We hope all of our wonderful Spatial community is staying safe and trying to enjoy their time at home!
We’re excited to announce the biggest upgrade we’ve ever made to our platform. We have definitely been busy in the kitchen cooking up a delicious 1.6 release for you all! Read all about it below!
Sign-up for Spatial for free at https://spatial.io/free.
And, book your onboarding session (Mon/Wed/Fri & Tues/Thurs) in Spatial on your headset or in the web app to learn more about all of the new features.
Join Spatial from the web app without a headset
- Once one person joins via any headset, more participants can join without a headset via the web app
- You can see all of the information in the room, hear and see the avatars of all participants in headsets
- Join via video chat!
New environment on the Quest
- More spacious environment for Quest users
- VR upgrade only
Menu Redesign & Update
- Uniformity of the menu across all of the headsets
- Change of organization for the tools
- Easy to access
New Tutorial Room
- Helps new users get started on their own
- Explains basic functionality and features of Spatial
Keyboard note and search entry
- Ability to type on a keyboard to make notes or precise searches
- You still will have the ability to use voice to text by clicking the microphone button
New example rooms
- Helpful for demonstrating Spatial and how to use it
- Example design use case
Room invite links
- Easily share a link to the room you would like to meet in
- Guests can join easily even outside of your team or organization
Additional Features
Save your room more easily
- Button on dotted wall - Save icon located next to the room title on the wall
- You no longer need to go into settings to save what you are working on
Allow pinning of objects even if not on the wall
- Place 2D or 3D content anywhere in the room, and keep it there
- Hit the pin icon so it cannot be accidentally moved by other participants
More 3D model options in search
- When you trigger a search instead of just one 3D model appearing you can select from a handful of options
Smoother avatars
- Improved movements and look of your avatar, check it out by looking in the mirror
Log in improvements
- Simplification of steps to get into Spatial
- Log in with the pairing code
- Removal of QR codes to pair headsets
glTF lighting fix
- Discoloration on imported glTF models has been fixed
3D models no longer snapping to the wall
- A feature that caused some frustration when resizing 3D models has been removed
Intelligent sitting and standing (no more selecting the floor)
- You no longer need to click on the floor when you join a room
- Only select wall and you are ready to go
+ Overall performance improvements