VU.CITY 16 October 2026

Key Features:

Introduced self-service account, organisation member and subscription settings within the Hub.

Enhancements:

• Data-layer area borders can now be styled with opacity and a thickness control, and “Outline colour” is now “Border colour”.
• Improved London landmark detail, including St Paul’s dome columns toggling with the rest of the cathedral in high detail, and an updated Westminster Bridge.
• Clearer wording on the dialogs for removing members and changing seats.

Key Bug Fixes:

• Addressed an issue that caused flickering and black circles in the 3D view.
• Resolved an issue that caused stale shadows to remain in the scene.
• Corrected an issue that caused high-detail landmark components to be dropped by re-imports.
• Addressed an issue where a session opened on another device ended without explaining why.
• Resolved an issue where live updates did not recover reliably after a dropped or slow connection.
• Corrected an issue where selecting a viewpoint collection selected the last items instead of the first.

VU.CITY 2 October 2026

Key Features:

• Introduced a redesigned model import with live 3D and map previews, and a single panel for manual location entry.
• Introduced a new Hub home that lands users straight in their organisation workspace, with items shared from other organisations moved to a "Shared with me" area.

Enhancements:

• Selecting a mesh feature now moves and zooms the camera to it.

Key Bug Fixes:

• Resolved an issue that caused unlinked viewpoint collections to break instead of rebuilding cleanly.
• Addressed an issue where a long-open Hub page could show out-of-date upload or folder status after its live connection timed out.
• Corrected an issue that allowed Viewers to reach the New VU.CITY file action from Quick Launch.
• Resolved an issue that caused the camera panel to go blank when a CSV was unlinked.

VU.CITY 25 September 2026

Key Features:

• Bring in data from a much wider range of sources - CSV, Excel and GeoJSON files are now supported alongside Shapefile and GeoPackage.

Enhancements:

• Large data imports are faster and more dependable, and models carrying location data are placed more accurately.
• City and region boundaries are more accurate in split datasets, including near boundary edges.
• A viewpoint can now be exported as a local JPEG file.
• The data-layer hover popup now follows the cursor instead of freezing in place.
• The organisation members list can now be sorted by column.
• The cookie and consent modal at sign-in has been updated.

Key Bug Fixes:

• Addressed an issue that caused locked viewpoint exports to come out with content missing.
• Resolved an issue causing high-detail buildings, trees and empty data layers to render with incorrect materials or colour.
• Corrected an issue where long scene names broke the export modal.
• Addressed an issue where the Hub search bar filtered incorrectly inside "Move To," and the file count ignored the applied filter.
• Resolved an issue where an unavailable or stalled data source would hang instead of failing with a clear message.
• Addressed an issue that caused timestamps with timezone offsets to come through blank.

VU.CITY 16 September 2026

Key Features:

• Upload your own Shapefile and GeoPackage data directly into a project as data layers, including all supporting files, with no conversion step required.

Enhancements:

• Model settings now show a clearer view of a model's location details, including a map preview.
• The materials library has been updated with new rail and terrain materials, and duplicate materials removed.
• Public Library items can now be kept unpublished until you are ready to share them.
• Coordinate reference systems that cannot be automatically determined now return the complete list of likely candidates.
• Sessions now open faster.

Key Bug Fixes:

• Addressed an issue that could cause large or complex 3D models to fail during upload processing.
• Resolved an issue where elevation data could be lost when converting between coordinate systems.
• Corrected an issue that caused list-type model attributes to display as raw text instead of a clean, readable list.
• Resolved an issue that caused multipart roof geometry to lose sections during processing.
• Addressed an issue that caused large uploads to time out or fail without a clear explanation.
• Resolved an issue where idle, unopened sessions could reduce available capacity for other users.
• Addressed an issue that caused session capacity tracking to be inaccurate outside the home region.
• Resolved an issue where a restarted session machine could be mistakenly treated as unavailable.

VU.CITY 9 September 2026

Enhancements:

• Viewpoint thumbnails are now available to all users.
• Added the full New York coordinate reference system list to the upload dropdown.
• Points are now larger and clearer while a drawing is in progress.
• The alignment grid now stays visible while placing points.

Key Bug Fixes:

• Addressed an issue that caused viewpoint exports to fail when a proposed scheme was selected.
• Resolved an issue that caused exports to stall when a screenshot capture timed out.
• Addressed an issue that caused the application to freeze when unlinking an imported viewpoint.
• Corrected an issue that prevented drawing points and areas directly onto an uploaded model.
• Resolved an issue where the movement tool would select the object behind it instead of the intended one.
• Resolved an issue that caused historical tile model elements to be missing from the scene manager.
• Addressed an issue that caused uploads with an unclear coordinate system to fail without explanation.
• Addressed an issue that caused uploaded 3D models with location data to be placed incorrectly.
• Corrected an issue that caused list-type model attributes to display raw brackets and quotes instead of clean text.
• Resolved an issue that caused multi-part roof geometry to lose sections during processing.
• Addressed an issue that caused the camera to focus on the wrong point when clicking a model feature.
• Resolved an issue that allowed access to more than one organisation at a time.
• Corrected an issue where the Terms and Conditions link on the My Account page did not point to the correct policy.

VU.CITY 26 August 2026

Enhancements:

• Added validation for New York coordinate systems on upload.

Key Bug Fixes:

• Addressed an issue that prevented data layers published to the Public Library from appearing in the project.
• Resolved an issue that caused viewpoint exports to stall when a screenshot capture timed out or failed.
• Resolved an issue that caused objects hidden behind a drawn area to become unselectable.
• Corrected an issue where the movement handle would select the wrong object underneath it.
• Addressed an issue that caused session connections to drop when moving between areas of a project.
• Resolved an issue where uploads with an unclear coordinate system failed without a clear explanation.

VU.CITY 14 August 2026

Key Features:

• Duplicate a project in one click, and restore a project after a crash.
• Reposition an imported mesh (origin, orientation and tilt) directly in the viewer, instead of re-exporting and re-uploading it.
• Sessions now open roughly three times faster.

Enhancements:

• Coordinate reference systems are now grouped by region in the upload dropdown.
• Viewpoint collections are now locked by default when shared or imported, with a warning before unlocking.
• The movement handle (gizmo) is larger and easier to grab when zoomed out.
• Higher-detail tile content has been prepared to support the timeline feature.
• Extended rate-limiting and firewall protections on web endpoints.

Key Bug Fixes:

• Addressed an issue that allowed hidden geometry to be clicked, preventing users from selecting what was actually visible.
• Resolved an issue that caused drawn points and areas to drop to ground level instead of staying at the depth clicked.
• Addressed an issue that prevented “Show original materials” from reliably reapplying materials.
• Corrected an issue causing mesh selection and filtering to behave inconsistently with “Show original materials” switched on.
• Resolved an issue where imported GLB models were registered as the wrong object type, affecting selection and interaction.
• Resolved an issue that left the location list in the Hub out of alphabetical order.
• Addressed an issue that prevented session availability from refreshing after a failed attempt to open one.
• Corrected incorrect wording on the refresh-thumbnails action and added a missing check when selecting a viewpoint collection.
• Addressed an issue where contract creation checked the wrong account permission.
• Resolved an issue that caused cancelled viewpoint exports to leave partial image files behind.
• Addressed an issue that caused a session opened elsewhere to show a misleading timeout message instead of the correct explanation.
• Resolved an issue that could result in a shared session running the wrong build version.
• Resolved an issue that could block voice and video connections on some restricted networks.