v2.1.0

Quick Overview

• Added physically based rendering (PBR) and environment maps.
• Added billboard ellipsoids, ellipsoid and tensor slicers, and billboard picking information.
• Ported SpinBox to v2 with integer and floating-point input support.
• Added shader-based rounded rectangles.
• Fixed the documentation version switcher and refreshed installation guidance.
• Raised the minimum supported Python version to 3.12.
• Added seam free sphere texture mapping.

Full release notes

What's Changed

• Adding Rounded Rectangle by @medha-14 in #1294
• Update pre-commit hooks by @github-actions[bot] in #1321
• Week 8: Implementing Rounded Rectangle with Fragment Shaders by @medha-14 in #1318
• Week 9: Improving Tree UI from Review Feedback and Migration Guide by @medha-14 in #1319
• Week 10: Finalizing Website Revamp and Performance Optimization by @medha-14 in #1320
• Update pre-commit hooks by @github-actions[bot] in #1323
• Update pre-commit hooks by @github-actions[bot] in #1324
• PBR support by @maharshi-gor in #1326
• MNT: Remove obsolete pre-v2 test recordings and count files by @ganimtron-10 in #1327
• Update pre-commit hooks by @github-actions[bot] in #1329
• Update pre-commit hooks by @github-actions[bot] in #1334
• Update pre-commit hooks by @github-actions[bot] in #1335
• Update pre-commit hooks by @github-actions[bot] in #1343
• Update pre-commit hooks by @github-actions[bot] in #1349
• NF: Pick info provided for billboard based actors by @maharshi-gor in #1354
• docs: replace Furious Atoms with Polyxios and list friends in README by @skoudoro in #1342
• I added strict=True to fix the problem B905 warning by @kashyapanshu3108-ops in #1353
• Update pre-commit hooks by @github-actions[bot] in #1361
• Updated text in window.py by @Sampat369 in #1344
• NF: Billboard ellipsoid introduced by @maharshi-gor in #1357
• NF: Ellipsoid Slicer Introduced by @maharshi-gor in #1364
• DOC: Refresh installation and Miniforge contributor guidance by @maharshi-gor in #1367
• MNT: Require Python 3.12 and update interpreter coverage by @maharshi-gor in #1366
• RF: Update readme to more compliant with v2 by @maharshi-gor in #1368
• NF: Tensor slicer added by @maharshi-gor in #1365
• NF: Port SpinBox to v2 by @Rishika-dev in #1341
• test: add bounds and center validation for superquadric primitive by @mohitkumar188 in #1346
• Version switcher fix by @maharshi-gor in #1369
• Update pre-commit hooks by @github-actions[bot] in #1372
• NF: Add seam-safe texture_on_sphere actor by @maharshi-gor in #1370
• REL: release preparation for 2.1.0 by @maharshi-gor in #1371

New Contributors

• @kashyapanshu3108-ops made their first contribution in #1353
• @Sampat369 made their first contribution in #1344
• @Rishika-dev made their first contribution in #1341
• @mohitkumar188 made their first contribution in #1346

Full Changelog: v2.0.0...v2.1.0