Release notes 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.

Details

GitHub stats for 2026/08/04 - 2026/10/19 (tag: v2.0.0)

These lists are automatically generated, and may be incomplete or contain duplicates.

The following 9 authors contributed 76 commits.

• Anshu kashyap

• Eleftherios Garyfallidis

• Maharshi Gor

• Medha Bhardwaj

• Mohit Kumar

• Praneeth Shetty

• Rishika Sharma

• Sampat

• Serge Koudoro

We closed a total of 37 issues, 30 pull requests and 7 regular issues; this is the full list (generated with the script tools/github_stats.py):

Pull Requests (30):

• #1370: NF: Add seam-safe texture_on_sphere actor

• #1372: Update pre-commit hooks

• #1369: Version switcher fix

• #1346: test: add bounds and center validation for superquadric primitive

• #1341: NF: Port SpinBox to v2

• #1365: NF: Tensor slicer added

• #1368: RF: Update readme to more compliant with v2

• #1366: MNT: Require Python 3.12 and update interpreter coverage

• #1367: DOC: Refresh installation and Miniforge contributor guidance

• #1364: NF: Ellipsoid Slicer Introduced

• #1357: NF: Billboard ellipsoid introduced

• #1344: Updated text in window.py

• #1361: Update pre-commit hooks

• #1353: I added strict=True to fix the problem B905 warning

• #1342: docs: replace Furious Atoms with Polyxios and list friends in README

• #1354: NF: Pick info provided for billboard based actors

• #1349: Update pre-commit hooks

• #1343: Update pre-commit hooks

• #1335: Update pre-commit hooks

• #1334: Update pre-commit hooks

• #1329: Update pre-commit hooks

• #1327: MNT: Remove obsolete pre-v2 test recordings and count files

• #1326: PBR support

• #1324: Update pre-commit hooks

• #1323: Update pre-commit hooks

• #1320: Week 10: Finalizing Website Revamp and Performance Optimization

• #1319: Week 9: Improving Tree UI from Review Feedback and Migration Guide

• #1318: Week 8: Implementing Rounded Rectangle with Fragment Shaders

• #1321: Update pre-commit hooks

• #1294: Adding Rounded Rectangle

Issues (7):

• #1114: Port SpinBox Component to v2

• #1348: Fix B905 Ruff warnings (missing strict parameter in zip) in data/fetcher.py

• #1355: save_image rejects documented single-channel arrays

• #1350: Non-square image textures swap width and height

• #1269: Docs website revamp todo tracker

• #1347: Fix B905 Ruff warnings (missing strict parameter in zip) in data/fetcher.py

• #1273: FURY v2 release readiness