Engines supporting more than one graphics backend very often need to translate various enum values — pixel formats, primitive types etc. — from a generic API-agnostic value to the one used by a particular implementation, in the fastest-possible and most robust way.
The new release brings more flexibility to asset management and rendering abstractions, improves plugin handling and showcases Leap Motion integration.
The new Magnum milestone brings WebGL 2.0 and WebAssembly, VR support, lots of niceties for Windows users, iOS port, new experimental UI library, improved testing capabilities, support for over 80 new asset formats, new examples and much more.