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The real-time collaborative platform for WebGL and WebXR apps. Visit our GitHub:

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20 days
Engine 1.70.0 is here 🚀 💻 WebGPU Compute Shaders API 🧊 Dispersion @glTF3D extension support 🍏 Convex hull collision 🖼️ Neutral tonemapping for e-commerce ➕ ...and much more!
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8 years
Live update your apps in realtime with no need to reload. #javascript #WebGL
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Introducing PCUI: An Open Source UI Framework for the Web 🚀 #javascript #typescript #html5 #reactjs
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4 years
PlayCanvas hits 100% glTF 2.0 spec compliance and open sources new glTF Viewer app. 🎉🎉🎉 TRY NOW: GitHub: Blog: #webgl #opensource #gamedev
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8 years
It's here! Runtime Generated Lightmaps for #WebGL
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Introducing PlayCanvasAR: fast and easy #AR for the web! #webgl #opensource
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1 year
Initial #WebGPU support lands in PlayCanvas Engine 1.62! 🚀 🧵[1/4] #webgl #html5 #webgpu
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4 years
Faster Load Times with glTF's GLB Format! 🚀 #gamedev #webgl #html5 #glTF
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3 years
Basis Texture Compression arrives in the PlayCanvas Editor! 🚀 ✅Low VRAM utilization ✅Tiny file sizes ✅Fast download times ✅Fast encode/decode times Thanks to @richgel999 and @sehurlburt from @_binomial for making this possible! 🙌 #webgl #gamedev
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21 days
Build WebGPU Apps Today with PlayCanvas! 🏗️ WebGPU now supported in the PlayCanvas Editor.
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3 years
Introducing PCUI Graph: An node-based graph rendering library for the web 🚀 #opensource #javascript
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5 years
PlayCanvas - the real-time collaborative game engine. 👩‍💻👨‍💻
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1 year
GLB @glTF3D Import for PlayCanvas is LIVE! 🎉 📦 Drag and drop GLB/glTF to the Editor 🏡 Add template (prefab) to the scene 🎨 Edit glTF materials 🏃 Configure animations Read more:
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3 years
Engine v1.38.0 is out! 🚀 WebXR mega-release: 🤳Depth Sensing API 🌐DOM Overlay API 🖼️Image Tracking API 🥽Input Source Squeeze Events Plus: 💡Area Lights 📜Entire codebase ported to ES2021 ...and MUCH more! #webgl #gamedev #indiedev
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28 days
We ❤️ Visual Studio Code! Devs can now use @code with the PlayCanvas Editor! 👨‍💻👩‍💻
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7 years
Mozilla launches #WebGL 2 support with the help of PlayCanvas' graphical showcase 'After the Flood'.
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7 months
Announcing glTF Viewer 4.0! 📢 🧊 #WebGPU Support 🌐Upgraded #WebXR AR Mode ⛅️Projected Skies TRY NOW: READ MORE:
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2 years
Our 2022 developer showreel is live! 🎦 Check out some of the very best games and experiences made with PlayCanvas this year! #webgl #webxr #gamedev #html5
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3 years
The PlayCanvas Editor is 💯 optimized for Apple's M1-based Macs right from day 1! Because it runs in Safari! 🍏🚀 #html5 #gamedev
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3 years
Introducing the Anim State Graph! 🚀 Create high fidelity animations in PlayCanvas' new node-based animation editor. 🏃 #webgl #gamedev #indiedev
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8 years
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7 years
Live editing of particles now available in the Editor! #webgl #gamedev #art
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3 years
Engine v1.39.0 is out! 🚀 ✅Dynamic render-to-cubemap ✅Simplified render-to-texture API ✅Major improvements to run-time lightmapper ✅RenderComponent API final and in beta ...and much more! #webgl #gamedev #indiedev
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2 years
We have just announced the Clustered Lighting Open Beta - Have hundreds of dynamic lights in your scene! 💡💡💡 We can't wait to see what you create with these new features 👀 Read more: (Pool Demo from @SolarGames3 ) #webgl #html5 #gamedev
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6 years
Engine v0.223.0 is out! New features: text element auto-wrap and UI masking via the image element. 🙌 #webgl #javascript #html5 #opensource
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4 months
Engine v1.68.0 MEGA-release is out! 📢 🔄Gizmo System 🥽 #WebXR Depth Sensing and Mesh Detection 🧊Enhanced #WebGPU Support 🎨Gaussian Splatting in Engine Core 🏁Dithered Transparency ➕...and lots more
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3 years
Engine v1.40.0 is out! 🚀 Animation: ✅New animation component ✅Animation state graphs ✅Blend trees ✅Character locomotion Also: ✅Area lights ✅3D text renderer ✅New render component ✅Physics joint component ...and more! #webgl #gamedev #opensource
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@playcanvas
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4 years
HUGE announcement! We're giving you more! Much more: ✅ 5-10X Storage ✅ Download your apps for self-hosting ✅ Customize PlayCanvas loading screen ✅ Archive your projects offline Get started with #gamedev today!
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6 years
The PlayCanvas Engine hits 1.0.0. 🎉 #webgl #opensource
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2 years
Engine 1.55.0 is here! 🚀 ✅Mega glTF update: specular, ior and transmission ✅Clustered lighting is now on by default 💡 ✅Huge shader chunk system refactor ✅Shadow intensity controls ...and much more! #webgl #gamedev #opensource
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1 year
Engine v1.63.0 is out! 🚀 ✅ Debug render mode API ✅ #glTF load time optimizations ✅ #WebGPU enhancements
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2 years
Engine 1.56.0 is here! 🚀 ✅Huge #glTF update: material variants, sheen, volume, emissive strength ✅Initial #WebGPU support ✅High quality reflections ✅Clustered lighting on by default ...and much more! #webgl #gamedev #opensource
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4 years
Big announcement 🚀: PlayCanvas launches Templates - a powerful new way to build your scenes! #gamedev #webgl #html5
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3 years
Engine v1.43.0 is out! 🚀 ✅ New examples browser - edit the code and re-run! ✅ Cascaded shadow maps ✅ Animation events ✅ #WebXR plane detection ...and more! #webgl #gamedev #opensource
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3 years
Engine v1.47.0 is out! 🚀 ✅ Clustered omni and spot lights ✅ Run-time baking of soft shadows and AO ✅ New line rendering API ✅ Animation layer masks ✅ New cascaded shadow map example #webgl #gamedev #opensource
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@playcanvas
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10 years
The PlayCanvas Engine is now open-source: http://t.co/17esvgNrzl
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8 years
#WebGL Texture Compression Made Easy
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4 years
Engine v1.26.0 is out! 🎉 ✅ Integrated glTF 2.0 support + viewer ✅ #WebXR AR Hit Test API ✅ Randomized particle sprite animations ✅ ES6 class-based scripts ✅ Easy profiling with SpectorJS markers ...and much more! #webgl #gamedev
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3 years
Apple uses PlayCanvas to introduce #WebGL 2 support in Safari at #WWDC21 ! 🚀 See the content they used here: ⏺️ After the Flood: ⏺️ Seemore:
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8 years
#WebVR in seconds: full PlayCanvas VR support is here! #WebGL
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4 years
Copying assets between projects is now here! 🎉 #gamedev #webgl #html5
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5 months
Engine v0.167.0 is out! 📢 🎨 High-performance 3D #GaussianSplatting engine 📷 New post effects framework (HDR bloom etc) 🥽 #WebXR room capture and persistent anchors ➕ much more! Release Notes:
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Engine v1.66.0 is out! 🚀 🧊Massive #WebGPU enhancements 0⃣New 'Null' Renderer (useful for #nodejs ) 🥽 #WebXR Anchor support Release notes: Examples:
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2 years
Announcing v2.0 of our glTF viewer! 📢 ✅Improved glTF support (material variants, advanced refraction and sheen) ✅High quality rendering mode ✅Sharper reflections ✅Redesigned UI Read more here: #webgl #gltf #rendering
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1 year
Engine 1.61.0 is here! 🚀 🥽 UI scroll views in XR ⏱ Faster clustered lighting shader compile time ✅ #WebGPU support for texture based morphing, light cookies and more! 🐞 Bug fixes #webgl #html5 #webxr
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@playcanvas
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3 years
PlayCanvas 2020 highlights: ✅ Adopted glTF 2.0 ✅ Open sourced glTF Viewer: ✅ Open sourced PCUI: ✅ Launched Templates ✅ Moved from ES5 to Rollup + ES2021 ✅ Made all features FREE (except private projects) HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🎉
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@playcanvas
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9 years
The sexiest #WebGL car you'll see today. You're welcome.
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4 years
Engine v1.27.0 is out! 🎉 ✅ Procedural mesh API ✅ Detail maps ✅ Clear coat ✅ Draco mesh compression support ✅ #WebXR input sources now work with UI system ✅ Better raycasting ✅ ...and much more! #webgl #gamedev
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11 months
PlayCanvas integrates @Sketchfab ! 🚀
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3 years
Apple announce WebGL 2 will be on by default in Safari 15. Based on Apple's release cycle, we can expect to see this arrive mid-September. 🎉 #WWDC21
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2 years
Engine v1.52.2 is out! 🚀 ✅ Improved TypeScript declarations ✅ New unit test suite ✅ IntelliSense support for engine source ✅ Refactored examples browser with new Spine and Portal examples Release notes: Examples: #webgl
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@playcanvas
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6 years
We're excited to launch our 2D Sprite features today! Check them out: #webgl #javascript
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4 years
Engine v1.30.0 is out! 🎉 ✅ Unlimited morph targets using textures on the GPU (useful for complex facial animations) ✅ Register callbacks for custom processing of #glTF on load ...and more! #webgl #gamedev
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3 years
Editor API open beta has been released! Power up and supercharge your Editor workflows 💪 Find out more at #gamedev #html5 #webgl #opensource
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12 days
Model Viewer 4.10.0 is here! 🚀 🎥 New camera controls 🎨 3D Gaussian Splat performance improvements 🥽 WebXR fixes 📱 Mobile UI enhancements Release Notes:
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4 years
PlayCanvas Engine v1.35.0 is released! 🎉 ✅ Improved support for glTF clear-coat materials - Thanks @aidinabedi ! 🐛 Lots of bug fixes and optimisations ... and more! #webgl #gamedev
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8 years
Introducing our new game: SWERVE! Can you claim the fastest car on the road? #webgl
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@playcanvas
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7 years
Engine v0.132.0 is out with foundations for morphing! A sneak preview: Release notes: #webgl
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@playcanvas
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4 years
Powered by PlayCanvas. 🎳😍
@Snapchat
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4 years
With Snap Games, you can feel like you’re hanging out with your friends, even when you’re apart. Check out one of our newest games, Super Snappy Bowling:
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1 year
Draco compression arrives in the PlayCanvas Editor. Reduce your @glTF3D file sizes by over 90%! 🗜️
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3 years
Introducing the new PlayCanvas Examples Browser! 🚀 ✅ 86 code samples (graphics, animation, ui, etc) ✅ Edit and hot reload example code ✅ Performance stats panel #webgl #typescript #opensource #pcui
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@playcanvas
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4 years
TANX is back!! 🎉 Game: Blog:
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1 year
Introducing our new Asset Store! 🪄 ✅In-Editor design ✅Realtime asset preview ✅Brand new content ✅Powerful searching/filtering Read more:
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4 years
glTF 2.0 becomes the native model and animation format in the PlayCanvas Engine: #webgl #gamedev
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3 years
Engine v1.46.0 is out! 🚀 ✅ 3 new glTF 2.0 extensions supported: 🧊 KHR_mesh_quantization 🧊 KHR_texture_basisu 🧊 KHR_texture_transform ✅ glTF cameras now supported ✅ Engine now supports 'browserless' mode #webgl #gltf #opensource
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4 years
Engine v1.36.0 is out! 🚀 ✅ Cubemap rotation support ✅ Fixed bokeh depth of field post process example ✅ Fixed LayerComposition dirtyBlend update #webgl #gamedev
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4 years
Engine v1.35.3 is out! 🚀 ✅ Tween anything! ✅ Big performance gains for forward renderer ✅ Heaps of bug fixes 🪲🔫 #webgl #gamedev
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5 years
This is HUGE! PlayCanvas launches integrated Version Control! Checkpointing + Branching + Merging. #webgl #gamedev
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6 years
Engine v1.10.0 is out! Including cool new 'grab pass' texture functionality (from @aidinabedi ). And a slew of optimizations to make your #WebGL apps sing! #javascript #OpenSource
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2 years
Editor release v1.20.0 with Code Editor update to Monaco 🎉🎉🎉 Happy coding! 🧑‍💻 Release notes: #webgl #html5 #gamedev
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4 years
Engine v1.24.0 is out! 🎉 ✅ Basis texture compression support (from @_binomial ) ✅ Compound collision shapes ✅ Upgraded physics engine to WASM build of #ammojs ✅ Localization system ✅ Improved #TypeScript definitions ...and more! #webgl #gamedev
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1 year
PlayCanvas now supports @MSFTVolumetric video! 🎬 Experience it in AR, VR, desktop and mobile 💻📱🥽 Here's how we did it… 🧵 #webgl #webxr #xr #ar #vr #html5
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@playcanvas
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3 years
The PlayCanvas team are very excited to fully release the Import Hierarchy pipeline feature in the PlayCanvas Editor! Read more: #webgl #gamedev #html5
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@playcanvas
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2 years
Huge Editor release today! 🚀 ✅ New Create Project dialog ✅ Added Image Elements fitMode property ✅ Much faster searches in Code Editor ✅ And many bug fixes! Read more:
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7 years
Engine v0.211 is out with more #WebGL 2 goodness! Smoother PCF shadows, HDR rendering and more. #opensource #gamedev
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4 years
PlayCanvas Engine v1.35.1 is released! 🚀 ✅ Added refraction example ✅ Exposed session and frame for WebXR (making it easier to work with spec changes) ✅ Ministats now configurable to show different metrics 🐞 Bug fixes! #webgl #gamedev
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@playcanvas
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2 years
Engine 1.57.0 is here! 🚀 ✅USDZ exporter (to open iOS AR Quick Look) ✅ #glTF exporter ✅Physical lights and cameras 💡☀️🎥 ✅Engine now supports tree shaking 🌳 ✅Improved #WebGPU support ...and much more! #webgl #gamedev #opensource
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@playcanvas
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4 years
Engine v1.35.2 is out! 🚀 ✅ Brush painting example ✅ Area picker example ✅ More accurate specular highlights on transparent meshes ✅ Optimized culling for skinned meshes ✅ Blend tree support for new animation component ...and more! #webgl #gamedev
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@playcanvas
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5 years
Arm and PlayCanvas announce the open sourcing of the Seemore #WebGL demo. 🎉🌿🌷♟️
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4 years
Engine v1.33.0 is out! 🎉 ✅ Add WebXR Tracked Hands API and example, courtesy of @mrmaxm ✅ Various bug fixes Read more: #webgl #gamedev
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@playcanvas
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7 years
Another fine example of product visualization made by user 'faithtong'. Handbag configurator! #webgl #pbr #ecommerce
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4 years
A new UI for the PlayCanvas Editor! (Including a Details View for the Asset Panel) #webgl #gamedev
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@playcanvas
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2 years
Happy New Year! Let's begin 2022 with a review of PlayCanvas in 2021: #webgl #webxr #opensource
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@playcanvas
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3 years
Yesterday, our very own @willeastcott presented all the latest PlayCanvas news (plus some sneak peaks of forthcoming features) at the @thekhronosgroup #WebGL virtual meetup. In case you missed it, here it is:
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@playcanvas
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2 years
Engine v1.50.0 is out! 🚀 ✅ Clustered Area lights ✅ Added vox loading script ✅ Expose collision point applied impulse (thanks @xik_le !) ✅ Added cubemap prefiltering helper functions ✅ Lots of bug fixes Release notes: #webgl #gamedev #opensource
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@playcanvas
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4 years
Engine v1.26.1 is out! 🎉 ✅ Anisotropic specular reflectance (GGX) ✅ Model outline post effect ✅ API improvements for #Typescript developers ✅ ES6-script parsing in the Editor ...and much more! #webgl #gamedev
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@playcanvas
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3 months
HUGE Upgrade for the PlayCanvas Developer Site 📢 📖 Developer Site: 🧑‍💻API Reference Site: Read about it on the blog:
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3 years
CEO of @Dab_Motors explains their online PlayCanvas-powered configurator: "It's like a videogame but at the end you get the toy in your garage". TRY IT: Made by #WebGL wizards @visionaries777 . #ecommerce
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5 years
Engine v1.23.0 is out! 🎉 ✅ PlayCanvas is now on NPM! ✅ Official TypeScript definitions published! ✅ Build a local copy of the API reference manual ...and much more! #webgl
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3 years
Engine v1.36.2 is out! 🚀 ✅ Notify scene when the blend has changed ✅ Animation not need for ANY state to play the state graph ✅ Status code 0 should always error out ✅ Fix Layer.addMeshInstances adding duplicates #webgl #gamedev
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4 years
Introducing JSON Script Attributes - Organize your script inspector! 🗂 #gamedev #webgl #HTML5
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2 years
Engine 1.58.0 is here! 🚀 ✅Huge bug fix release! 💪 ✅Shader performance optimizations 🏎 ✅More work on #WebGPU including skinning support ✅Improved tree shaking 🌳 ...and much more! #webgl #gamedev #opensource
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2 months
Engine 1.69.0 is here 🚀 ✨ Temporal anti-aliasing (TAA) 👐 WebXR Hand tracking in AR 📦 Asset bundles for faster load times 🧊 WebGPU enhancements
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@playcanvas
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3 years
PlayCanvas Editor v1.18.32 is out! 🚀 This release adds support for materials applied to 3D object thumbnails and previews in the Editor UI. #webgl
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@playcanvas
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7 months
New Editor Update 📢 Use WebP and AVIF textures in your projects! 🖼️ Read more:
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