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GeoVisionary

2025.1​

Released 2025-03-07

Added​

  • ActiveMove tracking mode with various settings that can be configured
  • Save and load user settings from files with the .VRSetting file extension
  • "Use Extra Framebuffer" setting to fix flickering that can occur with stereo 3D enabled

Changed​

  • Improve the performance of shadows in large scenes with animated objects
  • Stop re-rendering static scenes to improve GUI responsiveness in large scenes and reduce CPU/GPU usage

Removed​

  • Changelog, Visionary Render manual and programming guide (these have been moved to Virtalis Docs)

Fixed​

  • The warning “[W] Cache was not cleanly unmounted. Rebuilding a clean cache." being shown on startup
  • “Path does not exist” error when saving files to the root of a drive

2024.3.1​

Released 2024-11-22

Fixed​

  • Read error when loading a file containing more than 4GB of XML or mesh data in a single block

2024.3​

Released 2024-10-25

Added​

  • Avatar name labels for easier identification of users in collaboration
  • Support for loading image files in WebP, JPEG 2000 (JP2), JNG, JPEG XR (JXR), PBM, PGM, PPM and PFM formats
  • Enable use of OpenXR mode with SteamVR's OpenXR runtime
  • Settings to control the visibility mask (when present) and mirror view in HMD tracking modes

Fixed​

  • Improve smoothness of navigation in collaboration when using a display or HMD with a high refresh rate
  • An issue where the file browser would become unresponsive after cancelling a prompt to overwrite a file
  • An issue where viewpoints would be lost from the SavedUserPositions node when loading an old file
  • The default value of the Tracking/Config/Origin option used by SteamVR mode, which was incorrectly set to "Manual" instead of "Roomscale"

2024.2​

Released 2024-07-08

Fixed​

  • Incorrect terrain shading whilst using height exaggeration
  • Terrain overlay layers being rendered with an opaque black/grey background
  • Missing borehole segments when the geometry and property intervals are different

2024.1​

Released 2024-02-29

Added​

  • Support for terrain clipping using dynamic sections
  • Start menu shortcut for the Visionary Render Programming Guide

Fixed​

  • HoloLens 2 is unsupported

2023.2​

Released 2023-09-26

Changed​

  • Reduce open/save time and file size by not saving default properties to GV3 files
  • Improve user experience with version control by storing the metanodes section of GV3 files in alphabetical order instead of a different random order each time they are saved

Fixed​

  • Scene GUI has artefacts when visible at the same time as a voxel model

2022.3​

Released 2022-11-02

Fixed​

  • Point clouds appear in front of transparent objects in the right eye in stereo
  • Point cloud and texture filenames have wrong relative paths after loading files from older versions of GeoVisionary

2022.1.1​

Released 2022-03-16

Fixed​

  • Crash when pointing at a voxel model that's reached its maximum vertex count
  • Warning when physics debug visuals are enabled in a scene with terrain

2021.3.1​

Released 2021-11-29

Fixed​

  • Startup failures in the BlockModel Converter, Pointcloud Converter and TileServer Converter due to incompatible library version

2021.2​

Released 2021-07-12

Fixed​

  • Crash when selecting voxel data if the data source is inaccessible
  • Voxel materials aren't restored correctly when loading scenes

2021.1​

Released 2021-04-01

Fixed​

  • Crash when opening multiple animated point cloud projects
  • Point cloud paths are lost when a 2020.2 scene is converted to 2020.3
  • Animated point clouds use more memory each time they are played

2020.3​

Released 2020-10-12

Fixed​

  • Changes to GeoVisionary settings can't be undone
  • Date and time and sun position are added to the undo history when the "Track UTC" option is enabled
  • Wrong directory path is saved if it contains a trailing backslash and the directory is on the same drive as the scene file

2020.2​

Released 2020-07-08

Fixed​

  • Rendering of boreholes with point property data
  • Stall at startup when using a license without the "Immersive" feature

2020.1​

Released 2020-03-18

Changed​

  • Update the GUI theme

Fixed​

  • Crash when using the Dataset rollout in the properties of an OverlayLink
  • Stall after renaming a style used by 10000 shapes
  • Voxel clip plane handles aren't rendered
  • NOT operator in GVLayerQuery
  • Styles tab doesn't render tiles properly in Tile View mode
  • Windows such as Styles and Gradients aren't fully transparent in minimal mode
  • Compass isn't displayed
  • Bottom of property tabs are clipped in the Terrain and GeoServer node properties
  • EPSG code search results aren't displayed
  • Warning in the log when a HeatMap or HeatMapPoint is created

2019.3​

Released 2019-05-29

Fixed​

  • Crash when closing a scene with a GPS Tracker in it
  • Crash when GVHeatMap is given an incorrect node type
  • Crash when the web service properties are dismissed before the server response is received
  • Point clouds aren't visible in the right eye with stereo optimisations enabled
  • Properties window isn't updated with the correct voxel information
  • Heat maps aren't updated when their gradients are changed

2019.2​

Released 2019-03-27

Added​

  • Start menu shortcut for ActiveViewLight

Changed​

  • Improve the format of Time of Day

Fixed​

  • Materials aren't applied to borehole segments when shown with a point property
  • Segment property of boreholes is highlighted red when it shouldn't be