the ability to lock a session an Enterprise-only feature. - Added a host control to turn off the ability for users to open a mixed reality passthrough window. - Renamed the Content Editor to the Experience Editor. The files that users create in the Experience Editor are now called Experiences. IMPROVED - Reduced the space requirements when a host summons users in a session and set all users to be summoned to the same point. - Enabled users on VR devices to use the trigger button to select UI elements at close range. Previously, tapping was the only way to select UI elements at close range. - Updated the default ElevenLabs voice to a more recent model. Users can override it with their own selection. - Changed the server that bug reports are sent to so that users on more restricted networks can still log bugs. - Adjusted the selectable area for delete and lock buttons to better match the boundary of the button graphics and prevent accidental selection. FIXED - Fixed 2FA code entry so that users on desktop devices can submit with the return key and users on VR devices can submit with the return button on the virtual keyboard. - Fixed the moving seats that are used in some vehicle IFX. - Fixed the ability to replace the audio in a spatial recording. - Fixed an issue that could cause no screens to be detected when a user attempted to share their desktop. - Fixed an issue that caused a user's credentials to be rejected the first time they tried to log in to ENGAGE after they registered for an account in the web manager. - Fixed the ability to use the X button to close the application without experiencing a delay. - Fixed an issue with PCVR that caused a user to lose hand tracking if the ENGAGE application window lost focus.

ENGAGE - Update to v3.10

hexagodsteam_community_announcementspatchnotes

607d ago

NEW - Enabled the use of both hand controllers to interact with menus. - Enabled VR users to type on the virtual keyboard by tapping keys with their hand controllers. - Implemented quick links to speed up access to sessions. - Added an option to the Invite panel in a session for users to copy a quick link to the session. - Added new languages for voice recognition when interacting with AI characters. - Added processing to remove special characters included in text returned by AI services to prevent them from being verbalized. - Added a subfolder named AI-Generated to the Images folder, where images generated by AI services will be saved. - Added an option for users to empty their recycle bin and permanently delete the files. - Updated to Unity 2022.3. - Replaced the teleport sit marker with a higher resolution, language-neutral version, and moved the ghost seat closer to the actual seat position. - Removed the head-tracking gaze cursor that appeared when hand tracking was lost. - Prevented LITE users from being made co-hosts in a session, to improve security. - Fixed event creation by PLUS users to prevent the overbooking warning from appearing unnecessarily. - Ensured that midnight appears as 00:00 instead of 24:00 in event listings. - Fixed an issue with scalable events so that if a user leaves and rejoins an event, they join the first instance that has capacity. - Fixed an issue in scalable events that caused the user count on the in-session menu to be incorrect. - Fixed an issue that could cause user input to stop registering in the personal web browser on Quest headsets. - Fixed muting on VR headsets to ensure that if a user was unmuted before they entered away mode, they are unmuted when they return. - Fixed the option to mute LITE users so that non-LITE users aren't also affected. - Fixed the notification when a host requests that a user unmutes their microphone. - Fixed the ability to place the text cursor (caret) at a specific position in a text field when using hand controllers. - Fixed an issue that prevented users from downloading camera images after they uploaded them to Cloud File Manager. - Fixed the display of feedback to a user if they attempt to play a YouTube video through an invalid URL. - Fixed an issue that could cause the visibility icons to not be shown in the Content Editor curves view.

Release Notes v3.9

hexagodsteam_community_announcementspatchnotes

678d ago

NEW - Launched the School of AI - where users can talk with 20 different historical figures whose lives spanned from the ancient world to the US civil rights era. As part of the launch, all ENGAGE users will have access to the School of AI during the month of October. To arrange access after this time, please contact sales. - Replaced the keyboard that appears for VR users with a version that has an improved layouts for each language, custom layouts for specific input types, easier access to common keys and commands, and can be repositioned in 3D space. - Set events that are associated with a persistent session to automatically start at the designated time. This removes the need for an event organizer to manually start the event. The event will also automatically be removed from the event list at the designated end time. - Added an option for hosts to set all users who are in a session, or join later, to appear as basic avatars. - Updated session creation so that all sessions created by a member of an Enterprise group are owned by an Enterprise group. This enables Enterprise features and services to be available in standard Sessions. - Added the ability to replace the public list of outfit options with a custom collection for a specific Enterprise group. IMPROVED - Increased the maximum resolution for YouTube videos to 1080p in standard locations and 4k in UHD locations. - Implemented progressive download of outfit thumbnails to reduce the possibility that a slow connection will cause the application to become unresponsive. - Replaced gender labels with body shape options in the avatar editor. - Implemented a more efficient process to distribute audio returned by text-to-speech services. For example, when users interact with an AI agent. - Set persistent sessions to reset their location to the ENGAGE Hub if there is an error loading the current location. - Updated the location anchor to appear in front of a user when they choose to reset their anchor's placement. - Standardized the presentation of dates and times shown in the application. - Improved consistency in the sequence of dialogs that a user may see when they join a plaza from the ENGAGE LINK map. FIXED - Fixed the display of 2D 360 YouTube videos. - Fixed an issue that caused users who joined a session after a YouTube video was muted to still hear the audio. - Fixed support for YouTube videos loaded through a /live or /short URL. - Fixed an issue that could cause some users in a session to not hear an AI character's responses. - Fixed an issue that caused Remember Me settings to be lost when a user lost their network connection during use of the application. - Fixed an issue that could prevent a user from changing their height when they used imperial units. - Fixed an issue that could cause an avatar to appear in the wrong pose and position when it first loads in a session. - Fixed an issue that caused a height entered as 5 ft. to be displayed as 4 ft. 12 in. - Fixed an issue that caused the attendees and interested counts to show as zero when events were viewed on the Attending or Interested tabs of the Events page. - Fixed an issue that could cause a user's microphone to cut out if they were recording and had an unstable network connection. - Fixed an issue that could cause a warning about recording more than five users to appear when less than five users were selected. - Fixed an issue that could cause host and microphone icons to be incorrectly positioned within a user's nameplate. - Fixed the button to leave the mixed reality room and set up room space that appears when a user s device isn't fully set up to use mixed reality. - Fixed an issue that could prevent a user from being able to log in when their device used the Hijri calendar. - Fixed the tooltip text on the session creation screen. - Fixed an issue that caused the in-session microphone icon's visibility to be turned off after a change in location.

ENGAGE v3.7

Devinsteam_community_announcementspatchnotes

839d ago

NEW - Added an option to prevent non-hosts from inviting their connections to a session. - Added a list of sent but pending connection requests on the Invitations tab of Connections. - Added the ability to search for users to add as a connection while in a session. - Added the ability to create experiences for mixed reality. IMPROVED - Remapped some of the shortcut keys on desktop devices. Muting and unmuting microphones are now mapped to the m key instead of F1. - Increased session IDs to six characters and removed characters that could be easily confused. Specifically, O, 0, I, and l. Old session IDs will continue to work. - Updated the public listing of live sessions so that newly created sessions are listed first. - Replaced the red dot that indicated pending connection requests with a numerical indication of how many requests are pending. - Added the ability for a user to filter their list of connections to show only other users who are online. - Renamed the Online status for a user to a more accurate status of In the menu. - Improved the interface used to select people in the application so that it is easier to use and provides more information. For example, when a user chooses who to record or who to deliver forms to. - Applied new colors to loading bars in the ENGAGE application so that they are WCAG compliant. FIXED - Fixed an issue that could cause grabbed network objects captured in a recording to be offset when played back. - Fixed an issue that could prevent users from joining a session because they were incorrectly determined to be using different versions of the application. - Fixed an issue where a user could avoid being affected by a seat all command by using controller inputs during the countdown. - Fixed an issue that enabled a user to grant others a higher permission over cloud files in the ENGAGE application than their own permissions should allow. - Fixed an issue that caused the option to copy a file to cloud files to incorrectly appear for files that were already uploaded to Cloud File Manager. - Fixed an issue that caused the application to timeout when loading a large location. - Fixed an issue where if a user set up 2FA with SMS messages as the chosen method to receive passcodes, and were a member of an Enterprise group that subsequently disabled use of SMS, then the user could not log in. - Fixed an issue that prevented use of the Enter key to submit a 2FA authentication code in the web manager. - Fixed an issue with Quest 2 Link, where if a user took off their headset, tracking would not resume when the user put their headset back on until they moved their mouse. - Fixed an issue that could cause events to remain listed as live after their designated end time. - Fixed an issue where if a user that failed to log in through SSO because it was not set up correctly in EAP, they did not receive a meaningful error message. - Fixed an issue where a user that had selected Remember Me, but needed to reauthenticate because of a change to SSO or 2FA settings, didn't receive an appropriate error message. - Fixed an issue that could cause a page from the web manager to appear briefly in the ENGAGE application. - Fixed the tracking mode icon shown in the in-session menu to accurately reflect the current tracking mode. - Fixed an issue that could cause the application to become unresponsive if the network connection was lost. - Fixed an issue where a user was presented with a 404 error page after they removed a cloud connection. - Fixed an issue that could cause a user to lose access to the in-session menu, as well as the ability to travel through portals, after they cancelled travel through a portal. - Fixed an issue that caused the destination name to not be displayed when travelling through a portal. - Fixed the Try PLUS links in the application to directly open the PLUS account creation page.

ENGAGE v3.6.1

Devinsteam_community_announcementspatchnotes

916d ago

NEW Metatraversal - Added the ability to create portals to partnered metaverse applications on Meta Quest headsets. If you want to add inter-app travel between your application and ENGAGE, please contact [email protected]. Persistent Sessions - Added an option for hosts to restrict access to a persistent Session so that only members of the owning group can join. IMPROVED Security and performance - Added an ENGAGE prefix to the file name of downloaded 2FA recovery codes so that they are easier to identify. - Implemented multiple error messages to communicate the different reasons why someone who used the Remember Me option must log in again. Sessions - Implemented a maximum password length of 16 characters. Mixed reality - Added an icon to a user's name tag to indicate when they are in mixed reality mode. Voice communication - Upgraded the voice communication service. FIXED Avatars - Fixed an issue where if a user entered away mode, the Away tag obscured icons in the name tag. - Fixed an issue that could cause an avatar's name tag to be incorrectly placed. - Fixed an issue that could cause multiple avatars to occupy the same seat. Account creation - Fixed an issue where if a user didn't enter a username at account creation, the resulting error message incorrectly referenced the last name field. Localization - Added translations to some unlocalized areas of the application. Meta headsets - Fixed the ability to perform a search from the address bar of the in-session web browser. Cloud File Manager - Fixed an issue that prevented users from being able to load video files that were uploaded before the v3.6 release. - Fixed an issue that prevented users from being able to copy a sequence file to Cloud File Manager immediately after they saved it to their device in the Content Editor. Content Editor - Fixed an issue where if keyframes were added to an IFX and then deleted, a user could not reposition the IFX until after they added another keyframe. - Fixed an issue that prevented the deletion of keyframes. - Fixed an issue that could cause keys at the location of the playhead to be deleted instead of only the keys that were selected. VR headsets - Fixed the title of the virtual keyboard when a user enters their password to view their 2FA recovery codes. IFX - Fixed an issue that reverted object bubbles to appear on hover instead of on selection. - Fixed issues with filter settings in the IFX library so that applied tags are always visible, and the removal of tags immediately updates search results. Connections - Fixed an issue that could cause a user who is not logged in to show with an online status. Menu - Fixed an issue that could cause some menu screens to appear blank. Security and performance - Added a specific error message to communicate when a user is logged out of the ENGAGE application due to inactivity. Deep links - Fixed deep links to correctly open the intended Session or Event. Sticky notes - Fixed an issue where locked sticky notes could still be moved.

ENGAGE v3.6

Devinsteam_community_announcementspatchnotes

979d ago

NEW Connections - Added the Connections system, which enables users to connect with each other so they can more easily interact on the platform. - Added the ability to invite a connection to the Session that you’re in, and to request to join a Session that a connection is in. - Added a new page to show information about users who are in the same Session as you, which includes their profile pictures. - Added status indicators to user profile images to indicate whether a user is online or offline, but also enabled each user to set their status to appear offline. Two-factor authentication (2FA) - Added support for two-factor authentication, which any user can choose to enable. 2FA is a type of multi-factor authentication (MFA) that uses two distinct authentication factors. Meta - Added support for the Meta Quest 3 Mixed reality - Created a new experimental system for users of Meta Quest Pro and Meta Quest 3 headsets to experience ENGAGE in mixed reality. * Users in the same physical location can share a mixed reality experience, where they see virtual 3D objects added to the view from their passthrough cameras and anchored in place as though they are part of the real world. * Users of Meta Quest Pro and Meta Quest 3 headsets can use the room scan data from their headsets to automatically create a 3D model of their environment – called a digital twin. * A user in a mixed reality experience can be joined by a remote user, where the remote user sees the digital twin model instead of the passthrough camera view. * The system supports multiple co-located users in mixed reality and multiple remote users in the same shared experience. - Added a step-by-step walkthrough in the application to guide users in setting up their mixed reality environment. - Added the option for users of Meta Quest Pro and Meta Quest 3 headsets to replace their menu screen background environment with a view through their passthrough camera. Localization - Added support for Italian. IMPROVED Avatars - Improved avatar display names to be less intrusive within a session. - Changed the full-body avatar warning window to appear only when a host assigns more than five full-body avatars. - Moved the My Avatar link, which leads to the Avatar Editor, to the user menu in the upper-right corner of the menu screen. Host controls - Renamed the Users page of the in-Session menu to Host Controls and restricted access to hosts only. Non-hosts can now use the People page to view information about other users in the session. Localization - Implemented a new interface for language selection in the ENGAGE application. Notifications - Users can now see notifications outside of Sessions. For example, an invitation to join a Session while on the menu screen. - Added the ability for a user to select a link in a notification, and then be taken directly to the corresponding area of the user interface. - Add the ability for users on desktop devices to follow notification links through a keyboard shortcut. Single sign-on - Added an error message to the ENGAGE application to indicate when SSO has been turned on, but the configuration settings are incorrect. Sessions - Streamlined the sequence to start a new session through removal of the screen that showed the Session ID. - Implemented a new invite user panel, which in addition to the session ID displays the password for protected sessions, and includes the ability to copy the information in a formatted text snippet that can be shared with others. Note: No password is sent to the client over the network. The user must have entered the password to access the session, and this is then cached locally. Shared screen - Added the option for users on Windows 11 devices to share audio when they share their desktop or a chosen application. User accounts - Removed the use of imperial units for height entry for languages in regions that exclusively use metric units. Security - Changed the remember me setting to expire after 30 days. IFX - Added the ability to hold the left trigger button to rotate an object while puppeteering without needing to release the right trigger button. FIXED Avatars - Fixed an issue that caused the wrists of recorded avatars to appear twisted when played back. Movement - Fixed an issue that could block avatar movement if a user closed their in-session menu while entering text in a field. Content Editor - Fixed an issue where the inclusion of illegal file name characters caused an upload to Cloud File Manager to fail. - Fixed an issue where if a user replaced an object loaded from Cloud File Manager with another cloud file object, the new object did not display correctly. - Fixed the ability to click a point on the timeline to move the playhead. Host controls - Fixed an issue that could cause multiple avatars to occupy the same seat if a host chose to seat all users twice in succession. LINK - Fixed an issue that caused some characters to be missing in the titles and descriptions of LINK locations for Simplified Chinese. Localization - Fixed the presentation of help information about how to load a video for non-English languages. - Added translations to some unlocalized areas of the application. - Adjusted the user interface in multiple areas to prevent translated text from being cut off. - Added a more accurate translation of the Recording feature for the German language. Persistent sessions - Raised the maximum capacity of a persistent Session to 70 to match the maximum capacity of other Session types created by Enterprise accounts. Security - Fixed an issue with Session encryption to ensure that if a user is a member of at least one group that has Session encryption enabled, all Sessions that they create are encrypted. - Implemented a fix to invalidate a remembered log-in setting when a user changes their password. Single sign-on - Changed in-application messaging related to SSO to be more appropriate when the user has a LITE or PLUS account. User accounts - Fixed an issue that could cause country and time zone lists to be displayed in Korean when a user created an account. User interface - Fixed the tabbing order of fields on the Password page of the ENGAGE application.

ENGAGE V3.5

ENGAGE XR Ltd.steam_community_announcementspatchnotes

1099d ago

New

Single sign-on (SSO) - Beta release

o Added single sign-on (SSO) support for Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) for Enterprise account beta testers.

Session capacity

o Implemented new restrictions on the number of users that can join a session that was created by a LITE or PLUS user. For LITE users, the maximum total number of users is two. For PLUS users, the maximum is 10. o Added an option for users to set a maximum capacity for a Session when they create one.

Avatars

o Added the ability for users on desktop and mobile devices to see their own avatar. For example, on a desktop device, a user can flip the menu camera to take a selfie. Events Guide.

Improved

Avatars

o Redesigned avatar display names and status icons to improve legibility.

Content Editor

o Added an option to enable drag box selection in the dope sheet. o Created consistent views when a user switches between the timeline, dope sheet, and curve editor by ensuring that they display the same time range.

Security and performance

o Added a new Security & log-in section in the ENGAGE application account management menu to group related settings. o Moved the option for users to change their password in the ENGAGE application to the new Security & log-in section. o Applied important updates and improvements that benefit the stability of the platform.

Videos

o Increased the resolution of thumbnail images shown in search results.

IFX (Immersive FX)

o Disabled the appearance of IFX selection bubbles when a user hovers a selection cursor over them. Users now only see a selection bubble when they attempt to interact with an IFX. I.e., click the left mouse button or press the interact button on a VR controller.

Meta VR devices

o Improved stereoscopic alignment of some UI elements, such as the animated data transit lines on the ENGAGE LINK map.

Fixed

IFX

o Fixed an issue that could cause shared IFX to not remain in persistent Sessions after all users had left the Session. o Fixed the External Texture Shader for 3D images.

Portals

o Fixed portals that were configured to transport users to a specific spawn point in a different session.

Chroma key screens

o Fixed the appearance of chroma key screens to more accurately subtract the chosen color and remove artifacts, such as green outlines.

UI

o Fixed an issue that prevented users from interacting with small buttons in the UI when their avatar was in motion. o Fixed an issue that caused duplicate or blank user tiles to briefly appear on the Users page of the in-session menu. o Fixed an issue that could cause a data retrieval error to appear when users viewed the last page of the content library or performed a search. o Fixed an issue where the VR wrist controls were not disabled when hidden and users of VR devices could accidentally select tools.

3D voice

o Fixed the 3D voice state toggles to accurately indicate whether 3D voice is enabled for each user. o Fixed the 3D voice toggle on the Session Settings page so that the setting is applied to all users in the Session.

Localization

o Fixed an issue that prevented the input of Japanese characters into text fields in the ENGAGE application’s web browser. o Translated some additional areas of the application that appeared in only English.

Content Editor

o Corrected the initial size of the editor panel when opened on a VR device. o Fixed an issue where if a user selected multiple recordings on the timeline and tried to move them at the same time, they did not move uniformly. o Fixed an issue that caused Skip to Time IFX to be active when not playing the content. o Blocked activation of emojis in the Content Editor.]

Avatars

o Fixed an issue that occasionally caused an avatar to appear in the wrong outfit in the interior spaces of the Moon Base location. o Fixed the lighter skin tone patches that appeared on the forehead of avatars in the avatar editor.

Voice communication

o Fixed an issue that could cause the application to briefly become unresponsive on some devices when the user’s microphone was muted.

User accounts

o Fixed an issue where if a user that was logged in on one device, and then used the same account to log in on another device, they were not automatically logged out of the first device.

ENGAGE V3.3

ENGAGE XR Ltd.steam_community_announcementspatchnotes

1183d ago

New

Unity

o Upgraded the ENGAGE application from Unity 2019 to Unity 2021 to improve compatibility with the latest versions of third-party software, and to enable the addition of new features. o Changed the lighting system from gamma to linear color space to increase the level realism in environments.

Avatars

o Added the ability to capture an image of your avatar to use as your profile image.

Recordings

o Added the ability to capture interactive objects in recordings. These are objects that any user with hand controllers can grab and manipulate, even if they don’t have permission to add or modify IFX.

Improved

SDK

o Updated client SDK project folders and rebuilt locations and IFX to ensure compatibility with the upgrade to Unity 2021.

Emojis

o Changed use of emojis to be on by default in new Sessions and Events. A host can disable them if required.

Teleport

o Improved teleportation to remove a subtle bounce that occurred at the end of the teleport operation, which may have induced motion sickness in some users.

Sessions

o Created a more consistent sequence of checks and UI prompts when users join a Session. o Removed the Advanced Options panel that users could access when they created a Session, since there are currently no Advanced Options to select.

Recordings

o Removed the Record button from a user’s in-Session menu when they don’t have permission to create recordings.

Content Editor

o Added the ability to select keys in the graph editor and then frame the view on only those selected keys.

Avatars

o Improved compression of avatar assets to reduce the amount of data sent over the network.

Security and performance

o Applied important updates and improvements that benefit the stability of the platform.

Fixed

Media

o Fixed media screens so that they don’t appear translucent when media is loading. o Fixed an issue that could sometimes block users with PLUS or ENTERPRISE subscription from enabling the Shared Screen permission for other users.

Sessions

o Fixed an issue where a long load time for a location could cause a user to be returned to the menu screen after the load completed, instead of entering the location.

UI

o Fixed an issue on the account creation pages in the ENGAGE application that prevented the close application button from working.

Content Editor

o Fixed an issue that could prevent changes to sequence properties, such as the filename or sequence length, from being saved. o Fixed a delay between deleting a key in the graph editor and that change taking effect in other views. o Fixed the display of channel visibility icons in the graph editor when users leave and then return to the graph editor so that they accurately reflect channel state. o Set a minimum size for the editor panel.

Security

o Prevented password unmasking from persisting between visits to a page in the application.

Localization

o Added missing localization text in the UI and for newly added locations and IFX.

Avatars

o Fixed an issue that caused avatars to appear invisible, small, or below the floor to users that joined a Session after the affected avatars entered away mode. o Removed the default name, host status, and device strings that momentarily appeared on the Users page when a user joined a Session.

ENGAGE news & patch notes

ENGAGE news & patch notes

NEW

AI

IMPROVED

NEW

Activity Logs

Experience Editor

AI

IMPROVED

FIXED

FIXED

NEW

AI

Other

IMPROVED

FIXED

New

Single sign-on (SSO) - Beta release

Session capacity

Avatars

Improved

Avatars

Content Editor

Security and performance

Videos

IFX (Immersive FX)

Meta VR devices

Fixed

IFX

Portals

Chroma key screens

UI

3D voice

Localization

Content Editor

Avatars

Voice communication

User accounts

New

Meta headsets

Improved

UI

Content Editor

FIXED

Avatars

Web links

Audio

FIXED

Portals

Fixed

Audio

Avatars

LINK

Content Editor

Permissions

Cloud File Manager

New

Unity

Avatars

Recordings

Improved

SDK

Emojis

Teleport

Sessions

Recordings

Content Editor

Avatars

Security and performance

Fixed

Media

Sessions

UI

Content Editor

Security

Localization

Avatars

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