📝 viroo-platform-release-2.5

March 14, 2024

VIROO Platform

Major improvements in VIROO Cloud Architecture and backend have been implemented:

AWS Web Application Firewall (zero trust)
AWS Elastic Load Balancing (scalability)
AWS Elastic Container Service (scalability, orchestration, customization…)
Continuous integration and deployments fully integrated (Azure to AWS ECR/EC2)

VIROO backend components have been updated (Content, Logging, VIVOX):

VIROO Content Update and new AWS S3 metadata handling process ensures platform robustness
VIROO Session module is now deployed as an independent AWS ECS container
Unity projects and packages updated to Unity 2022 LTS
VIROO Identity module includes a new set of attributes improving organizations and users service experience and proper segmentation
Enhanced integration of VIROO Identity with VIROO Networking and VIROO Session modules
Company-wide attributes now shared among platform components, increasing security and service granularity
VIROO Networking: WebSockets transport added to replace the previous low-level binary protocol — more secure and friendly for restricted networks
VIROO Logging: new log detail and monitoring capabilities; extended identity management changes now trackable from VIROO Logging Service
VIROO Content downloading process: adjusted number of calls, volumes, and metadata
Localization improvements: Resx file usage

VIROO Players

Our VIROO’s Unity modules (runtime player) have been upgraded, allowing compilation for standalone Android headsets.
This is the first milestone in the VIROO standalone race.

All VIROO Players

Organizations’ public session list now available
You can now choose a session to join directly from the list (no need to copy/paste identifiers)
Added button for session list refresh
Added content ordering utility to session creation process
Added content list filter for enhanced session setup
UX improvements to launching and stopping session buttons
Multi-language terminology updated, improving user experience

VIROO Single Player

Avatar default nicknames now directly obtained from VIROO Identity module

VIROO Cave Player

Native Quad Buffered Stereo support: developed native OpenGL application running parallel to Unity runtime player, providing native stereoscopic support
SingleEquipment multidisplay: prepared VIROO to support VR CAVE systems with a single equipment (in addition to multi-GPU clusters); with 4 projection systems, a full CAVE can be built using one device

VIROO Studio

Incorporation of XR Interaction Toolkit: included in VIROO Interaction System
- Grab interactions now handled with XRI components
- In version 2.5, both systems (new and old VIROO Grabbers/Grabbables) work in parallel
- Old Grab components marked as obsolete and will be removed in future versions
Project Validation window upgraded with rules for automatic conversion of old components
Added Identifier field to scenes metadata to avoid Unity scene name collisions
Scene names are no longer used for VIROO scene identification
VIROO Lab Scene updated to demonstrate new improvements

Bug Fixes

Content & Interface

Content Service: fixed issue preventing correct content update under certain conditions
Menu: corrected bug that prevented menu interaction under some conditions
Localization: fixes applied where some texts were not translated into all supported languages

Interaction & Hand Tracking

Hand tracking: fixed pinch interaction in PICO and Ultraleap
Interaction System: fixed Unity Editor problems with recordable objects set as kinematic
Player: fixed issue where interaction ray appeared while using controls under certain conditions

Player & Session Management

Fixed scene change issues for users joining sessions during scene transition
Fixed close button behavior during scene loading in Desktop application
Corrected relative avatar positions when changing avatars dynamically
Prevented scene elements from overlapping the application close menu
Improved file management with duplicate identifiers

Room Player

Minor UX improvements, preventing crash when switching tabs quickly
Fixed issue that prevented correct tracking system setup when editing equipment
Localization fixes applied
Usability improvements for low-resolution screens and window rescaling

Studio

Fixed saving paths for VIROO Studio published scenes

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