Babylon.js 7.0 released
Babylon.js 7.0 was officially released on March 28, 2024, with significant performance improvements and new features.
Key highlights
- Performance gains across rendering pipeline
- WebGPU improvements including Snapshot Rendering (render bundles)
- Gaussian Splatting support for novel view synthesis
- Procedural geometry enhancements
Snapshot Rendering
Babylon.js's Snapshot Rendering uses WebGPU render bundles to cache and reuse GPU command lists, potentially achieving 10x CPU-side speedups for static geometry.
Why it matters
Babylon.js continues to push what's possible in browser-based 3D. For web game developers, 7.0 offers meaningful performance improvements without code changes.