mrdoob/three.js
Oct 2024 – Jul 2026
22 Months active
Languages Used
GLSLJavaScriptHTMLShellYAMLJSONCSSTypeScript
Technical Skills
3D Graphics3D RenderingCode CleanupDeprecation ManagementFront-end DevelopmentGraphics Programming
Michael Herzog
PROFILE
Michael Herzog
Over 22 months, this developer contributed to mrdoob/three.js by engineering advanced rendering features, stabilizing WebGL and WebGPU backends, and expanding asset pipelines. Their work included implementing screen-space global illumination, temporal anti-aliasing with upsampling, and robust loader/exporter APIs. They modernized the codebase through deprecation management, documentation expansion, and performance optimizations, addressing memory management and shader efficiency. Using JavaScript, TypeScript, and GLSL, they improved developer experience with enhanced editor tools, build system upgrades, and comprehensive testing. Their technical approach emphasized modular architecture, API clarity, and cross-platform compatibility, resulting in a more reliable, performant, and maintainable 3D graphics framework.
Overall Statistics
Feature vs Bugs
63%Features
Repository Contributions
1,008Total
Bugs
290
Commits
1,008
Features
484
Lines of code
995,835
Activity Months22
Your Network
171 peopleWork History
July 2026
31 Commits • 20 Features
Jul 1, 2026July 2026 monthly summary for mrdoob/three.js: Delivered high-impact features, stability improvements, and performance optimizations across the renderer, WebGPU backend, and asset pipelines. The work focused on increasing robustness, reducing runtime errors, and accelerating asset processing to improve developer experience and end-user performance. Key features delivered: - TextureSize robustness improvements (commit 36018b18cadb88c30142ab0fb96925d9f8478e8f; #33925) to prevent edge-case crashes and incorrect texture sizing. - GTAONode: Performance optimizations (part 1) and shader optimization (bake sample count into the shader) (commits eee50e8a51dd74fedd543e5bb55677ccc62e3f36; 59360338666f343485b5bf2fd37b546ad24713b8; #33930, #33931). - WebGPURenderer: TRANSIENT_ATTACHMENT support and improved occlusion queries robustness, plus honoring resolve flags in the backend (commits 40e3864273f8e292824e55973664feca7d4e7b90; 27f78a1ed2312c4ed21190e738dfaa5337ae8825; a5b4ce6d227cc474fefc9d9bb98496a8de54055d; #33977, #33959, #33946). - GLTFExporter: Cache normal maps for faster export (commit e4238428b111638609f7158b2d55d591ed52aea0; #33940). - Renderer: Don’t use MSAA for fullscreen passes to reduce overdraw and improve performance (commit 72288c8c1be48f13b559e265fa0d447a2a97773a; #33936). Major bugs fixed: - Renderer: Fix operator-precedence bug (commit d3951cb745febcbeeb0ffbdf3a6b30882dd0f8a3; #33943). - Renderer: Fix computation of _projScreenMatrix (commit 0d2bbbb2af520a04ee810741ad573a519dac5f9e; #33947). - WebGLRenderer: Fix clearLayerUpdates() call (commit f1db0abea3d4e7c511bc9197240608ff6048f1cc; #33989). - UniformArrayNode: Fix update() overwrite (commit ec832f1cadc2f32be1d99784c9f0309d937ca1bb; #33962). - ShadowNode: Fix WeakMap usage to prevent memory leaks/invalid references (commit 87ca874c6aedc26800dbd7903736da739e8a40f5; #33964). - Bindings: Remove cached bind groups in _destroyBindings() and fix teardown cleanup (commit 3500038c0f74c5252aea2f9f3dace279f3da3c38; #33954). - Bindings: Fix _destroyBindings() destruction/cleanup to prevent leaks (commit e00df5bf6bdd27af17f4a9766a67ff9619dc4ef6; #34014). Overall impact and accomplishments: - Strengthened rendering correctness and stability across WebGL/WebGPU backends, reducing runtime errors and crashes in complex scenes. - Improved rendering performance through targeted shader and pipeline optimizations, reduced overdraw, and more efficient render lists handling. - Expanded platform capabilities with TRANSIENT_ATTACHMENT and occlusion-query improvements, enabling more robust rendering on diverse devices. - Hardened asset processing pipelines with GLTFExporter optimizations and asset cleanup workstreams, improving workflow efficiency for artists and developers. - Enhanced developer ergonomics with UI and tooling improvements (Inspector debounce, example tweaks, and build/CI updates). Technologies/skills demonstrated: - WebGPU/WebGL backend optimization, shader bake optimization, and render pipeline tuning. - Memory management and leak prevention (WeakMap usage, proper teardown of bindings). - Asset pipeline optimization (GLTFExporter), texture handling robustness, and FXAA/FX post-processing integration. - CI/build maintenance and documentation cleanup (Examples cleanup, build/CI updates, i18n removal).
31 Commits • 20 Features
Jul 1, 2026July 2026 monthly summary for mrdoob/three.js: Delivered high-impact features, stability improvements, and performance optimizations across the renderer, WebGPU backend, and asset pipelines. The work focused on increasing robustness, reducing runtime errors, and accelerating asset processing to improve developer experience and end-user performance. Key features delivered: - TextureSize robustness improvements (commit 36018b18cadb88c30142ab0fb96925d9f8478e8f; #33925) to prevent edge-case crashes and incorrect texture sizing. - GTAONode: Performance optimizations (part 1) and shader optimization (bake sample count into the shader) (commits eee50e8a51dd74fedd543e5bb55677ccc62e3f36; 59360338666f343485b5bf2fd37b546ad24713b8; #33930, #33931). - WebGPURenderer: TRANSIENT_ATTACHMENT support and improved occlusion queries robustness, plus honoring resolve flags in the backend (commits 40e3864273f8e292824e55973664feca7d4e7b90; 27f78a1ed2312c4ed21190e738dfaa5337ae8825; a5b4ce6d227cc474fefc9d9bb98496a8de54055d; #33977, #33959, #33946). - GLTFExporter: Cache normal maps for faster export (commit e4238428b111638609f7158b2d55d591ed52aea0; #33940). - Renderer: Don’t use MSAA for fullscreen passes to reduce overdraw and improve performance (commit 72288c8c1be48f13b559e265fa0d447a2a97773a; #33936). Major bugs fixed: - Renderer: Fix operator-precedence bug (commit d3951cb745febcbeeb0ffbdf3a6b30882dd0f8a3; #33943). - Renderer: Fix computation of _projScreenMatrix (commit 0d2bbbb2af520a04ee810741ad573a519dac5f9e; #33947). - WebGLRenderer: Fix clearLayerUpdates() call (commit f1db0abea3d4e7c511bc9197240608ff6048f1cc; #33989). - UniformArrayNode: Fix update() overwrite (commit ec832f1cadc2f32be1d99784c9f0309d937ca1bb; #33962). - ShadowNode: Fix WeakMap usage to prevent memory leaks/invalid references (commit 87ca874c6aedc26800dbd7903736da739e8a40f5; #33964). - Bindings: Remove cached bind groups in _destroyBindings() and fix teardown cleanup (commit 3500038c0f74c5252aea2f9f3dace279f3da3c38; #33954). - Bindings: Fix _destroyBindings() destruction/cleanup to prevent leaks (commit e00df5bf6bdd27af17f4a9766a67ff9619dc4ef6; #34014). Overall impact and accomplishments: - Strengthened rendering correctness and stability across WebGL/WebGPU backends, reducing runtime errors and crashes in complex scenes. - Improved rendering performance through targeted shader and pipeline optimizations, reduced overdraw, and more efficient render lists handling. - Expanded platform capabilities with TRANSIENT_ATTACHMENT and occlusion-query improvements, enabling more robust rendering on diverse devices. - Hardened asset processing pipelines with GLTFExporter optimizations and asset cleanup workstreams, improving workflow efficiency for artists and developers. - Enhanced developer ergonomics with UI and tooling improvements (Inspector debounce, example tweaks, and build/CI updates). Technologies/skills demonstrated: - WebGPU/WebGL backend optimization, shader bake optimization, and render pipeline tuning. - Memory management and leak prevention (WeakMap usage, proper teardown of bindings). - Asset pipeline optimization (GLTFExporter), texture handling robustness, and FXAA/FX post-processing integration. - CI/build maintenance and documentation cleanup (Examples cleanup, build/CI updates, i18n removal).
July 2026
June 2026
71 Commits • 33 Features
Jun 1, 2026June 2026 monthly summary for mrdoob/three.js. This period delivered key features, stability improvements, and performance optimizations across the Editor, rendering backends (WebGL/WebGPU), and asset pipelines. Highlights include deprecating LWOLoader as part of the loader deprecation plan, editor enhancements (orthographic cameras and auto-completion improvements), expanded asset-loading APIs, and substantial WebGPU advancements (ExternalTexture support, rendering improvements) that boost performance and interoperability for complex scenes.
June 2026
71 Commits • 33 Features
Jun 1, 2026June 2026 monthly summary for mrdoob/three.js. This period delivered key features, stability improvements, and performance optimizations across the Editor, rendering backends (WebGL/WebGPU), and asset pipelines. Highlights include deprecating LWOLoader as part of the loader deprecation plan, editor enhancements (orthographic cameras and auto-completion improvements), expanded asset-loading APIs, and substantial WebGPU advancements (ExternalTexture support, rendering improvements) that boost performance and interoperability for complex scenes.
May 2026
73 Commits • 37 Features
May 1, 2026May 2026 (mrdoob/three.js) — Delivered a set of WebGPU renderer enhancements, expanded asset pipelines, stability improvements, and targeted editor/tooling upgrades. The work focused on delivering business value through performance, reliability, and improved authoring workflows across the WebGPU path, loaders/exporters, and CI tooling.
73 Commits • 37 Features
May 1, 2026May 2026 (mrdoob/three.js) — Delivered a set of WebGPU renderer enhancements, expanded asset pipelines, stability improvements, and targeted editor/tooling upgrades. The work focused on delivering business value through performance, reliability, and improved authoring workflows across the WebGPU path, loaders/exporters, and CI tooling.
May 2026
April 2026
52 Commits • 27 Features
Apr 1, 2026April 2026: Three.js development focused on stabilizing core rendering pipelines, expanding upscaling/temporal features, and improving loader/exporter robustness and developer tooling. Key patterns included proactive code cleanup, groundwork for future features, and targeted bug fixes to reduce warnings and race conditions while maintaining broad compatibility across loaders and shaders.
April 2026
52 Commits • 27 Features
Apr 1, 2026April 2026: Three.js development focused on stabilizing core rendering pipelines, expanding upscaling/temporal features, and improving loader/exporter robustness and developer tooling. Key patterns included proactive code cleanup, groundwork for future features, and targeted bug fixes to reduce warnings and race conditions while maintaining broad compatibility across loaders and shaders.
March 2026
49 Commits • 30 Features
Mar 1, 2026March 2026 (mrdoob/three.js) focused on strengthening WebGPU/WebGL backend reliability, expanding asset pipelines, and enhancing editor UX. Delivered core features and stability fixes across rendering backends, asset loaders, and tooling, driving broader browser/device compatibility and improved artist/developer workflows. The month also advanced build hygiene and code health with targeted performance improvements and vulnerability remediation.
49 Commits • 30 Features
Mar 1, 2026March 2026 (mrdoob/three.js) focused on strengthening WebGPU/WebGL backend reliability, expanding asset pipelines, and enhancing editor UX. Delivered core features and stability fixes across rendering backends, asset loaders, and tooling, driving broader browser/device compatibility and improved artist/developer workflows. The month also advanced build hygiene and code health with targeted performance improvements and vulnerability remediation.
March 2026
February 2026
34 Commits • 17 Features
Feb 1, 2026February 2026: Delivered core rendering and WebGPU enhancements, API surface updates, and documentation improvements that together improve visual accuracy, stability, and developer experience. Key features include basic reversed depth support in WebGPURenderer, a new ReversedDepthFuncs dictionary, and reversed-depth support in ViewportDepthNode viewZ functions; WebGLRenderer now uses the working color space for render targets. Documentation/Manual improvements added a Physics page. Maintenance work included example cleanups and build/revision updates to streamline CI.
February 2026
34 Commits • 17 Features
Feb 1, 2026February 2026: Delivered core rendering and WebGPU enhancements, API surface updates, and documentation improvements that together improve visual accuracy, stability, and developer experience. Key features include basic reversed depth support in WebGPURenderer, a new ReversedDepthFuncs dictionary, and reversed-depth support in ViewportDepthNode viewZ functions; WebGLRenderer now uses the working color space for render targets. Documentation/Manual improvements added a Physics page. Maintenance work included example cleanups and build/revision updates to streamline CI.
January 2026
57 Commits • 33 Features
Jan 1, 2026January 2026 (2026-01) — mrdoob/three.js monthly development overview. The team delivered new capabilities, stability improvements, and editor/workflow enhancements across WebGL and WebGPU backends, driving better visuals, faster content pipelines, and more robust rendering for complex scenes.
57 Commits • 33 Features
Jan 1, 2026January 2026 (2026-01) — mrdoob/three.js monthly development overview. The team delivered new capabilities, stability improvements, and editor/workflow enhancements across WebGL and WebGPU backends, driving better visuals, faster content pipelines, and more robust rendering for complex scenes.
January 2026
December 2025
41 Commits • 17 Features
Dec 1, 2025December 2025 performance summary for mrdoob/three.js: Focused on strengthening rendering fidelity, stability, and developer productivity. Delivered key feature enhancements in the Lighting and Reference system, advanced WebGPURenderer robustness, and modernization of the build and code quality process. Implemented new capabilities and demos to broaden platform capabilities, and fixed critical rendering bugs to improve visual correctness across WebGL and WebGPU backends. The work reduces risk in releases, accelerates asset iteration, and demonstrates deep technical value in GPU pipelines, tooling, and documentation.
December 2025
41 Commits • 17 Features
Dec 1, 2025December 2025 performance summary for mrdoob/three.js: Focused on strengthening rendering fidelity, stability, and developer productivity. Delivered key feature enhancements in the Lighting and Reference system, advanced WebGPURenderer robustness, and modernization of the build and code quality process. Implemented new capabilities and demos to broaden platform capabilities, and fixed critical rendering bugs to improve visual correctness across WebGL and WebGPU backends. The work reduces risk in releases, accelerates asset iteration, and demonstrates deep technical value in GPU pipelines, tooling, and documentation.
November 2025
43 Commits • 17 Features
Nov 1, 2025November 2025: Delivered developer-focused enhancements, stability improvements, and performance refinements across mrdoob/three.js. Key outcomes include: (a) Documentation and JSDoc enhancements across modules with corrected ShadowNode and inspector JSDoc, missing @private annotations added, and improved ShaderMaterial fog docs; (b) Shader internals and TypeScript typing improvements, including BatchNode shader optimization, inspector slider fixes, guarding undefined in uniform(), vertex attribute caching for the vertex stage, and adjustments to tangent attribute generation; (c) WebGPURenderer docs and runtime fixes, with a basic WebGPURenderer guide, updated webgpurenderer.html, a post-processing guide, and runtime rendering fixes for textured backgrounds with ortho cameras; (d) Build/config tooling updates to rollup.config.js; (e) Examples and demos improvements including BPCEM demo, backdrop thumbnail fix, multiple-scenes.html markup corrections, and render bundle demo simplifications. Major bugs fixed and stability enhancements were also addressed, including VideoFrame reference guarding, Raycaster copy/paste fixes, Inspector value update fixes, vulnerability patch, Sphere.js fromJSON fix, and SkinnedNode previousBoneMatrices initialization checks. These efforts collectively improve API clarity, runtime stability across WebGL/WebGPU paths, onboarding velocity for new contributors, and overall developer experience.
43 Commits • 17 Features
Nov 1, 2025November 2025: Delivered developer-focused enhancements, stability improvements, and performance refinements across mrdoob/three.js. Key outcomes include: (a) Documentation and JSDoc enhancements across modules with corrected ShadowNode and inspector JSDoc, missing @private annotations added, and improved ShaderMaterial fog docs; (b) Shader internals and TypeScript typing improvements, including BatchNode shader optimization, inspector slider fixes, guarding undefined in uniform(), vertex attribute caching for the vertex stage, and adjustments to tangent attribute generation; (c) WebGPURenderer docs and runtime fixes, with a basic WebGPURenderer guide, updated webgpurenderer.html, a post-processing guide, and runtime rendering fixes for textured backgrounds with ortho cameras; (d) Build/config tooling updates to rollup.config.js; (e) Examples and demos improvements including BPCEM demo, backdrop thumbnail fix, multiple-scenes.html markup corrections, and render bundle demo simplifications. Major bugs fixed and stability enhancements were also addressed, including VideoFrame reference guarding, Raycaster copy/paste fixes, Inspector value update fixes, vulnerability patch, Sphere.js fromJSON fix, and SkinnedNode previousBoneMatrices initialization checks. These efforts collectively improve API clarity, runtime stability across WebGL/WebGPU paths, onboarding velocity for new contributors, and overall developer experience.
November 2025
October 2025
19 Commits • 5 Features
Oct 1, 2025October 2025 monthly summary for mrdoob/three.js: delivered critical rendering fixes, API modernization, and WebGPU enhancements; improved visual fidelity, stability, and developer experience; key work includes first-frame shadow fix, SSS WebGPU node, outline rendering improvements, and a modernization of async APIs plus internal WebGPU optimizations.
October 2025
19 Commits • 5 Features
Oct 1, 2025October 2025 monthly summary for mrdoob/three.js: delivered critical rendering fixes, API modernization, and WebGPU enhancements; improved visual fidelity, stability, and developer experience; key work includes first-frame shadow fix, SSS WebGPU node, outline rendering improvements, and a modernization of async APIs plus internal WebGPU optimizations.
September 2025
48 Commits • 23 Features
Sep 1, 2025September 2025 focused on stabilizing and expanding the Three.js WebGPU path, delivering a new screen-space GI node, major WebGPU integration improvements, and a broad set of stability fixes, build/tooling updates, and documentation improvements. The work enhances visual fidelity, reduces crash scenarios, and improves developer productivity with clearer docs and samples.
48 Commits • 23 Features
Sep 1, 2025September 2025 focused on stabilizing and expanding the Three.js WebGPU path, delivering a new screen-space GI node, major WebGPU integration improvements, and a broad set of stability fixes, build/tooling updates, and documentation improvements. The work enhances visual fidelity, reduces crash scenarios, and improves developer productivity with clearer docs and samples.
September 2025
August 2025
57 Commits • 37 Features
Aug 1, 2025August 2025 monthly work summary for repository mrdoob/three.js. Focused on delivering high-value features, performance improvements, and stability across WebGL/WebGPU backends, with emphasis on rendering quality, GPU workflow, and developer experience. Key features and performance work shipped, coupled with build-system hygiene and comprehensive documentation updates to support faster iteration and lower maintenance costs.
August 2025
57 Commits • 37 Features
Aug 1, 2025August 2025 monthly work summary for repository mrdoob/three.js. Focused on delivering high-value features, performance improvements, and stability across WebGL/WebGPU backends, with emphasis on rendering quality, GPU workflow, and developer experience. Key features and performance work shipped, coupled with build-system hygiene and comprehensive documentation updates to support faster iteration and lower maintenance costs.
July 2025
44 Commits • 26 Features
Jul 1, 2025July 2025 (Month: 2025-07) focused on delivering high-value features, stabilizing core rendering paths, and improving developer ergonomics across the Three.js WebGPU stack. The month emphasized practical business value: higher lighting fidelity, more robust WebGPU integration, clearer APIs, and streamlined builds and demos used for customer-facing demos and internal benchmarks.
44 Commits • 26 Features
Jul 1, 2025July 2025 (Month: 2025-07) focused on delivering high-value features, stabilizing core rendering paths, and improving developer ergonomics across the Three.js WebGPU stack. The month emphasized practical business value: higher lighting fidelity, more robust WebGPU integration, clearer APIs, and streamlined builds and demos used for customer-facing demos and internal benchmarks.
July 2025
June 2025
27 Commits • 19 Features
Jun 1, 2025June 2025 monthly summary for mrdoob/three.js. Highlights include feature expansions in Examples, backend rendering stability fixes, memory/performance improvements, loader UX enhancements, and code quality/maintenance efforts that collectively improved developer experience and product reliability.
June 2025
27 Commits • 19 Features
Jun 1, 2025June 2025 monthly summary for mrdoob/three.js. Highlights include feature expansions in Examples, backend rendering stability fixes, memory/performance improvements, loader UX enhancements, and code quality/maintenance efforts that collectively improved developer experience and product reliability.
May 2025
42 Commits • 17 Features
May 1, 2025May 2025 performance highlights for mrdoob/three.js focused on delivering business value through a mix of high-impact features, stability improvements, and developer experience enhancements across core rendering, demos, and tooling. Key features delivered span major demo enhancements (layers, point lights, tonemapping, dynamic instancing), memory leak fixes in FBX demo, and integration improvements (lookAt in rotateTowards; removal of deprecated geometry). Infrastructure and build updates reduced release risk and iteration time (pipeline caching per render/compute pass, build/tooling upgrades, and CI improvements). Backend and rendering quality was improved with color management alignment in WebGPU, premultiplyAlpha handling, MRT readRenderTargetPixels support, and MSAA enablement in AO demo. Numerous bug fixes across math, rendering, and UX further stabilized the platform for production use, while docs refreshes improved discoverability for XRManager and LDrawLoader.
42 Commits • 17 Features
May 1, 2025May 2025 performance highlights for mrdoob/three.js focused on delivering business value through a mix of high-impact features, stability improvements, and developer experience enhancements across core rendering, demos, and tooling. Key features delivered span major demo enhancements (layers, point lights, tonemapping, dynamic instancing), memory leak fixes in FBX demo, and integration improvements (lookAt in rotateTowards; removal of deprecated geometry). Infrastructure and build updates reduced release risk and iteration time (pipeline caching per render/compute pass, build/tooling upgrades, and CI improvements). Backend and rendering quality was improved with color management alignment in WebGPU, premultiplyAlpha handling, MRT readRenderTargetPixels support, and MSAA enablement in AO demo. Numerous bug fixes across math, rendering, and UX further stabilized the platform for production use, while docs refreshes improved discoverability for XRManager and LDrawLoader.
May 2025
April 2025
31 Commits • 14 Features
Apr 1, 2025April 2025 monthly work summary for mrdoob/three.js highlighting key features delivered, major bugs fixed, and overall impact. The work focused on stabilizing velocity rendering paths, improving rendering quality with shadow maps, and enhancing developer experience through documentation, typing enhancements, and build tooling. Notable changes spanned WebGL/WebGPU pipelines, shader/material handling, and resource management.
April 2025
31 Commits • 14 Features
Apr 1, 2025April 2025 monthly work summary for mrdoob/three.js highlighting key features delivered, major bugs fixed, and overall impact. The work focused on stabilizing velocity rendering paths, improving rendering quality with shadow maps, and enhancing developer experience through documentation, typing enhancements, and build tooling. Notable changes spanned WebGL/WebGPU pipelines, shader/material handling, and resource management.
March 2025
47 Commits • 16 Features
Mar 1, 2025Concise monthly summary for 2025-03 focusing on key features delivered, major bugs fixed, overall impact, and technologies demonstrated for mrdoob/three.js. Emphasis on business value, API stability, documentation quality, and core rendering improvements that support easier adoption and maintenance.
47 Commits • 16 Features
Mar 1, 2025Concise monthly summary for 2025-03 focusing on key features delivered, major bugs fixed, overall impact, and technologies demonstrated for mrdoob/three.js. Emphasis on business value, API stability, documentation quality, and core rendering improvements that support easier adoption and maintenance.
March 2025
February 2025
70 Commits • 28 Features
Feb 1, 2025February 2025 (2025-02) monthly summary for mrdoob/three.js focusing on business value, stability, and technical achievements across the rendering stack and tooling. Key features delivered include extensive Documentation Improvements (JSDoc formatting, templates, @tsl tag, tests for Box3/events, code copy button), Renderer/Core Rendering Improvements (WebGL scissor/viewport configuration prior to clear, autoClear behavior adjustment in output pass, updates to ClippingNode and ArrayNode), WebGPU Backend Enhancement (setStencilReference support), PMREMGenerator enhancements (size and position options in fromScene, PMREMNode managing its own generator), and TS L Transpiler/Timer/XR enhancements (matrix types, varying, discard support; Timer constructor visibility API parameter, connect/disconnect; XRManager MSAA simplification). Build/CI updates and routine maintenance also progressed.
February 2025
70 Commits • 28 Features
Feb 1, 2025February 2025 (2025-02) monthly summary for mrdoob/three.js focusing on business value, stability, and technical achievements across the rendering stack and tooling. Key features delivered include extensive Documentation Improvements (JSDoc formatting, templates, @tsl tag, tests for Box3/events, code copy button), Renderer/Core Rendering Improvements (WebGL scissor/viewport configuration prior to clear, autoClear behavior adjustment in output pass, updates to ClippingNode and ArrayNode), WebGPU Backend Enhancement (setStencilReference support), PMREMGenerator enhancements (size and position options in fromScene, PMREMNode managing its own generator), and TS L Transpiler/Timer/XR enhancements (matrix types, varying, discard support; Timer constructor visibility API parameter, connect/disconnect; XRManager MSAA simplification). Build/CI updates and routine maintenance also progressed.
January 2025
64 Commits • 30 Features
Jan 1, 20252025-01: Monthly summary for mrdoob/three.js. Focused on delivering XR readiness, WebGPU performance improvements, rendering API enhancements, and new capabilities, alongside documentation and demos to accelerate developer adoption and stability.
64 Commits • 30 Features
Jan 1, 20252025-01: Monthly summary for mrdoob/three.js. Focused on delivering XR readiness, WebGPU performance improvements, rendering API enhancements, and new capabilities, alongside documentation and demos to accelerate developer adoption and stability.
January 2025
December 2024
54 Commits • 10 Features
Dec 1, 2024Month: 2024-12 — Monthly summary for mrdoob/three.js Key features delivered - Comprehensive documentation expansion across Node/Nodes/Renderer, including NodeBuilder docs and broader module coverage to improve discoverability and onboarding (multi-commit effort across 8+ docs-related changes). - Codebase hygiene and maintenance improvements: removal of unused files and deprecated code, removal of unnecessary MMD modules from Addons, and modernization of constants.js and ESLint configuration to tighten quality gates. - Build/test and documentation synchronization: updates to tests and builds to reflect API changes (Matrix3.tests.js, CI/build updates) and consolidated docs updates across material pages and module docs. Major bugs fixed - PropertyBinding: fixed versioning scheme determination to resolve incorrect version handling. - LightsNode: fixed cache key generation for correct caching behavior. - Editor: fixed vertex normals helper regression. - Node accessors: getBackgroundNode() and getEnvironmentNode() now reliably return Node objects. - Rendering correctness: ShadowNode background no longer affects shadow map; RendererUtils now honors fog. Overall impact and accomplishments - Substantial reduction of maintenance debt by removing legacy/deprecated components and aligning APIs, improving stability and long-term velocity. - Significantly improved developer experience through richer documentation and broader module coverage, enabling faster onboarding and integration. - More reliable CI/build processes and code quality, reducing release risk and enabling faster iteration. Technologies/skills demonstrated - Deep understanding of Three.js modular architecture (Node/Nodes/Renderer layers), API surface discipline, and documentation tooling. - Code quality and tooling practices: ESLint config updates, constants rationalization, and test/build maintenance. - Documentation engineering and module discoverability improvements across multiple components (Node, Nodes, Renderer, Material pages).
December 2024
54 Commits • 10 Features
Dec 1, 2024Month: 2024-12 — Monthly summary for mrdoob/three.js Key features delivered - Comprehensive documentation expansion across Node/Nodes/Renderer, including NodeBuilder docs and broader module coverage to improve discoverability and onboarding (multi-commit effort across 8+ docs-related changes). - Codebase hygiene and maintenance improvements: removal of unused files and deprecated code, removal of unnecessary MMD modules from Addons, and modernization of constants.js and ESLint configuration to tighten quality gates. - Build/test and documentation synchronization: updates to tests and builds to reflect API changes (Matrix3.tests.js, CI/build updates) and consolidated docs updates across material pages and module docs. Major bugs fixed - PropertyBinding: fixed versioning scheme determination to resolve incorrect version handling. - LightsNode: fixed cache key generation for correct caching behavior. - Editor: fixed vertex normals helper regression. - Node accessors: getBackgroundNode() and getEnvironmentNode() now reliably return Node objects. - Rendering correctness: ShadowNode background no longer affects shadow map; RendererUtils now honors fog. Overall impact and accomplishments - Substantial reduction of maintenance debt by removing legacy/deprecated components and aligning APIs, improving stability and long-term velocity. - Significantly improved developer experience through richer documentation and broader module coverage, enabling faster onboarding and integration. - More reliable CI/build processes and code quality, reducing release risk and enabling faster iteration. Technologies/skills demonstrated - Deep understanding of Three.js modular architecture (Node/Nodes/Renderer layers), API surface discipline, and documentation tooling. - Code quality and tooling practices: ESLint config updates, constants rationalization, and test/build maintenance. - Documentation engineering and module discoverability improvements across multiple components (Node, Nodes, Renderer, Material pages).
November 2024
42 Commits • 21 Features
Nov 1, 2024November 2024 (2024-11) – Three.js development sprint focused on WebGPU/WebXR enhancements, stability improvements, and developer experience. Delivered cross-module features, improved documentation, and strengthened build tooling to enable faster, safer releases. This work enhances WebXR rendering paths, reduces runtime errors, and accelerates delivery of new capabilities across the core rendering pipeline.
42 Commits • 21 Features
Nov 1, 2024November 2024 (2024-11) – Three.js development sprint focused on WebGPU/WebXR enhancements, stability improvements, and developer experience. Delivered cross-module features, improved documentation, and strengthened build tooling to enable faster, safer releases. This work enhances WebXR rendering paths, reduces runtime errors, and accelerates delivery of new capabilities across the core rendering pipeline.
November 2024
October 2024
12 Commits • 7 Features
Oct 1, 2024October 2024 monthly summary for mrdoob/three.js highlighting WebGPU-enabled rendering improvements, deprecation with migration guidance, and key feature completions that drive performance, quality, and developer productivity.
October 2024
12 Commits • 7 Features
Oct 1, 2024October 2024 monthly summary for mrdoob/three.js highlighting WebGPU-enabled rendering improvements, deprecation with migration guidance, and key feature completions that drive performance, quality, and developer productivity.
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Correctness94.2%
Maintainability91.2%
Architecture89.6%
Performance87.6%
AI Usage24.8%
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