Version 1.4.0 - released February 2, 2022

• Annotation positions are incorrectly synched between views and platforms #179381096
• Some text doesn't fit on floating star panel #179381008
• Clicking on some stars shows multiple floating info panels #179381042
• v1.3 required http protocol, change to https #181079009

Version 1.3.0 - released August 26th, 2021

Features/Improvements

• Add Right Ascension and Declination to star display, 179015281
• Add Stellar Distance to star display, 179015295
• Display all times using UTC 24 Clock, 179015089
• Add greater zoom out in Celestial Sphere view, 179074177
• Add Minute increments to time controls, 179015088
• Make Sun and Moon selectable and show their Alt/Az, 179027435
• Add UTC label after displayed times, 179109313
• Change movement control to rotate sphere in Celestial Sphere scene, 179109338
• Change start location to Champaign, 179123580
• Reveal drawing data in Celestial Sphere scene, 179123376
• Add RA and Declination to Sun and Moon, 179181331
• Move the time controls to the left info panel, 179126829
• Move the Location Controls to Left Panel, 179193829
• Create 2D star panel that is shown when star is selected, 179139278
• Create 3D star panel that is shown when star is selected in HoloLens, 179139303
• Refactor the Menu Panel, 179193879
• Update animal names and color names, 179291540
• Move the Group Controls to Left Panel, 179193930
• Add move controls in HoloLens Celestial Sphere scene, 179126966
• Add group/network functionality to star panel, 179182636
• Update group login to match the spec, 179261762
• Remove celestial pole and vernal markers from Star View, 179302128
• Add event logging for new menus and actions, 179311646
• Replace line annotations with arc annotations, 179126799

Bug Fixes

• In CEASAR Web version, user cannot restore to previous login ID, 179109282
• Fix undefined error in WebGL build, 179051240
• WebGL build has static content size, 179051274
• In CEASAR Web version, user's colors are not represented in their text names or annotations, 179073089
• Star data is not updated when the user changes time or location, 179109371
• Constellation lines are sometimes drawn with gaps due to a Unity render issue, 179126894
• In CEASAR Web version, annotation delete particle effect displays incorrectly, 179126857
• In horizon view, mouse controls allow user to rotate until they are upside down, 179126875
• Undo fixes, 179120860
• HL2 version: Draw button does not toggle icon when selected to show active state, 179207703
• All constellation selection is broken, 179260346
• Date/time change is not communicated across group, 179260355
• Constellation line colors are wrong, 179293998
• Network error in WebGL build, 179172932
• HL2: Blue background to the time setting popup can become disconnected to the buttons, 179305142
• HL2 version constellations clicked in HL2 are not displayed in web however web selections are displayed in HL2, 179304922
• Returning to Horizon View from Star view, Drawings are OFF, 179301654
• HL2: Celestial Sphere view: Stars menu is missing Show All / Hide All Constellations buttons (as they appear in the web version), 179334269
• HL2 version: Drawn lines do not extend to the points clicked, 179207810
• HL2: errant line point appears when ending draw mode and clicking on button, 179344043
• annotation positions are not synced between HL2 and Web version, 179346063

New UI and Hololens 2 support

Version 1.2.0 - released February 17, 2021

Features/Improvements

• New UI with the Interaction Menu (selecting modes, scenes, group members) appearing to the right of the screen (and controlled by the right hand controllers for VR / AR) and the Info Panel appearing on the left, with information about your current constellation selection, current date and time, and the names of other members of your group.
• New buttons in the UI to increase / decrease the quantity of visible stars in the sky
• New buttons in the UI to highlight all or no constellations without opening the list of constellations
• New Undo functionality for annotations, making it easier to remove your drawings from the sky.
• Stars now appear colored with a yellow-to-blue tint based on their observed color data.
• Constellation lines are adjusted to a more traditional set of designs.
• Refactoring of UI-related code to use events to respond to changes in system state rather than direct observation or references from other components.

Bug Fixes

• Occasional issues with placement of the North Pin have been resolved, and the pin position can be updated to match your current facing position.
• Technically not really a bug, but the project has been rolled back to Unity 2019.4 (the current LTS version) due to compatibility issues with the Mixed Reality Toolkit on the 2020 editions. The Hololens work is in a separate branch from the Quest edition for now until the AR / MR plugin architecture of Unity can be stabilized in 2020 with a compatible MRTK release.

Network stack update & Unity version update

Added support for latest release of the server architecture for networking and updated the Unity project to Unity 2020.1.8f1. This includes the switch to using the XR Plugin Management system that is now required for all VR, AR, XR, etc. platform builds.

Note that previous versions will be unable to connect to the network server.