v0.2.4

Major features and improvements:

• Upgrade python to 3.9 by @0mdc in https://github.com/facebookresearch/habitat-sim/pull/2030
• Better Camera unproject by @aclegg3 in https://github.com/facebookresearch/habitat-sim/pull/2001
• MultiGoalShortestPath improvements by @aclegg3 in https://github.com/facebookresearch/habitat-sim/pull/2014
• Don't default to joined collision objects by @aclegg3 in https://github.com/facebookresearch/habitat-sim/pull/2021
• Coordinate system tutorial by @rpartsey in https://github.com/facebookresearch/habitat-sim/pull/2009
• Update to latest Magnum with: full skinning support, MeshData Python bindings, new MaterialTools, improved glTF import/export, and much more by @mosra in https://github.com/facebookresearch/habitat-sim/pull/1968 https://github.com/facebookresearch/habitat-sim/pull/1999 https://github.com/facebookresearch/habitat-sim/pull/2015 https://github.com/facebookresearch/habitat-sim/pull/2032
• Configuration support for Magnum Vector2, Vector4, Color3 and Color4, UserDefinedAttr support of str Lists by @jturner65 in https://github.com/facebookresearch/habitat-sim/pull/2028
• Update pybind11 to v2.10.4 by @Skylion007 in https://github.com/facebookresearch/habitat-sim/pull/1974 https://github.com/facebookresearch/habitat-sim/pull/2051

Other improvements and bug fixes:

Bugfixes

• Ray distance scaling fix by @aclegg3 in https://github.com/facebookresearch/habitat-sim/pull/2022
• Fix color overflow in get_island_colored_map by @aclegg3 in https://github.com/facebookresearch/habitat-sim/pull/2024
• Fix baselines installation in colab_install.sh by @rpartsey in https://github.com/facebookresearch/habitat-sim/pull/1966
• Update magnum-bindings for MeshData fix on py3.7 by @aclegg3 in https://github.com/facebookresearch/habitat-sim/pull/2003
• Fix dataset download re-linking by @rpartsey in https://github.com/facebookresearch/habitat-sim/pull/1989
• Remove file being written by test by @jturner65 in https://github.com/facebookresearch/habitat-sim/pull/2013

Batched Renderer and GFX Replay

• Decouple gfx-replay player from scene graph; integrate the batch renderer into it by @0mdc in https://github.com/facebookresearch/habitat-sim/pull/1947
• Batch renderer integration into Python viewer. by @0mdc in https://github.com/facebookresearch/habitat-sim/pull/1964
• Gfx-replay: Record scene graph deletions. by @0mdc in https://github.com/facebookresearch/habitat-sim/pull/1975
• Clear replay renderer when all instances are deleted. by @0mdc in https://github.com/facebookresearch/habitat-sim/pull/1976
• Lighting support in the batch renderer by @mosra in https://github.com/facebookresearch/habitat-sim/pull/1970
• Add replay renderer bindings to get CUDA device pointers. by @0mdc in https://github.com/facebookresearch/habitat-sim/pull/2011
• Allow the batch renderer to draw empty scenes. by @0mdc in https://github.com/facebookresearch/habitat-sim/pull/2019
• Disable sim sensors when using the batch renderer. by @0mdc in https://github.com/facebookresearch/habitat-sim/pull/2031
• Add more rigorous context checks when creating classic replay renderer. by @0mdc in https://github.com/facebookresearch/habitat-sim/pull/2041
• Fix standalone batch renderer context deletion. by @0mdc in https://github.com/facebookresearch/habitat-sim/pull/2043

CI

• Fix Pytorch-CUDA dependency on CI. by @0mdc in https://github.com/facebookresearch/habitat-sim/pull/1973
• Fix Miniconda installation on CI. by @0mdc in https://github.com/facebookresearch/habitat-sim/pull/1977
• Pin toml-sort version to fix pre-commit issue on CI. by @0mdc in https://github.com/facebookresearch/habitat-sim/pull/1983
• Bump black and isort. by @0mdc in https://github.com/facebookresearch/habitat-sim/pull/2000
• Pin patchelf version on CI. by @0mdc in https://github.com/facebookresearch/habitat-sim/pull/2017
• Fix flake8 errors. by @0mdc in https://github.com/facebookresearch/habitat-sim/pull/2039

Other

• Update DATASETS.md by @dhruvbatra in https://github.com/facebookresearch/habitat-sim/pull/1985
• Add HM3DSem category mappings file by @srama2512 in https://github.com/facebookresearch/habitat-sim/pull/2004
• Add Human Armature into Downloader by @xavierpuigf in https://github.com/facebookresearch/habitat-sim/pull/2016
• Fixed colab tutorial links by @rpartsey in https://github.com/facebookresearch/habitat-sim/pull/2020
• Update Spot mesh by @jimmytyyang in https://github.com/facebookresearch/habitat-sim/pull/2023
• Receptacle test assets by @aclegg3 in https://github.com/facebookresearch/habitat-sim/pull/1994
• Add python binding to render color sensors into CPU images. by @0mdc in https://github.com/facebookresearch/habitat-sim/pull/2029
• Add .idea to gitignore. by @0mdc in https://github.com/facebookresearch/habitat-sim/pull/2038

New Contributors

• @rpartsey made their first contribution in https://github.com/facebookresearch/habitat-sim/pull/1966
• @xavierpuigf made their first contribution in https://github.com/facebookresearch/habitat-sim/pull/2016

Full Changelog: https://github.com/facebookresearch/habitat-sim/compare/v0.2.3...v0.2.4