Release Date: 08/29/2025

New Features

Avatar Customization UI

• Body type filter added.
  • Users can now filter which body types they want to cycle through.
  • The Next and Previous buttons will filter based on the body type selection.
    • Titles added to the 2 sections for clarity
       

Userlist

• When a user is talking the background of their name in the userlist will highlight with a green tint

Avatar User Names

• Usernames could get hard to read when users were grouped together
  • Now, usernames above avatars' heads only show up if the user is talking, raising their hand or the local user hovers their mouse over that user.
  • Note: If the window does not have focus, then hovering over an avatar will not display their name. Click on the avatar (the window will get focus) to resolve.

Bug Fixes

• Handling of the same user logging multiple instances into the same room has improved.
  • If the same user joins a world while another instance is already there, the first instance is kicked out with an error message stating that the same user can’t be logged in more than one at the same time. The new instance is allowed to stay.
• Sometimes users would open their mic when entering a Private Volume and the mic wouldn’t actually open
  • The mic button has been disabled while transitioning between voice channels to prevent this issue.
  • The screenshare and webcam share buttons are also now hidden while transitioning between voice channels.

Release Date: 08/21/2025

New Features

WebGL 2.0

• WebGL 2.0 used by default (WebGPU was causing black screens for some users)
  • Can still use WebGPU with the following flag added to the url bar: &useWebGPU=true

Put down raised hands

• Leaders and above can put down raised hands
• The permission level is not yet exposed in app.virbela, it will be.

Warning for Safari and iOS users

• Users that attempt to join on these browsers will get error and warning messages respectively directing them to browsers that are known to work.

Release Date: 08/15/2025

New Features

World User Count Display

• The number of users connected to the world is shown in the top left. Click on it to launch the user directory to see where users are in the world.
   

• Room User Count is shown when hovering over the name of the room. It is also shown in the userlist sections.

New Freelook Camera Features

• /smooth-freelook or  /cinematic-freelook can be run to launch a smooth cinematic free look experience. 
• Hit Escape to exit the Cinematic Camera mode
• Hide UI for screenshots
  • /vis or /hide-ui hides the UI overlay
  • Press Enter to bring back the UI

Bug Fixes

• Fixed issue where logging out of one world while logged into another world would strip your access rights for the user still logged in.
• Fixed server-side issue with unneeded file generation.

Release Date: 08/06/2025

Improvements

Email Verification – Improvements to email verification [if turned on]

• Resend email link appears on login screen if user is prevented from logging in because they have not verified their email yet.

Bug Fixes

• Sometimes 2 Enter buttons would appear during the registration process instead of one.
• Go To Menu - Room name ordering considers embedded numbers when sorting 

Release Date: 08/04/2025

Improvements

Self Registration – Improvements to Self Registration

• Remember me option added for first-time users after registration
  • Previously first-time users that self-registered would auto-login the first time and then would be forced to enter their credentials the second time. Now they have the option to select ‘Remember Me’ before entering the world.
• Password Guidelines
  • Guidelines are now shown in a tooltip instead of expanding the form
  • Requirements turn green as password guidelines are met

Release Date: 08/01/2025

New Features

Self Registration – The Admin tools dropdown has a Find Users option now for Leaders and above

• By default, users can self-register now with the “Create an account” link on the login page.
• This can be disabled by the “Invites Only” checkbox on the “World → User Registration and Login” page on app.virbela.com. 
• Email addresses can be forced to be verified with the “Require Verification” checkbox on the “World → User Registration and Login” page on app.virbela.com. 
  • This requires users to click a button in an email to verify they own the email they are registering with.