Release Notes

• VR Viewer: optimized meshing for faster object loading
• VR Feature selection: added "advanced features" option
• OpenXR: support for Virtual Desktop (VDXR) and Meta Quest Simulator
• Tracing: spine counting and spine density object features
• Tracing: improved SWC export * Objects: SD (standard deviation) added for a lot of features
• Objects: morphological segment features (convex hull, cross section area, equivalent ellipse projection, maximum inscribed sphere, inscribed disk)
• Objects: additional 2D segment features (symmetry 2D, Feret projection, convex hull projection)
• Objects: switch to show only selected objects in the viewer has been moved to the Objects dialog
• Objects table: improved handling for huge amount of objects in the objects table
• Data Handling: open CZI data natively without the need for import
• Data Handling: Thermo Fisher CellInsight CX7 media handler
• Data Handling: ImageXpress MetaSeries Single/Multi-plane TIFF media handler
• 2D Viewer: removed Loupe Tool
• VR controllers: added support for the Logitech MX Ink (MR Stylus for Meta Quest 3)
• General: rebranded to ZEISS arivis Pro VR
• General: enhanced System Check utility
• General: switched to .Net 8
• General: numerous additional bug fixes and stability improvements
• General: Predictive Analytics service as optional install
• Temporarily removed: Voice Commands, VR Stories, Surface Panel, and Counting Panel
• Fully compatible with ZEISS arivis Pro 4.3

• Collaboration: new model with templates and sessions (Require also new service version!)
• Collaboration: session creator gets presenter rights (allow everyone with access to spawn new sessions)
• Collaboration: improved download handling (less repeated downloads)
• Collaboration: improved network error handling (for connection tests and data download)
• Collaboration: multiple fixes for voice chat and file uploads
• Collaboration: automatic download can be disabled (Advanced preference "network.Autodownload")
• Collaboration: simplified Collaboration Wizard
• Licensing: faster release of used licenses (important for multi-seat cloud licenses)
• Removed deprecated native Oculus SDK support (Quest & Oculus headset fully supported via OpenXR)
• Fully compatible with Vision4D 4.1.1

• Tool Menus: Tool tips for Tool modes and some important settings, rearranged Tool titles
• Performance improvements for loading and rendering of objects (Segments, Tracks, Traces)
• Preferences: New performance setting for object rendering (adjustable object limit)
• Collaboration: Integrated support of Azure Storage resources (for up- & download)
• 2D Draw tools improved (context menu and other enhancements)
• Cloud license support: included Sentinel driver and HASP Lib have been upgraded to version 8.5
• Tracking: Several bugfixes and tool improvements when working with dragon tail rendering
• Various usability improvements and bugfixes
• Fully compatible with Vision4D 4.1/ZEISS ariv

• OpenXR: New VR Viewer preference to use another runtime than the active runtime of the system
• VR Voice control: improved support for different English language packs
• Various usability improvements and bugfixes

arivis VisionVR 4.0 Release Notes December 6, 2022

• Traces: Full VR visualization of Trace Objects
• Traces: Added 2D tracing tools
• Opacity panel: new Invert feature
• Layers: new Main Menu settings sub-page to configure the visibility of all object layers
• Tool Menu: Visibility panel now filled dynamically with user favorites (up to 4 object layers)
• VisionHub: Support for upload and download of images, objects and pipeline results to and from VisionHub servers
• Tracking: Speed improvements and introduction of different center types for segment-based track spots
• Tracking: changed default behaviour for manually created tracks with segments (now center of geometry is used)
• VR Voice control: experimental support of voice commands to control render settings and object visualization
• Preferences: Automatical "Prepare objects" after opening documents can be disabled
• Headsets: added support of the Pico 4 (via SteamVR streaming)
• Help: small improvements, updated requirements...
• Various usability improvements and bugfixes
• Fully compatible with Vision4D 4.0