import { Object3D } from 'three/webgpu';
/**
 * Checks whether an object is visible, taking its ancestors into account.
 *
 * `Raycaster` deliberately ignores `visible` — it only tests `layers`. So a ray
 * still reports a hit on a visible mesh whose parent node was hidden, and any
 * picking code has to apply the hierarchy rule itself.
 *
 * @param object - The object to check.
 * @returns True when the object and every one of its ancestors are visible.
 */
export declare function isVisibleInHierarchy(object: Object3D | null | undefined): boolean;