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HoloScript 3.0.0 Release Notes

Release Date: February 6, 2026

🎉 Overview

HoloScript 3.0 is a major release that transforms HoloScript into a truly universal VR/AR development language. With 18 compile targets, WASM support, and comprehensive ecosystem tooling, you can now write once and deploy everywhere.

✨ Highlights

18 Compile Targets

Write HoloScript once, compile to:

Platform Target Status
Three.js threejs ✅ Stable
Unity unity ✅ Stable
VRChat vrchat ✅ New
Babylon.js babylon ✅ Stable
A-Frame aframe ✅ Stable
WebXR webxr ✅ Stable
URDF urdf ✅ Stable
SDF sdf ✅ Stable
DTDL dtdl ✅ Stable
WebAssembly wasm ✅ Stable
Unreal Engine 5 unreal ✅ New
iOS/ARKit ios ✅ New
Android/ARCore android ✅ New
Godot 4 godot ✅ New
visionOS visionos ✅ New
OpenXR openxr ✅ New
Android XR androidxr ✅ New
WebGPU webgpu ✅ New

New Platform Compilers

  • VRChatCompiler - Generate UdonSharp scripts with VRC_Pickup, VRC_ObjectSync, mirrors, portals
  • UnrealCompiler - Generate C++ actors with UPROPERTY/UFUNCTION macros and Blueprint support
  • IOSCompiler - Generate Swift/SwiftUI with ARKit integration
  • AndroidCompiler - Generate Kotlin with ARCore and Jetpack Compose

Editor Support

  • VS Code Extension - Syntax highlighting, LSP, snippets
  • IntelliJ Plugin - Full IDE support
  • Neovim Plugin - Tree-sitter highlighting, LSP integration (NEW)

📦 New Features

WebAssembly Compilation

holoscript compile scene.holo --target wasm

Generates WAT format with JavaScript bindings and TypeScript types.

Certified Packages Program

  • Automated quality verification across 4 categories
  • Letter grades (A-F) with certification badges
  • One-year validity with certificate IDs

Partner SDK

  • @holoscript/partner-sdk for ecosystem integration
  • Registry API client
  • Webhook handlers for package events
  • Analytics dashboard

Team Workspaces

  • Collaborative environments with role-based access
  • Shared secrets management
  • Activity logging and audit trail

HoloScript Academy

  • 30+ lessons across 3 learning levels
  • Interactive tutorials
  • Certificate tracking

🚀 Performance

Benchmark Result
Parse small (100 lines) 32,456 ops/s
Parse medium (600 lines) 3,440 ops/s
Parse large (1200 lines) 2,367 ops/s
Full compile (fresh) 2.4M ops/s
Incremental compile 1.7M ops/s

🔧 Breaking Changes

CLI Changes

  • Compile target names are now lowercase: --target vrchat instead of --target VRChat
  • WASM output structure changed to include separate bindings file

API Changes

  • HoloParser.parse() now returns { success, composition, errors } instead of just AST
  • Trait validators moved to @holoscript/traits package

📖 Migration Guide

See MIGRATION_GUIDE_3.0.md for detailed upgrade instructions.

🙏 Contributors

Thanks to all contributors who made this release possible!

📄 Full Changelog

See CHANGELOG.md for the complete list of changes.

Getting Started:

npm install -g @holoscript/cli
holoscript init my-project
holoscript compile scene.holo --target threejs

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