google/filament v1.9.0

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Engine (new features ✨)

• MASKED mode now leaves destination alpha intact (useful for transparent targets).
• MASKED mode now benefit from smoothing in unlit materials.
• Fixed frame graph crash when more than 32 stages were required.
• Temporal Anti-Aliasing (TAA) is now available as a complement to MSAA and FXAA. It can be turned
  on and controlled using View.setTemporalAntiAliasingOptions().
• Added texture getters to Skybox and IndirectLight (C++, Java, JavaScript).
• Added APIs to create 3D textures and 2D texture arrays.
• Internal buffers can now be sized at compile times for applications that render very large
  numbers of objects.
• View.setAmbientOcclusion() is deprecated in favor of View.setAmbientOcclusionOptions
  (⚠️ API change).
• Variance Shadow Mapping (VSM) is now available as an alternative to PCF shadows (experimental).
• Fixed translucent views with custom render targets.
• Use "reverse-z" for the depth buffer.
• Added a way to create an Engine asynchronously.
• Highlights are now more stable under depth of field.
• New option to compress highlights before bloom.
• Improvements and fixes to SSAO and DOF.

Libraries and Tools

• Fixed KHR_materials_transmission to use the FADE blending mode.
• Fixed several memory leaks in gltfio and the JavaScript bindings.
• Reduced compiled material sizes by removing unnecessary variants.

Platforms and Backends

• Fixed several platform-specific Vulkan bugs and crashes.
• Switched to C++17.
• Many improvement and fixes in the Vulkan backend.
• Many improvement and fixes in the Metal backend.
• Improved MSAA implementation compatibility on Android devices.