BabylonJS/Babylon.js 9.16.0

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Addons

• fix(addons): render atmosphere PBR materials in their creation frame - by RaananW (#18670)

Core

• Add an emitRateControl setter to GPUParticleSystem - by VicenteCartas (#18674)
• Preserve particle texture settings when serializing by reference - by VicenteCartas (#18673)
• Fix ParticleSystem.clone() / GPUParticleSystem.clone() changing the particle texture - [Bug Fix] by VicenteCartas (#18672)
• fix: restore side-effect registrations dropped by the 9.15 pure/non-pure split - by RaananW (#18671)
• fix(AudioV2): propagate live loopStart/loopEnd changes to playing static sounds - by RaananW (#18669)
• WebGPU projection layer + render target provider - by RaananW (#18655)
• fix(AudioV2): resume looping static sound from correct position with loopStart/loopEnd - by RaananW (#18661)
• Fix lighting volume WGSL depth texture binding - by matthargett (#18658)
• TC39 migration: flip experimentalDecorators to Stage 3 decorators (atomic) - by RaananW (#18647)
• fix(core): shrink thin-engine bundle (remove fileTools force-link + thin-closure stubs) - by RaananW (#18656)
• WebGPU-compatible XR session + XRGPUBinding plumbing - by RaananW (#18650)
• WebGPU-XR Phase 0: decouple WebXR from WebGL with API-agnostic seams - by RaananW (#18645)

GUI

• TC39 migration: flip experimentalDecorators to Stage 3 decorators (atomic) - by RaananW (#18647)

Inspector

• Add support for loading .babylonproj files in Sandbox - [New Feature] by georginahalpern (#18666)
• feat(inspector): expose PBR metallic texture channel mapping (glTF ORM) - by ryantrem (#18667)

Loaders

• KHR_gaussian_splatting gltf extension - by CedricGuillemet (#18659)

Materials

• TC39 migration: flip experimentalDecorators to Stage 3 decorators (atomic) - by RaananW (#18647)

Node Editor

• TC39 migration: flip experimentalDecorators to Stage 3 decorators (atomic) - by RaananW (#18647)

Node Geometry Editor

• TC39 migration: flip experimentalDecorators to Stage 3 decorators (atomic) - by RaananW (#18647)

Node Particle Editor

• TC39 migration: flip experimentalDecorators to Stage 3 decorators (atomic) - by RaananW (#18647)

Node Render Graph Editor

• TC39 migration: flip experimentalDecorators to Stage 3 decorators (atomic) - by RaananW (#18647)

Playground

• TC39 migration: flip experimentalDecorators to Stage 3 decorators (atomic) - by RaananW (#18647)

Sandbox

• Add support for loading .babylonproj files in Sandbox - [New Feature] by georginahalpern (#18666)

Serializers

• TC39 migration: flip experimentalDecorators to Stage 3 decorators (atomic) - by RaananW (#18647)

Smart Filters

• TC39 migration: flip experimentalDecorators to Stage 3 decorators (atomic) - by RaananW (#18647)

Viewer

• TC39 migration: flip experimentalDecorators to Stage 3 decorators (atomic) - by RaananW (#18647)
• Viewer: Treat OpenPBRMaterial as PBR for light setup - by MiiBond (#18622)
• Upgrade Vite to 8.1.3 (Rolldown) for faster tool builds - by RaananW (#18649)