Roadmap

Overview of some planned features, organized by category

🟩 TODO ✅ Done (in any shippable stage) 👷‍♂️ In Progress

• User Interface

  • 🟩 Allow for custom splitting of the window view (aka Blender's Areas)

  • 🟩 Customizable Overlay Widgets

  • 🟩 Workspaces (loadable to whole window or to a single Area)

  • 🟩 Drag and Drop (in various views)

  • 🟩 Undo / History browsing

  • Alternative Controls

    • 🟩 Keyboard only

    • 🟩 Gamepad only

    • 🟩 MIDI Controller only

  • Schematic View

    • ✅ Grid Snapping

    • 🟩Free shape drawing (eg. Floorplans)

  • Block browser

    • ✅ Category support

    • 🟩 Context aware (offers relevant blocks first)

    • 🟩 Recents

    • ✅ Favorites

    • 🟩 Presets

    • 🟩 Icons (with integrated editor)

  • Stack Editor

    • ✅ Layers

    • 🟩 Graphical Color Picker

    • 🟩 Group Editing (Edit multiple fixture behaviors at once)

  • Controller Editor

    • 🟩 Merge with Schematic View

• Inputs

  • 🟩 Native HTC Vive Tracking (currently only through vvvv beta)

  • 🟩 Serial Firmata (Arduino)

  • 👷‍♂️ Audio Analysis (needs porting from vvvv beta)

• Outputs

  • IoT Devices (Smartbulbs)

    • 🟩 Philips Hue (Missing test hardware)

    • 👷‍♂️ IKEA TRÅDFRI

    • 👷‍♂️ LIFX

    • 🟩 ConBee II

  • DMX/ArtNet

    • 🟩 Custom fixture personalities

    • 🟩 GDTF Personality support

  • LEDs

    • OctoWS2811 VideoDisplay

  • Audio

    • 👷‍ VL.Audio wrapper (WIP video)

    • 🟩 SuperCollider Integration

  • Visual

    • 👷‍♂️ Shapes (2D Renderer)

    • 🟩 3D Rendering (depends on VL.Stride)

    • 🟩 Texture/Shader processing (depends on VL.Stride)

    • 🟩 Hydra integration

  • Lasers (ILDA)

    • 🟩EtherDream

  • Microcontrollers

    • 🟩 Serial Firmata (Arduino)

• Collaboration

  • 🟩 Networked Layouts

  • ✅ Attribute Sharing (currently implemented via OSC)

  • 🟩 Block Stack Warehouse (a way to quickly share and re-use others' Block Stacks)

  • 🟩 Real-time Online Collaboration

• Workflow

  • Automatic Fixture Placement

    • 👷‍♂️ From CSV (eg. AutoCAD exports)

    • 🟩 From Camera feed

    • 👷‍♂️ Plugin Support

  • Control

    • 🟩Remote Web Interface

• Interoperability

  • 🟩 ScenicScript as file format

  • 🟩 Runtimes for more platforms

    • 🟩 Arduino (C/MicroPython)

    • 🟩 Linux (C/VL when ready)

    • 🟩 Web platforms (JavaScript)

• Performance

  • 🟩 Multithreading

  • 🟩 Lazy evaluation

  • 🟩 Reactive

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