v1.9.0

Features

🆕 glTF variants now supported by the scene-graph material API. #2700, #2764, #2816
🆕 Added materialFromPoint and getMaterialByName methods. #2839
🆕 Support for EXT_meshopt_compression. Thanks @donmccurdy! #2706
🆕 Added generate-schema attribute. #2853
🆕 Added seamless-poster attribute for transparent posters with shadows. #2865

Bug fixes

• Fixed several mouse/touch UX quirks. Thanks @lucadalli! #2691, #2722, #2724, #2728, #2730
• Fixed shadow clipping when switching models during auto-rotate. #2765
• Fixed material API for skinned meshes. #2799, #2801
• Workaround for flaky black renders on Safari (WebGL corruption). #2832
• xr-environment was being used always in WebXR mode instead of opt-in as intended. #2847
• Improved loading performance by generating the environment in parallel with the model fetch. #2870
• Fixed USDZ auto-generation for models with differently sized normal and roughness maps. #2878

Examples

✨ Updated custom controls examples for improved UX. Thanks @lucadalli! #2760
✨ Added material picking example. #2839, #2855
✨ Updated Performance examples for the seamless-poster attribute and webP posters. #2865

Other notable changes

• Updated to Three.js r133, which pulled several fixes including rendering transparent materials properly without a skybox.
• Updated DRACO decoder version. #2705
• Updated Fidelity Results page. #2677, #2685, #2741, #2749, #2752, #2757, #2829, #2851
• Updated Fidelity path tracer. Thanks @bsdorra! #2806, #2820, #2854
• Removed the old interactive example, redirecting to the Editor instead. #2782
• Use Trusted Types for better static analysis of security. #2875

Editor

• Automatic WebP poster generation. #2711
• Added an animation scrubber. #2723
• Tweaked the camera UI and fixed several bugs. #2701, #2712, #2789
• Fixed file-open on mobile. #2770
• Added joint count to validator output. #2779
• Support glTF loading, including folders and zip archives. #2781
• Default lighting switched to "neutral". #2805, #2819
• Select material by clicking the model. #2879