v1.6.0

h2oai/h2ogptv1.6.0Sep 3, 2025by met4citizen

AI Summary

A major update focusing on audio streaming performance and 3D avatar rendering capabilities, including experimental features for custom animation loops and enhanced blend shape generation.

Key Highlights

Improved streaming stability and AudioWorklet reuse
Experimental avatar-only mode
External animation loop support via `update` option
Added `head.dispose` method
Three.js version bumped from r170 to r180

New Features

Avatar-only mode with 3D scene support
External animation loop update function
Exposure of `head.animations` and `head.userData`
Automatic blend shape generation
Improved English pronunciation for decades and ordinals

Full Release Notes

- Improved streaming stability and AudioWorklet reuse (contributed by @ibrahoss).
- Added a new, experimental avatar-only mode that allows the app to use its own 3D scene and renderer + support for multiple avatars (see Appendix H in README for more information).
- Added support for an external animation loop update function via the new `update` option.
- Added `head.dispose` method to prevent memory leaks in cases when the app wants to dispose the TalkingHead instance.
- Exposed `head.animations` and `head.userData` to enable the app to play built-in PlayerZero animations #124 .
- Added support for correctly pronouncing English decades and ordinal numbers (h/t to @red-reddington ).
- Added automatic generation of the additional Ready Player Me blend shapes (mouthOpen, mouthSmile, eyesClosed, eyesLookUp, eyesLookDown), if  missing.
- Bumped Three.js version from r170 to r180 (tested; no changes to the TalkingHead class).
- Fixed Unicode handling.
- Minor fixes and improvements.

## What's Changed
* Fix streamStop() to properly interrupt audio playback by @ibrahoss in https://github.com/met4citizen/TalkingHead/pull/118
* Improve Streaming Stability and AudioWorklet Reuse + Add Performance Metrics by @ibrahoss in https://github.com/met4citizen/TalkingHead/pull/123


**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/met4citizen/TalkingHead/compare/v1.5.0...v1.6.0