v2.16.0

Changes

• Procedural GSplat Container API by @mvaligursky in #8352
• GSplat Extra Streams and Work Buffer Customization by @mvaligursky in #8383
• GsplatProcessor and extra data streams for gaussian splats by @mvaligursky in #8395
• GSplat Work Buffer Custom Streams Support by @mvaligursky in #8396
• Unify GSplat format shader architecture by @mvaligursky in #8377
• GSplat: Centralize texture management with GSplatStreams class by @mvaligursky in #8379
• Clarify gamma correction docs by @mvaligursky in #8386
• Modernize legacy posteffect scripts to ES6 classes and fix FXAA offset bug by @mvaligursky in #8397
• Update jsdocs of QuadRender by @mvaligursky in #8398
• Add BatchManager.getGroupById method by @mvaligursky in #8399
• Destroy WebGPU texture immediately instead of letting garbage collection do it by @mvaligursky in #8401
• Add numeric literal support to shader preprocessor by @mvaligursky in #8402
• Implement deferred destruction for WebGPU textures by @mvaligursky in #8403
• Add 2D Gaussian Splatting (2DGS) Rendering Support by @slimbuck in #8416
• Improve XrSession script documentation and consistency by @willeastcott in #8417
• feat: add snap vertical movement to XrNavigation script by @willeastcott in #8420
• Unified GSplat Picking Support by @mvaligursky in #8421
• Document ColorLUT texture format in CameraFrame JSDoc by @mvaligursky in #8424
• Remove deprecated gsplatCustomizeVS shader chunk by @mvaligursky in #8422
• Rename GSplatParams.id to enableIds by @mvaligursky in #8423
• Add support for WGSL subgroup_uniformity and subgroup_id language extensions by @mvaligursky in #8426
• GSplatProcessor: Add numSplats uniforms and automatic padding skip by @mvaligursky in #8430

Fixes

• ES2020 compatibility for GSplatSortBinWeights worker injection by @mvaligursky in #8373
• Fix preprocessor numeric literal parsing to avoid incorrect partial matches by @mvaligursky in #8404
• Fix unified gsplat work buffer extra streams for octrees and color-only updates by @mvaligursky in #8405
• Fix WebGL texture.read() for R8/RG8/RGB8 formats and add UNPACK_ALIGNMENT state caching by @mvaligursky in #8406
• Revert "[FIX] Fix ElementComponent 'mousemove' event firing outside element" by @willeastcott in #8413
• [Fix] ClusteredOmniShadows example - avoid debug render texture when destroyed by @mvaligursky in #8433
• Fix material-refraction example to use correct IOR value by @mvaligursky in #8434
• [Fix] GSplatComponent.customAabb to fall back to resource AABB by @mvaligursky in #8435
• Fix WebGPU uniform warnings in RenderPassPicker by @mvaligursky in #8436

Examples

• Flipbook engine example by @mvaligursky in #8384
• GSplat Editor Example and Gsplat Shader / GsplatProcessor API Refactoring by @mvaligursky in #8412
• Exposed the color band width parameter for radial reveal effect by @mvaligursky in #8414
• Add GSplat procedural shape scripts and example, other fixes and imrovements by @mvaligursky in #8415
• Add GsplatMesh script and example for converting meshes to gaussian splats by @mvaligursky in #8419
• Add LOD Instances Gaussian Splat example by @mvaligursky in #8429

Full Changelog: v2.15.3...v2.16.0