v1.2.0

• Three.js r155, r157 and r163 updates
• Space.js v1.2 updates
• Readded Rollup config when using Thread from Space.js
• Changed three directory structure
• OGL entry point
• Updated MindNode image
• ESLint v9
• Examples
  • Many formatting and comment updates, including simplified comment dividers and inline shaders for material classes.
  • OGL FXAA.
  • Readded barrel distortion.
  • Radial blur.
  • 3D infinite stars.
  • 3D Stripe gradient (akella version).
  • Fluid distortion.
  • Motion blur (per-object and camera), plus debug display options (Default, Velocity, Geometry, Matcap1, Matcap2, Depth, Luma and Bloom).
  • 3D black holes.
• Utils
  • OimoPhysics updates, including support for additional geometry types (ConeGeometry, CylinderGeometry, CapsuleGeometry and ConvexHullGeometry).
  • Renamed TextGeometry to Text.
  • Added Fluid based on @PavelDoGreat's WebGL Fluid Simulation and @gordonnl's Post Fluid Distortion example from OGL.
  • Added MotionBlur based on @gkjohnson's Per-Object Motion Blur Render Pass and Shader Replacement.
• Materials
  • Reverted video glitch material updates.
  • ColorMaterial alpha parameter.
  • Scene composite material updates, including new materials for SceneCompositeAddMaterial, SceneCompositeDistortionMaterial, and dithering parameter.
  • Added MaskMaterial.
  • Added DepthMaterial with dither.
  • Added ACESFilmicToneMappingMaterial based on @WestLangley's ACES Filmic Tone Mapping Shader from three.js (ACESFilmicToneMapping).
  • Added motion blur materials (MotionBlurVelocityMaterial and MotionBlurCompositeMaterial) based on @gkjohnson's Per-Object Motion Blur Render Pass and Shader Replacement.
  • Removed previous CameraMotionBlurMaterial.
  • Removed FlowMaterial.
  • Removed transmission materials and examples.
• Shader modules
  • Encodings shader module updates, including ACES tone mapping from the three.js ACES Filmic Tone Mapping Shader and linearToSRGB from OGL.
  • Added radial blur shader modules based on the OGRE Radial Blur Shader and question from SO.
  • Added map from @msfeldstein's glsl-map.
  • Readded levels from Active Theory's Gist.

v1.1.0

• Three.js r151 and r152 updates
• Space.js v1.1 updates
• Added NPM Downloads and Discord badges
• Updated MindNode image
• Examples
  • SMAA.
  • Renderer antialiasing on by default.
  • Unreal Bloom with HDR.
  • 3D Backdrop.
  • Readded transmission.
  • Transmission render group.
  • Transmission material panels.
  • Panel tangent helper error workaround for three.js r151.
  • 3D Ripple canvas resize fix for three.js r135.
• Utils
  • OimoPhysics and OimoPhysicsController computes the bounding sphere for instanced meshes.
• Materials
  • Normal material WebGL2 fix.
  • Video glitch material updates.
  • Added SMAA materials (SMAAEdgesMaterial, SMAAWeightsMaterial and SMAABlendMaterial) based on @vanruesc's SMAAEffect from Post Processing and @mpk's SMAA pass from three.js.
  • SMAAWeightsMaterial path and optional loader parameters.
  • PoissonDiscBlurMaterial blue noise texture resolution and optional loader parameters.
  • Added DiscardMaterial based on DiscardMaterial from drei.
  • Added MeshTransmissionMaterial based on @N8python's MeshTransmissionMaterial from drei.
  • Added GammaCorrectionMaterial based on @WestLangley's Gamma Correction Shader from three.js (linearToSRGB).
• Shader modules
  • Added encodings shader module with linearToSRGB from the three.js encodings function.

v1.0.0

Alien.js has divided into two separate libraries, Space.js for UI, Panel components, Tween, Web Audio, loaders, utilities, and Alien.js for 3D utilities, materials, shaders and physics.

• Reverted to library
• Removed Config classes
• Refactored Stage to be more minimal
• Refactored shaders into combined modules
• Separate module entry points for @alienkitty/alien.js/three and @alienkitty/alien.js/three/oimophysics
• Moved script tags into head
• Removed fallback page and logic
• Updated linting config with warnings
• Fullscreen triangle scene not needed
• Prefer three.js internal classes over custom
• Removed use of three.js Uniform
• Blur resolution correction
• Improved reflections
• House cleaning
• Always use latest dependencies
• Replaced LGTM with DeepScan
• Replaced Mermaid diagram with MindNode image
• Renamed master to main
• Materials
  • Added VolumetricLightMaterial based on @BKcore's Three.js experiments, @netpraxis's volumetric light example and @peterhry's Holographic Projection CodePen.
  • Added LensflareMaterial based on mu6k's Lens Flare Example and TheNosiriN's Anamorphic Lens flare 1.
  • Added VolumetricLightLensflareMaterial, a combination of both VolumetricLightMaterial and LensflareMaterial in one pass.
• Shader modules
  • Blue noise shader module updates.
  • Updated noise shader modules based on morgan3d's 1D, 2D & 3D Value Noise.
  • Added fBM functions from morgan3d's 1D, 2D & 3D Value Noise.
  • Added lensflare function based on mu6k's Lens Flare Example.

r20

• WebGL 2 only, now that Safari support is enabled by default
• Replaced GSAP with standalone animation and easing classes
• Replaced Oimo.js and examples with OimoPhysics classes
• Replaced UIL with standalone UI components and panel system
• Replaced Utils math functions with the three.js MathUtils functions, reexported directly from the three.js source file
• Improved fast 3D audio system
• Improved reflections
• Implemented pointer events
• Implemented binary websockets
• House cleaning
• Updated dependencies
• Updated browser support check to just a simple nomodule fallback, now that Safari supports the latest features
• Added geometry and sounds attribution files
• Added dark mode favicon
• Removed Babel from build (no more transpiling needed), now that Safari supports static class fields
• Removed linting from package.json to keep dependencies low, and can be manually installed when needed
• Removed Travis CI and David, added LGTM
• Config
  • Added Styles reference class and CSS variables for colours.
• Loaders
  • Updated BufferGeometryLoader with support for uv2.
  • Removed spherical loaders and examples.
• Tween
  • Readded Render as Ticker.
  • Added BezierEasing based on @gre's bezier-easing, used through the Easing API, a CSS cubic-bezier(0.42, 0, 0.58, 1.0) can be added with a reference name Easing.addBezier('inOut1', 0.42, 0, 0.58, 1), and then accessed by the name Easing['inOut1'], or in any tween tween(shader.uniforms.uTransition, { value: 1 }, 1500, 'inOut1').
  • Added Easing based on an aggregate of multiple sources, @danro's easing.js, @CreateJS's TweenJS, @tweenjs's tween.js, and common names for easing functions from the Easing Functions Cheat Sheet.
  • Readded MathTween as Tween.
• Utils
  • Updated headsTails() to optionally return a boolean with empty arguments.
• Audio
  • Updated WebAudio with enabled getter and get() method.
  • Updated WebAudioParam with set() method.
  • Removed legacy code, now that Safari supports the latest features.
• Panel
  • Added Panel.
  • Added PanelItem.
  • Added Link based on @lo-th's UIL button.
  • Added List.
  • Added ListToggle.
  • Added ListSelect.
  • Added Slider based on @lo-th's UIL.
  • Added ColorPicker based on @lo-th's UIL.
  • Added MaterialPanelController (initial commit).
• UI
  • Added UI.
  • Added Header.
  • Added HeaderInfo with FPS based on @lo-th's UIL.
  • Added Line.
  • Added Reticle.
  • Added ReticleText.
  • Added Tracker.
  • Added Point.
  • Added PointText.
  • Added TargetNumber.
• 3D
  • Updated TextGeometry with upstream updates.
  • Added getScreenSpaceBox() helper function.
  • Added getFrustumFromHeight() helper function.
  • Added lerpCameras() helper function.
  • Added SoftShadows based on @spidersharma03's Percent Closer Soft-Shadows (PCSS) three.js example.
  • Added Point3D.
  • Removed SpherizeImage.
• Physics
  • Added OimoPhysics based on @VBT-YTokan's OimoPhysics class and three.js example, and @lo-th's Phy.
  • Added OimoPhysicsBuffer.
  • Added OimoPhysicsController.
• Extras
  • Added Color, reexported directly from the three.js source file.
  • Added Vector2, reexported directly from the three.js source file.
  • Added Smooth based on @jesperlandberg's Smooth class and smooth.js gist.
  • Added SmoothSkew based on @jesperlandberg's Smooth class and CodePen example.
  • Added SmoothViews based on the old Slide video examples.
  • Added Magnetic based on @jesperlandberg's Magnetic class and magnetic.js gist.
• Materials
  • Updated BloomCompositeMaterial with dithering disabled by default.
  • Added ShadowTextureMaterial based on @gordonnl's Skinning example from OGL.
  • Added FresnelMaterial based on @michaeldll's Simple Fresnel Shader from OGL.
  • Added TiltShiftMaterial based on @spite's Codevember 2016 examples.
  • Added ReflectorBlurMaterial based on @spite's Codevember 2016 examples.
  • Added ReflectorMaterial based on @Slayvin's Reflector class and three.js mirror example.
  • Added ReflectorDudvMaterial based on @Mugen87's three.js refraction example.
  • Added AfterimageMaterial based on @HypnosNova's three.js example.
  • Removed film grain materials.
• Shader modules
  • Replaced transformation shader modules with rotateUV and scaleUV.
  • Renamed path for easing shader modules from eases to easing.
  • Updated HSV shader modules based on @yuichiroharai's glsl-y-hsv functions.
  • Added fresnel with getFresnel() helper function.
  • Added smootherstep function from v_coda's smootherstep.
  • Removed range functions.
  • Removed spherize.

r19

• Examples
• Updated dependencies
• Updated browser support check
• House cleaning
• Config
  • Simplified Device and webgl check no-longer calls WEBGL_lose_context.
• Loaders
  • Updated TextureLoader with caching support.
  • Added SpherizeTextureLoader and SphericalCubeTextureLoader for simulating an equirectangular image from a regular texture.
  • Added EnvironmentTextureLoader for generating an environment diffuse texture with PMREMGenerator.
  • Added BufferGeometryLoader and BufferGeometryLoaderThread for loading .json files exported with BufferGeometry.toJSON (requires position, normal and uv attributes).
  • Added TextGeometryLoader and TextGeometryLoaderThread for loading MSDF assets exported with msdf-bmfont.
• Utils
  • Updated Component with improved Object3D detection.
  • Updated Interface with SVG support plus line() and load() methods.
  • Updated Tween with support for GSAP's updateRoot().
  • Renamed getConstructorName() to getConstructor() which now returns an object with properties for name, code and isInstance.
  • Readded queryString() helper function.
  • Readded additional math functions.
• Audio
  • Updated WebAudioParam with fade() method.
  • Added WebAudio3D based on @mrdoob's AudioListener.
  • Added Sound3D based on @mrdoob's PositionalAudio with an option to use just stereo and gain by calculating the object's screen position and distance.
• UIL
  • Added helper classes and query string parameters to display the interface (ui) and orbit controls (orbit).
  • Added UIL which manages the creation and addition of new uil groups.
  • Added WorldUIL with options for scene background color and tone mapping.
  • Added CameraUIL with a slider for lerpSpeed.
  • Added RenderUIL with options for LuminosityMaterial and BloomCompositeMaterial.
  • Added MeshStandardMaterialUIL with options for color, emissive, roughness, metalness, flatShading, wireframe and envMapIntensity (work in progress, no image support yet).
• 3D
  • Updated getFullscreenTriangle() with only two vertices.
  • Added getSphericalCube() helper function.
  • Added getFrustum() helper function.
  • Added Wobble for adding 3D movement with Perlin ImprovedNoise.
  • Added Flowmap based on @gordonnl's Mouse Flowmap from OGL.
  • Added Reflector based on @Slayvin's Reflector with fast Gaussian blur added (FastGaussianBlurMaterial).
  • Added SpherizeImage based on the GEGL Spherize image processing operation in GIMP.
  • Added TextGeometry based on @gordonnl's MSDF Text Glyphs from OGL.
• Materials
  • Added NormalMaterial.
  • Added ColorMaterial.
  • Added BasicMaterial texture map.
  • Added FlowMaterial for use with Flowmap.
  • Added CopyMaterial blit pass.
  • Added FXAAMaterial based on @mattdesl's FXAA v2.
  • Added BadTVMaterial based on @felixturner's Bad TV Shader.
  • Added RGBMaterial based on @felixturner's RGB Shift Shader.
  • Added FilmGrainMaterial based on @alteredq's Film grain & scanlines shader.
  • Added FilmGrainFXAAMaterial combination of both FXAAMaterial and FilmGrainMaterial in one pass.
  • Added BlurMaterial 9-tap Gaussian blur based on @zz85's Horizontal and vertical blur shaders.
  • Added FastGaussianBlurMaterial 13-tap Gaussian blur based on @mattdesl's Fast Gaussian blur.
  • Added LuminosityMaterial based on @bhouston's Luminosity high pass shader.
  • Added UnrealBloomBlurMaterial based on @spidersharma03 and @bhouston's Unreal bloom pass seperable blur material.
  • Added UnrealBloomCompositeMaterial based on @spidersharma03 and @bhouston's Unreal bloom pass composite material.
  • Added BloomCompositeMaterial simplified version of UnrealBloomCompositeMaterial.
  • Added SceneCompositeMaterial for additive blending of a bloom composite texture.
  • Added PoissonDiscBlurMaterial 12-tap Poisson disc blur based on @spite's Poisson disc blur pass from Wagner.
  • Added CameraMotionBlurMaterial based on @blaze33's Motion blur pass from DroneWorld.
  • Added BokehBlurMaterial1 and BokehBlurMaterial2 based on battlebottle's DOOM 2016 Style DOF bokeh blur.
  • Added ChromaticAberrationMaterial based on battlebottle's DOOM 2016 Style DOF bokeh blur 2 Chromatic aberration pass.
  • Added VideoGlitchMaterial based on dyvoid's Video Glitch.
  • Added DepthMaskMaterial based on @vanruesc's DepthMaskMaterial from Post Processing.
  • Added TextMaterial based on @gordonnl's MSDF Text Glyphs from OGL.
• Shader modules
  • Added aastep from @mattdesl's glsl-aastep.
  • Added badtv based on @felixturner's Bad TV Shader.
  • Added blending based on @vanruesc's blending functions from Post Processing.
  • Added blur shader modules (Gaussian, Poisson disc and Unreal bloom seperable blur).
  • Added brightness-contrast based on @spite's Brightness contrast pass from Wagner.
  • Added conditionals from glsl-conditionals.
  • Added depth functions based on @mattdesl's depth texture example.
  • Added desaturate from the Color saturation in GLSL thread.
  • Added dither based on hornet's Color Banding Removal.
  • Added eases from glsl-easings.
  • Added fxaa from @mattdesl's glsl-fxaa.
  • Added hsv functions from sam's Fast branchless RGB to HSV conversion in GLSL.
  • Added noise shader modules (Blue noise, glsl-noise and 2D noise functions).
  • Added parabola functions from Inigo Quilez.
  • Added random from @mattdesl's glsl-random.
  • Added range functions based on Active Theory's.
  • Added rgbshift based on @felixturner's RGB Shift Shader.
  • Added spherize based on the GEGL Spherize image processing operation in GIMP.
  • Added transform functions from Good's 2D Canvas with UI.
• Library
  • all module entry point for materials and extra dependencies.

r18

• Complete rewrite
• Refactored to be more of a project template