[DAO:3b9cd2b] Update #4 for proposal "Expanding Decentraland Explorers: Mobile & VR in Godot and Desktop in Bevy"

Governance
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Author: 0x481bed8645804714efd1de3f25467f78e7ba07d6
Update Status: On Time
Project Health: :green_circle: On Track

Introduction

Welcome to the fourth grant update from Decentraland Alternative Explorer project. This team has the main goal of developing an explorer version using two different technologies:

  • Bevy targeting to Desktop
  • Godot targeting to Mobile

As secondary objectives we have:

  • Make reliable explorer-agnostic tests to ensure the well-working of new explorers
  • Develop experimental builds on VR and Web using Godot

The project is progressing as planned.

Highlights

General highlights:

Last month we improved a lot the Experience of the Application. We implemented more UI needed for a good experience and also we fixed a lot of bugs, we improved the performance and we polish the components.

Godot highlights:

New features include custom place generation, audio settings, NFT support, and UI improvements like emote integration and rounded corners. Fixes address loading issues, avatar and teleportation problems. Refactoring and updates focus on data acquisition and macOS build.

Bevy highlights:

Introduces bevy_dui for UI components, shader for rounded edges, and map functionalities. Bug fixes improve animation, communication, and UI issues. Both engines enhance profile settings, animation support, and fix various bugs for a smoother user experience. Detailed changes are tracked on their respective GitHub pages.

Detailed highlights

Due to the limitation of 3500 characters, we couldn’t put all the detailed highlights here. So we create the following link to view it:

Blockers

No blockers in this update.

Next steps

As everything seems to be on track as planned, the public roadmap in DAO Expanding Decentraland Platforms · GitHub contains what we’re working on.

Save the date! We have planned a live test for 19 march for the Mobile version for Android!

March we are going to focus on the stability of the platform, and public to the stores. We’re doing QA on the App and fixing bugs.

Additional notes and links

View this update on the Governance dApp

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We had the monthly meeting with the grantees. The project continues on track with very good news: Decentraland Mobile (beta version) is approved in the Android app store, and the team is organizing Testing Tuesday for March 19th!
In the next Townhall, they will share the updates, so don’t miss it.
Any other comments can be added here.
Regards!