Key Changes

• Optimized ObjectTerrainGlobal.
• ObjectCloudLayer improvements.
• Landscape tool optimizations.
• Improved API for geo-referenced vector data manipulations.
• Overall engine improvements and bugfixes.
• Added interactive features into Oil Refinery demo.
• New C# integration samples.

This is primarily a stabilization release, all users are strongly recommended to update.

Key Changes

• New multi-layered clouds with support for regional weather.
• New terrain system optimized for flight simulation.
• Improved simulation of Earth's curvature.
• Optimized Landscape tool.
• API for geo-referenced vector data manipulations.
• Extended functionality of the VR API.
• Added super-sampling rendering for high-quality AA.
• Added support for Oculus Touch controllers.
• Improved renderer: upgraded SSR and SSGI
• New industrial demo: Oil Refinery.
• New terrain demo based on San Jose region.

Key Changes

• Landscape tool optimizations (upto 4x faster, less RAM required)
• Renderer optimizations, including VR ones
• GPGPU (General-purpose GPU) computing via compute shaders
• High-quality DXT texture compression on GPU
• Structured buffers for CPU <-> GPU data transfer
• New Tank demo
• Bugfixes and minor improvements

This is primarily stabilization release.

Key Changes

• Round Earth according to geo-coordinates
• Completely revamped Landscape tool, improved its usability (experimental)
• Updated terrain materials: metalness workflow, no limit on the number of layers and materials
• HTC Vive support
• Metalness workflow by default
• Reworked depth of field (DoF) effect
• Configurable TAA
• Improved support for screen-space raytraced reflections
• Implemented GGX mipmaps
• Global illumination effect by box projection for EnvironmentProbe
• Bow/stern ship wake waves
• Shoreline with physics interaction
• Improved underwater rendering: added caustics and light shafts
• Experimental new editor with completely new UI and integrated assets browser
• API improvements: C# mathlib, better callbacks, topology methods, and more
• New video tutorials

Key Changes

• New orbits demo
• Water improvements (bigger waves, better reflections, better underwater mode)
• Support for Oculus CV1 (consumer version)
• Introducing export to FBX
• Improved SimLights add-on
• Other improvements and minor bugfixes

This release is mostly stabization one, however, it also brings some nice features.