- Screenshare now has a fallback system for desktop devices which have a hybrid GPU, allowing them to run the Screenshare widget
- YouTube widget has been updated to be more stable than previous versions of rumii
- More Field-Of-View options have been added to make visibility easier in rumii
- The utility belt for VR has been moved away from the player, making it easier to access
- Scene transitions (moving from one room to another) now use fade in/fade out logic in VR to eliminate a disorienting effect when moving the HMD while transitioning between scenes
- Rumii chat menu can now be opened/closed via the button toggle on the Heads-Up-Display or Utility Belt
- Rumii will now detect system changes to the audio input and output device being used. A restart of rumii should no longer be required when making audio device changes through the operating systems control panel
- Scrubbing through videos loaded from the Video Player & YouTube widgets no longer cause desync between audio and video
- Room mode preferences are now saved correctly
Rumii
rumii 2.05 Release Notes
rumii 2.0 release
- Stream PC desktop or webcam at 30 frames per second via the Screenshare and Video Streamer widgets.
- Invite people to a room and team via in-app generated limited-time codes.
- Personal Rooms allow you to create your own rooms and invite other people to join via room invite codes
- Team rooms share common rooms with people in the same team
- Public rooms allow people from any team to collaborate and discuss with one another. Public rooms have limited functionality in the widget board.
- Added more built-in room environments in rumii
- Simplified permissions to just Administrator and Member roles. Members have limited access to controls and resources in a given team
- A new Guest role has been added that allows anyone to be invited in a room through an invite code but will have limited access to resources of the room
- Invite Codes can now be generated for joining teams or rooms. Invite codes are multi-use and have custom expiry dates
- In-room text chat support has been added to enable asynchronous communication
- Added support for grabbing and scaling 3D models using 6DOF controllers. Go ahead and use the controller to grab objects for more intuitive manipulation as well as scaling
- Teleportation controls have changed. For Oculus Rift and Windows Mixed Reality, pressing up on the sticks will enable teleportation. For Oculus Go and HTC Vive teleportation is done via clicking on the thumb pad
- There is no longer a requirement that a user has to be part of a team
- Widget Improvements
- Screenshare & Live Video Streamer are now streamed at 30 frames per second
- 3D Model loader, Blocks, and Google Poly Widget now support VR grabbing and scaling
rumii 1.3 released
- YouTube Widget support added
- Widget Improvements
- Added help system for Widgets
- Added customizable colors for the block widgets
- Added undo/redo support for 2D and 3D line drawer
- Added support for Lecture and Discussion modes in rooms
- Updated content creation tools using the Unity Editor
- Bug fixes and memory optimization across all devices
rumii 1.25 Release Update
- Added support for GLTF models in the model loader
- Added more Emojis in rumii
- Updated lighting and performance updates to the current rooms in rumii
- Support for bulk deletion of files in rumii Drive
- Support for bulk removal of rumii team members
- Support for Windows Mixed Reality is fixed
Rumii 1.2 Release Update
3D Model Loader Improvements
Added support for DAE (1.5), OBJ, STL, 3DS, BLEND, LWO, LWS, B3D, SMD, PLY, X, DXF, FBX (2013)
New Rooms
Zen Garden - Add more peace and tranquility to your meetings in the new Zen Garden.
Dome Room - Want a futuristic lobby set to impress? The dome is for you!
Performance and Stability Improvements
MacOS users: The model viewer widget currently cannot load textures with an object placed inside of a zip file. This feature will be supported in the next release
Windows Mixed Reality users: Windows Mixed Reality headsets will not be available for use inside of rumii in this release. This feature will be available again in the next release
Build Update
Updated Build and New Features
Collaborative Whiteboard
- Multiple users can now write on the whiteboard at the same time