New Firefly 1.0.0.68 Now Available!

It's been a while since we've had a new Firefly update... but finally... the wait is over!  I'm excited to release Firefly version 1.0.0.068 which has several new features and enhancements.  

There are also several new computer vision tools and enhancements.  There are two new components which allow you to save snapshots of different Firefly bitmaps to a directory on your computer.  One gives you an immediate snapshot whenever you click a button, whereas the other saves a sequence of images based on a time frequency.  There's also been a few enhancements to the Kinect tools.  

While we're on the topic of computer vision... I'd be remiss if I didn't mention the new Leap Motion Finger Tracking component.  If you haven't seen this impressive piece of hardware, make sure you check out (https://www.leapmotion.com/).  The Firefly Finger Tracker gives you immediate access to real-time location and orientation of all your detected fingers and pointers.  You can also turn on/off different features like finger trails, finger mesh representations, and palm plane orientations.  It's incredibly fun and has the potential to radically change how we work with computers.

In addition, the Firefly/Arduino Stepper motor workflow has been completely re-worked and now features a call-back (or echo) function which allows you to wait until the stepper has reached its destination before feeding it the next movement command.  Simply connect a list of absolute movement values, and it will wait until it has finished the last command before issuing the next command.  However, if you connect a single value, like that of a slider, it will automatically move to the most recent value to avoid latency.  Now, you can choreograph all of your intricate stepper movements til your hearts content! 

There are many more features, so make sure you read the change log that comes with the installer.  As usual, you can download the latest version of Firefly on the official website.  Please leave any comments if you find any bugs or errors with this build.

Click Here to Download Firefly 1.0.0.68!