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@svillar svillar released this 12 Sep 11:04
· 112 commits to main since this release

We are thrilled to announce the release of Wolvic v1.0, marking a major milestone in the evolution of our browser, in this case, based on Chromium. This release represents a significant achievement, bringing us closer to the level of feature-completeness and stability seen in our earlier Gecko-based version. After extensive testing and optimization we consider this version production-ready, providing robust performance and a seamless experience for immersive browsing.

Highlights

  • Eye tracking for navigation
  • Fullscreen windows enhancements
  • Title bar widget
  • Stability fixes
  • Support for newest Meta and Pico OS
  • Added 18 new environments

What's Changed

UI

  • Eye tracking support for navigation
  • Support page zoom
  • Improve fullscreen windows resizing
  • Enhanced calculation of fullscreen initial size
  • Bring back the title bar widget
  • Enable password autocomplete in private browsing sessions
  • Forward haptic feedback to the correct controller
  • Fix crashes when voice recognizer could not be properly initialized
  • Added 18 new environments

Chromium

  • Fix text input fields not getting keyboard focus
  • Prevent a crash when downloading files
  • Disable Gecko-only features in the UI
  • Added support for matterport.com

OpenXR

  • Always use hand interaction profile if available
  • Fix a regression when emulating a controller in WebXR
  • Do not process button states when not ready
  • Enable XR_EXT_view_configuration_depth_range to improve near/far clipping

Library/Infra upgrades

  • Bump com.android.tools:r8 from 8.3.37 to 8.5.35
  • Bump androidx.fragment:fragment from 1.7.1 to 1.8.2
  • Bump gradle/actions from 3 to 4

Magic Leap 2

  • Added a workaround for a hand interaction bug in OpenXR runtime

Vision Glass

  • Drastically improve phone controller accuracy and precision
  • Show legal terms in phone UI
  • Voice button can now be used for search and text input

Meta Quest 2/3/Pro

  • Support for the upcoming v69 OS version

Pico 4/4E

  • Added support for PicoOS 5.11.1
  • Use XR_BD_controller_interaction if available
  • Use a different Android property to get the OS version
  • Disable XR_EXT_hand_interaction extension as it’s buggy

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