April Release Notes

    Welcome to our latest updates! We are continuously working to improve your experience with new features, enhancements, and bug fixes. Stay informed about the changes by regularly checking this page.

Release Date: 4/24/2026

Enhancements

    File Upload Destination

•  Uploads are routed to content.virbela.com instead of an Amazon S3 URL.    

• This will hopefully resolve intermittent reports of CORS errors with the S3 URLs.    

    Send Private Chats from Userlist

• Send Private Chat is now an option in the user list.    

• Private Chats (Direct Messages) can be initiated there or from the previous location above the chat box.    

Bug Fixes

• Clicking the Webcam button multiple times no longer leads to multiple webcam share instances.    

Release Date: 4/14/2026

Bug Fixes

• Typing capital letters in the login or registration email field could lead to problems logging in.    

Release Date: 4/10/2026

Enhancements

    Microphone Problem Messaging

• If a user does not have a microphone on their computer, they receive an error: “No microphone was found. Please connect a microphone and reload the page.”    
• If a user has denied or not yet allowed permission for Virbela Go to access their microphone, the user will see instructions for how to enable microphone permission.    

    Campus Scene

• Text boards on either side of the second floor offices entrance have been replaced by invisible image boards.    

Bug Fixes

• Logging in the same user while another instance was in a private volume could keep the user connected to both voice channels. Now if the same user logs in, the previous instance is fully removed.    

Release Date: 4/3/2026

Enhancements

    Image Boards

•         Un-focus: To un-focus simply click off of an image board    

•         As long as you don’t click on another interactable object, the camera focus will be released    
•         Esc, closing the focus mode indicator and clicking the board again to un-focus all still work    

    Simulation AI Agent Improvements

•         Setting up Sims from the UI now requires the setupsim permission. It is set to Members by default.    

•         Users can start a Sim even if they didn’t set it up.    

•         Office Sign Override    

•         Worlds can opt out of this behavior if desired. When a Sim is launched, the office holding the Sim has its label changed to reflect the Sim title playing out in the office.    
•         Opting out requires a request to the Virbela Development Team    

    Bug Fixes

•         Ghost scene / user    

•         Occasionally when 2 users would go to an unoccupied scene at nearly the same time they would be sent to different instances of the room and could not see each other.