Vū Studio Release — March 24, 2026
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This release delivers architectural improvements, expanded lighting and video capabilities, player stability improvements, and extensive UI and workflow fixes across Vū Studio.
Planned maintenance window: Scheduled for the afternoon on release day. There should be no interruption to website availability or your online account.
Improvements
- Pin background elements — Added the ability to pin background elements for more control over scene composition (VU-2428)
- Cast to all displays — Added "Cast to all displays" capability for faster multi-display control (VU-2364)
- Scene saving — Scene saving modal now scrolls to the current folder on open (VU-2455)
- Exit playback — Added ability to exit playback when not connected to a player (VU-2434)
- Video toolbar — Updated video toolbar with improved preset, layer, and transition controls (VU-2382)
- Mobile navigation — Improved mobile navigation bar spacing (VU-2408)
Fixes
- Asset playback can sometimes fail after OS reconnects to the internet (VU-2475)
- Background layers can appear white or paused when returning from splash screen (VU-2465)
- "Return to Asset" button can appear without an active asset in some cases (VU-2462)
- System config file can occasionally be blank, leading to black screen on startup (VU-2427)
- Web players can appear licensed but not function correctly in some cases (VU-2426)
- Scene thumbnails can appear broken or fail to display during creation (VU-2418, VU-2406)
- Updating video end behavior during playback can revert after completion (VU-2413)
- Temporary scenes can incorrectly save asset attributes with "temp" ID (VU-2412)
- Persistent CORS errors on thumbnails can require hard reload (VU-1911)
- New scenes can occasionally fail to save correctly (VU-2390)
- Duplicate asset attributes can occur intermittently (VU-2399)
- Remote navigation buttons may not move between assets after casting (VU-2394)
- Secondary display content can remain visible after casting a new scene (VU-2453)
- Anonymous screen sharing links can fail to load in some cases (VU-2435)
- Access denied errors can occur for media in temp cache (VU-2380)
- Lighting controls can fail to display all sliders in some configurations (VU-2360)
- Remote UI can stretch content to maximum width unexpectedly (VU-2363)
- 3D mode can result in black screen or unsaved attributes in some cases (VU-2367)
- Playback control commands may not apply after "Cast to All" in some cases (VU-2339)