• Fix GsplatResourceBase.getTexture to be public by @mvaligursky in #8442
• Inline WGSL resolveCodebook to fix Firefox naga compatibility by @mvaligursky in #8450
• Move clustered packed values out of light struct for Samsung WebGL precision/corruption issues by @mvaligursky in #8461
• Only emit written color outputs in WGSL FragmentOutput struct by @slimbuck in #8465
• Fix annotation hotspot sizing by @slimbuck in #8463
• Fix WebGL readTextureAsync allocating too much memory for output data by @slimbuck in #8472
• Exclude skinned and morphed mesh instances from batching by @mvaligursky in #8477

Full Changelog: https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/compare/v2.16.1...v2.16.2

• Fix chromatic fringing shader undefined behavior with negative values by @mvaligursky in #8438

Full Changelog: https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/compare/v2.16.0...v2.16.1

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

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

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

Full Changelog: https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/compare/v2.15.3...v2.16.0

• Revert Fix ElementComponent ‘mousemove’ event firing outside element by @willeastcott in #8413

Full Changelog: https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/compare/v2.15.2...v2.15.3

• Fix XrInputSource crash when grip unavailable by @willeastcott in #8389
• Fix controller models in XR movement example by @willeastcott in #8390
• Fix XrInputSource JSDoc errors and redundant code by @willeastcott in #8391
• Fix duplicate XrViews instance and clean up handler in XrManager by @willeastcott in #8392
• Fix WebXR stereo frustum culling by @willeastcott in #8393
• Add XrMenu script and example for WebXR hand/controller menus by @willeastcott in #8407
• Fix account for camera local offset in XrNavigation teleport by @willeastcott in #8409
• Improve XrControllers script robustness and documentation by @willeastcott in #8410
• Correct vertex format mismatch when decoding Draco meshes by @willeastcott in #8394

Full Changelog: https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/compare/v2.15.1...v2.15.2

• [Fix] ES2020 compatibility for GSplatSortBinWeights worker injection by @mvaligursky in #8373

Full Changelog: https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/compare/v2.15.0...v2.15.1

• Unified GSplat support for rendering to shadow map + Example by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8228
• Updated GsplatShaderEffect script to use simpler material API by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8229
• Improved splatBudget behavior to allow both increase and decrease LOD by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8230
• Moved the splatBudget API to gsplat component by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8231
• Updated Ministats with additional timings by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8241
• Workbuffer for gsplat uniform no longer stores covariance, but directly the components by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8244
• Removed workaround related to workbuffer storing covariants on android by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8245
• Add gsplatModifyVS shader customization chunk for gaussian splats by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8246
• Update GitHub Artifact Actions (major) by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8247
• Add simple render pipeline cache for mipmap renderer (WebGPU) by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8253
• Add viewport / scissor support to RenderPassShaderQuad by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8254
• Adds a GPU-based radix sort implementation using fragment shaders with mipmap-based prefix sums by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8255
• Adds support for specifying a custom entry point function name when creating compute shaders by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8258
• Increase quad buffer size for ministats to allow more stats to render by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8259
• NPM Publish by @kpal81xd in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8261
• Add KHR_materials_emissive_strength export support by @willeastcott in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8268
• Add KHR_materials_specular export support by @willeastcott in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8269
• Add KHR_materials_unlit export support by @willeastcott in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8270
• Add KHR_materials_ior export support by @willeastcott in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8272
• Add KHR_materials_dispersion export support by @willeastcott in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8274
• Defines map can be specified when creating compute shader by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8273
• Add KHR_materials_clearcoat export support by @willeastcott in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8275
• Add KHR_materials_transmission export support by @willeastcott in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8277
• Add KHR_materials_volume export support by @willeastcott in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8278
• Add WebGPU compute shader radix sort + changes / fixes to render pass based radix sort by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8276
• Add KHR_materials_sheen export support by @willeastcott in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8279
• Add compute pipeline creation caching for WebGPU by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8281
• Use Set instead of array for buffer tracking by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8283
• Add KHR_materials_iridescence export support by @willeastcott in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8280
• Add KHR_materials_anisotropy export support by @willeastcott in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8284
• Improve docs for get/setFromEulerAngles by @willeastcott in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8289
• Clustered lighting integer arithmetic optimization by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8303
• Make Texture.read() a public API by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8306
• GPU-based sorting using compute shaders for unified gsplat (optional) on WebGPU by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8310
• Clean up camera shader parameter setup by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8314
• Add WebGPU texture-format-tier1, texture-format-tier2, and primitive-index features by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8316
• Add TextureView for mip level and array layer access in compute shaders by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8308
• Optimize texture tracking with Set-based dirty texture management by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8309
• Adds a configurable color property to the vignette post-effect by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8318
• Add new texture formats: RG32F, RGB9E5, RG8S, RGBA8S, RGB10A2, RGB10A2U by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8319
• Added node name to batch insertion/removal assert message by @yaustar in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8322
• Refactor Annotation System with AnnotationManager by @willeastcott in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8323
• Updates the LICENSE copyright year to 2026 by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8333
• Allow changing unified property without disabling component by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8334
• Add indirect compute dispatch support for WebGPU by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8332
• WebGPU now supports omni/spot shadows baking using Lightmapper by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8335
• Improve JSDoc for the core layer by @willeastcott in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8358
• Add 'worker' to reserved script names by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8368

• [FIX] Specify anonymous cross origin for gsplat assets to avoid security issues on iOS by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8235
• Fix uninitialized SplatCenter members in GLSL gsplat shader by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8237
• Internal cursor file is ignored by git by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8242
• [FIX] Fix metalness and roughness handling in UsdzExporter by @willeastcott in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8248
• [FIX] Return correct typed array from texture.read() on WebGPU platform by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8251
• [FIX] Notify existing element descendants when a screen is added by @willeastcott in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8252
• [FIX] Fix particle emission rate when looping by @willeastcott in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8263
• [FIX] Convert sRGB colors to linear when writing glTF by @willeastcott in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8267
• Fix SOG SH decompression by @slimbuck in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8271
• ScopeSpace.removeValue not clearing destroyed textures from scope by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8282
• [FIX] Fix glTF export for KHR_materials_pbrSpecularGlossiness materials by @willeastcott in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8285
• [FIX] Fix black specular map still showing reflections by @willeastcott in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8287
• [FIX] Fix ElementComponent mousemove event firing outside element by @willeastcott in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8288
• [FIX] Fix ElementComponent not rendering when entity already in hierarchy by @willeastcott in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8290
• Tighten up typing for RigidBodyComponent#type by @willeastcott in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8292
• [FIX] Fix KHR_materials_specular incorrectly affecting metals and diffuse by @willeastcott in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8293
• [FIX] Add Dedicated Isotropic GGX Specular Implementation by @willeastcott in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8299
• [FIX] Enforce WGSL syntax highlighting in all WGSL chunks by @willeastcott in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8300
• [FIX] Fix clustered lighting artifacts caused by UV precision by @willeastcott in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8302
• [FIX] Fix screen space particles when CPU simulation is used by @willeastcott in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8301
• [FIX] Add setter for Script.scriptName for TypeScript compatibility by @willeastcott in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8291
• [FIX] Fix orthographic camera loading from glTF by @willeastcott in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8304
• [FIX] Fix glTF spot light default cone angle by @willeastcott in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8305
• [FIX] Fix glTF spot light luminance calculation by @willeastcott in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8307
• Fix IOR/refractionIndex being ignored in materials by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8311
• Rename GSplatComponentSystem#getGSplatMaterial to getMaterial by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8339
• Better support blended pickers by @slimbuck in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8340
• WebGPU lightmapper support for shadow casting local lights and omni shadow shader cleanup by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8338
• Lazy mesh creation for GSplat resources by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8343
• Remove unnecessary polyfills by @willeastcott in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8347
• Modernize build target to ES2020 by @willeastcott in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8348
• annotation.mjs to annotations.mjs by @willeastcott in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8349
• Move treeshake-ignore plugin to examples by @willeastcott in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8351
• Small updates to the BlurredPlanarReflection script by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8353
• [FIX] Add mip level for WebGPU device copyRenderTarget by @AlexAPPi in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8320
• [FIX] Fixed incorrect uv1 (unwrapped uvs for lightmapping) for box and cone geometry by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8336
• [FIX] Fix EventHandle cleanup in annotation script by @willeastcott in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8337
• [FIX] Fix glTF node matrix decomposition with negative scale by @willeastcott in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8329
• Replace Debug.assert with errorOnce and early return in GSplatComponent by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8355
• [FIX] Hide __initializeAttributes from the API reference by @willeastcott in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8359
• [FIX] Restore annotations for misc/annotations example by @willeastcott in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8369
• Fix WebGL array texture crash when created without levels data by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8371
• Fix memory leak in WebGPU multi-draw allocation by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8367

• Simple gsplat viewer engine example with HDR controls by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8232
• Added bloom and other tweeks to Gsplat viewer example by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8234
• Add Gaussian Splat AABB Crop Example with Edge Clipping by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8236
• Examples that create custom ministats hide the default one by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8239
• Update examples/src/examples/gaussian-splatting/crop.example.mjs by @JaclynCodes in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8266
• [Example] Added basic glb loading support to the Viewer example for HDR testing by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8312
• Add gaussian splatting annotations example with opacity controls by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8313
• Add BlurredPlanarReflection script with distance-based blur effect by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8342
• Improve examples sidebar category panel styling by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8356
• [Example] Update camera positions in the anotations example to see all annotations on start by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8372

• @JaclynCodes made their first contribution in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8266

Full Changelog: https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/compare/v2.14.4...v2.15.0

• Fix metalness and roughness handling in UsdzExporter by @willeastcott in #8248
• Return correct typed array from texture.read() on WebGPU platform by @mvaligursky in #8251
• Notify existing element descendants when a screen is added by @willeastcott in #8252
• Convert sRGB colors to linear when writing glTF by @willeastcott in #8267
• Fix SOG SH decompression by @slimbuck in #8271

Full Changelog: https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/compare/v2.14.3...v2.14.4

• Fix uninitialized SplatCenter members in GLSL gsplat shader by @mvaligursky in #8237

Full Changelog: https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/compare/v2.14.2...v2.14.3

• Fix GSplat assets by specifying anonymous cross-origin to avoid iOS security issues by @mvaligursky in #8235

Full Changelog: https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/compare/v2.14.1...v2.14.2