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Release Notes Wikitude SDK

Wikitude SDK 8.1.0

Release Date: 2018-09-11

New

  • Support and compatibility for iOS 12
  • Support and compatibility for Android 9.0
  • API to explicitly set efficiency mode for trackers for fast processing
  • Mandatory Group ID parameter for cloud recognition

Improved

  • Increased stability when tracking objects and scenes
  • Increased recognition accuracy for multiple objects in object target collection
  • Increased stability for Instant Tracking for rotational movements
  • General improvements to Instant Tracking for more accurate tracking and representation

Fixed

  • Fixes issue where recognising an image was not possible when the device was close to the image
  • Fixes instability(flickering augmentations) of continuous cloud recognition
  • Fixes ADE issues with Object Tracking and Occluders

Wikitude SDK 8.0.0

Release Date: 05.07.2018

New

  • Ability to save Instant Tracking session as Instant Targets
  • Ability to load Instant Targets
  • Major update to the engine powering Object Tracker resulting in better recognition accuracy and better tracking stability
  • Introduction of new wto format version
  • New method to generate Object Targets using images instead of videos
  • New camera APIs to control exposure setting and focus area

Improved

Fixed

Wikitude SDK 7.2.1

Release Date: 21.02.2018

Fixed

  • Fixes a bug where trial license did not allow to use Instant Tracking
  • Fixes a potential deadlock for cloud recognition that occurred in rare cases -Fixes a deadlock related to AR.HtmlDrawables

Wikitude SDK 7.2.0

Release Date: 05.02.2018

New

  • SMART - Wikitude's integration of ARKit and ARCore

Improved

  • Added support for Titanium SDK 7.x

Fixed

  • Fixes an issue that occurred when AR.Model objects were assigned as instant tracking initialization drawables

Wikitude SDK 7.1.0

Release Date: 19.09.2017

New

Improved

  • Improved OpenGL ES resource handling

Fixed

  • Fixes an object tracker issue where the onTargetsLoaded callback was called before all object targets were extracted
  • Fixes an issue where Plugin::pause was not called in case it was unregistered from the SDK
  • Fixes an issue where the SDK could crash in case a new tracker was created while another one was already tracking
  • Fixes an issue where loading .wto files could have happened on the main thread
  • Fixes an issue where the SDK could have crashed in case a target collection resource was released
  • Fixes an issue where the SDK could have crashed in case a cloud recognition service was released
  • Fixes an issue where cloud recognition could crash after a new target was detected
  • Fixes an issue where the SDK could crash in case the camera was disabled at runtime and a tracker was tracking
  • Fixes an issue in the Wikitude 3D Encoder where a crash could happen in case a 3D Model had all model animation keyframe timestamps below 1
  • Fixes an issue where certain AR.Model animations are not rendered correctly
  • Fixes an issue where instant tracking initialisation drawables would not be rendered
  • Fixes an issue with AR.Model where pausing quickly after creation would break the rendering completely
  • Fixes an issue with AR.Model on some devices (i.e. Samsung Tab 4) where the rendering could be broken completely or initial scaling could be incorrect
  • Fixes an issue with AR.context.destroyAll where some objects might not have been destroyed

Wikitude SDK 7.0.0

Release Date: 13.07.2017

New

  • Object Recognition and Tracking
  • Support for multiple Image Targets
  • New hit-testing API for SLAM engine
  • Option for Extended Range for Image Recognition
  • Option for InstantTracker to choose initial plane orientation
  • New AR.Occluder that acts as occlusion model
  • New option to forward logs from AR.logger to AndroidStudio or Xcode

Improved

  • Updated SLAM engine improves performance and accuracy for InstantTracker and Extended Tracking
  • Plugins access to currently tracked target
  • Plugins provide more details about image, object and instant targets

Fixed

  • Return appropriate return values in the gesture event callbacks
  • Issue where setting AR.Drawable.rotate was not resulting in a correct rotation

Wikitude SDK JavaSCript API 6.1.0-3.1.0

Release Date: 28.03.2017

New

  • Includes Wikitude SDK 6.1.0: detailed changelog for Android and iOS

Wikitude SDK JavaScript API 6.0.1-3.1.0

Release Date: 15.02.2017

New

  • Includes Wikitude SDK 6.0.1: detailed changelog for Android and iOS

Wikitude SDK JavaScript API 6.0.0-3.1.0

Release Date: 25.01.2017

New

  • Includes Wikitude SDK 6.0.0: detailed changelog for Android and iOS
  • Compatible with Titanium version 6.0

Titanium 5.3.1-3.0.1

Release Date: 24.11.2016

New

  • Includes Wikitude SDK 5.3.1: detailed changelog for Android and iOS

Fixed

  • Adds the required camera usage description for iOS 10
  • Fixes an issue where Titanium applications using the Wikitude SDK could not be build using Xcode 8

Titanium 5.3.0-3.0.1

Release Date: 13.09.2016

New

  • Includes Wikitude SDK 5.3.0: detailed changelog for Android and iOS

Fixed

  • Fixed an issue that leads to a crash in the Obtain POI sample "Load from Application Model"

Titanium 5.2.0-3.0.1

Release Date: 08.07.2016

New

  • Includes Wikitude SDK 5.2.0: detailed changelog for Android and iOS

Version 5.0.0-3.0.0

Release Date 25.09.2015

  • Integrates Wikitude SDK 5.0.0 for Android and iOS (see detailed release notes for Android and iOS)

Titanium 5.2.0-2.1.0

Release Date: 20.06.2016

New

  • Integrates Wikitude SDK 5.2.0 for Android and iOS (see detailed release notes for Android and iOS)

Titanium 4.0.0-2.1.0

Release Date: 29.07.14

New

  • Integrates Wikitude SDK 4.0.0 for Android and iOS (see detailed release notes for Android and iOS)
  • Compatible with Titanium 3.3

Titanium 3.3.0-2.0.0

Release Date 01.04.2014

New

  • Wikitude SDK 3.3.0 for Android and iOS
  • Rotation of screen will follow the app

Fixed

  • Playback of video drawables

Improved

  • Extended set-up guide