2.0.x

Highlights

• Desktop UI – Updated layout, improved usability
  Desktop UI - The Desktop User Interface

• Control Panel UI – Completely rebuilt to align with 2.0
  Control Panel UI Overview

• Launchpad – Customisable tile-based system for launching Sessions and Triggers
  Launchpad

• 3D Model Layer – Native support for viewing 3D model files
  3D Model

• Session Collections – Organise sessions into structured collections
  Session Library | Session Collections

• Layer Presets – Save and reuse single layer configurations
  Layer Presets

• Workspace Masking – Dynamically control visible areas of the canvas
  Workspace - Masking

• DirectShow Layer – Added video input support
  DirectShow

• AI Image Generation (Beta) – Generate images directly within Igloo Core Engine
  AI - Asset Generation (Beta)

Igloo Core Engine

Core Updates

• GPU Selection – Automatically targets NVIDIA GPU in multi-GPU systems

• Safe Mode – Launch into in a minimal recovery state
  Command Line Arguments | Safe Mode

• Improved Fading – Layers now wait until ready before fading in

• Workspace Masking System – Real-time control of canvas masking
  Workspace - Masking

• Logging Improvements – Enhanced log file size management
  Logging

• Input Device – Sticky Regions
  Workspace - Input Device | Sticky Regions

Desktop UI

• Updated styling and colour scheme

• Dedicated Session Toolbar

• Improved widgets and interaction patterns

Usability Improvements

• Drag-and-drop layer reordering

• Collapsible layers

• Zoom to selected layer

• Light / Dark modes

Status Bar

• System utilisation

• NDI status and management

• Triggers & Actions status

UI Overview:
Desktop UI Overview

Tutorials:
Desktop UI

Launchpad (New)

A new system for managing, displaying, and launching a customisable set of tiles. These tiles represent functionalities such as Sessions and Triggers.

Launchpad

Layers

Default Properties for New Layers - Workspace - Layer Default Settings

• Default Layer Enabled

• Default True Perspective Quality

• WebView Zoom

3D Model Layer (New)

• Native Viewer for 3D Model Files - 3D Model

Loopback

Home

• Tile Styling Option - New ‘Maximise Thumbnail’ style option for Tile and Grid components Home Components | Tile Style

PDF

• Touch Support - Swipe and press to navigate between pages

Video

• Auto Play on Drag from Explorer - Videos dragged directly into the workspace from File Explorer will now respect the default Auto Play setting in Workspace Properties Workspace - Layer Default Settings | Layer Defaults

• HAP-R Format Support - Added support for the new HAP ‘flavour’ HAP-R. Note that we currently do not have alpha channel support with this option yet.

WebView

• Default Zoom Level Workspace Property - Workspace - Layer Default Settings | Layer Defaults

• Utility Browser

  • Allows chrome extensions to installed for use with WebViews WebView | Utility Browser

AppView

• Powerpoint Mode - AppView | PowerPoint mode

  • Track PPT files within the media library

  • Automate the launch and capture of a Powerpoint Presentation Window

Effects

• True Perspective

  • Configure Head Position Preset Per Layer True Perspective

Media Library

• Session Collections - Session Library | Session Collections

• Sort Sessions by the time they were last loaded

• Layer Presets - Layer Presets

Input Device System

• Lock to Region - Horizontal Wrap Setting Workspace - Input Device

• Configurable OSC Port for Input Device

Triggers and Actions

• Triggers

  • Tile Triggers - for use with Launchpad and Home Tiles Triggers and Actions | Tile Trigger

  • Added ‘Contains’ Comparison function for string value triggers

  • PowerPoint Presentation Slide Number

  • PDF Page Number

• Actions

  • Set Floor Mask Enabled State

  • Workspace Mask States

  • Set Workspace True Perspective Head Position

  • Control PowerPoint Slides (Next / Previous / Set Slide Number)

Warping & Blending

• MPCDI Support - Screen Windows | MPCDI

Igloo Control Panel 2.0

Igloo Control Panel 2.0 is a completely rebuilt application, designed to align with Igloo Core Engine 2.0. For full details see Before You Update to 2.0 – Key Changes | Igloo Control Panel 2.0

UI Overview:

Control Panel UI Overview

Tutorials:

Control Panel UI