Roadmap

The purpose of this ticket is to track progress towards the next major release and to let people know where things are headed.

Before v7 (non-breaking)

• Modularize convolution operators Implement different blur operators as passes
• Implement bilateral blur (depth-based)
• Implement Gaussian blur (for completeness)
• Implement mipmap blur (for BloomEffect)
• Move effect analysis from EffectPass to Effect class
• Use internal timer, let user provide a custom timer

Into v7 (breaking)

• Implement BufferManager and GeometryBuffer
• Create IO interface for passes and effects
• Remove EffectAttributes
• Reduce amount of predefined uniforms in EffectMaterial
• Refactor EffectComposer into RenderPipeline for pass grouping and swapping
• Use render hooks to run passes, promote use of renderer.render()
• Drop support for older versions of three
• Remove deprecated classes, fields and methods
• Remove code that was added for backwards compatibility
• Move away from getter/setter properties #349
• Convert to TypeScript, add more examples to doc comments
• Remove CJS bundles, change type to module

After v7

• Implement Dual Kawase blur
• Add fringe, gain and alternative blur kernels to DepthOfFieldEffect
• Add film grain to NoiseEffect
• Study ASSAO to improve SSAOEffect
• Make ShockWaveEffect depth-aware
• Add LensFlareEffect
• Add GlareEffect

Requires MRT & NodeMaterials (currently in Limbo)

• Implement ReflectionEffect (SSREffect) and RefractionEffect
• Implement selective MotionBlurEffect
• Fix MSAA artifacts in depth-based effects like SSAO

[vanruesc]

This issue has been on hold for a while now so I understand why people would like to know when things will start moving again. Since this is a hobby project with no financial backing, there is no ETA. I’d really like to continue working on this project right away, but work and other real-life issues take priority. I’m currently aiming for October/November to finally tackle this roadmap.

@marcofugaro I’m sure that @sayduck-daniel didn’t mean to be pushy with his comment and I’m happy that people are interested in this project ❤️

[vanruesc]

I went with Patreon because they handle taxes, unlike GitHub Sponsors. And opencollective seemed more appropriate for teams.

just putting it out there but https://github.com/pmndrs would also always be open for you.

I’d be happy to join 👍