FlightGoggles v3.0

This release adds the ground floor and the basement of MIT Stata Center photogrammetric environments.

Features:

• Add support for all environments in FlightGoggles:
  1. Photogrammetric environments: Stata_GroundFloor, Stata_Basement, Abandoned_Factory_Sunset
  2. Blackbird Dataset environments: Butterfly_World, Hazelwood_Loft, NYC_Subway, Museum_Day_Small, Museum_Day_Multiroom
• Adds support for new camera types

Download links:
Ubuntu
Windows

FlightGoggles v2.0.4-b1 Beta Release

New Features

• New quality selection modes: VeryLow2GB, Low2GB, Medium, High (default), VeryHigh, Ultra.
  • VeryLow2GB requires ~1.5GB VRAM for monocular camera, ~1.8GB for stereo rendering. Satisfies feature request #75.
  • Set quality mode via ./FlightGoggles.x86_64 -screen-quality VeryLow2GB or by passing -show-screen-selection on startup.
  • ./FlightGoggles.x86_64 -show-screen-selection will display a quality-selection dialog.
• Added ability to set input/output port numbers for future multi-instance support (-input-port, -output-port CLI args).
• Enabled model LODs for increased performance
• Enabled SRP Batcher for Windows64 to increase render performance (only supported on DX11)
• Realtime reflections disabled for VeryLow2GB, Low2GB, Medium modes.

Bugfixes

• Reflections are now more accurate and will not "pop".

Known Issues

• ROS bridge node must be running before starting the FlightGoggles renderer. Otherwise, a crash similar to #81 will occur.

FlightGoggles v2.0.3

Update FlightGoggles to v2.0.3. Adds support for downward range finder (issue #52).

• Makes camera resolution configurable via ROS param files. Alleviates issues from #51 and #32.
• Lowers takeoff thrust threshold to 9.9N (see issues #56, #45).
• Adds Windows64 standalone build to releases page (requested in issues #53, #46).
• Adds nominal gate location file to ROS param server.
• Adds plotter for laser range finder.
• Adds example stereo reconstruction pipeline launch file.

FlightGoggles v2.0.2

New Features:

• Adds automatic and manual reset functionality (see issue #43)
• Drone colliders now use drone center of mass.

Bugfixes

• rateThrust commands issued a long time after simulator startup are now correctly integrated (see issue #45)

FlightGoggles v2.0.1

• Includes revised environment layout.
• Removed sunset scene to decrease download size.
• FlightGoggles can now take in gate perturbation files.
• Per issue #24, FlightGoggles now uses the stable single-threaded graphics jobs pipeline.
• Per issue #46, the Unity3D backend no longer tries to connect to a sound card.

FlightGoggles v2.0.0

Public release of FlightGoggles version 2.0.0

New Features:

• Added ROS simulation framework.
• Added two new high-definition environments created using photogrammetry:
  • Abandoned_Factory_Morning
  • Abandoned_Factory_Sunset

API Breaking Changes

• Previous low-poly environments from v1.8.0 have been removed from the FlightGoggles binary in order to decrease package size.
• Message specification has been modified slightly.

Binary Download Links

• Linux Executable
• Windows Executable

FlightGoggles v1.7.0-rc8

Used for rendering the AgileDrones Blackbird Dataset (published in ISER 2018).

FlightGoggles Stable Release v1.5.6

Bugfixes

• Disables AA on depth camera.

FlightGoggles Stable Release v1.5.5

Features:

• New UI for specifying connection parameters.

Bugfixes

• Fixed groundplanes in multiple environments.

FlightGoggles Stable Release v1.5.4

New features

• FlightGoggles now allows for changing environments without restarting the FlightGoggles process. Simply disconnect the client for a few seconds before requesting a new scene.
• Simulator now handles disconnects gracefully without hanging.

Environment Changes

• FPS_Warehouse scene removed due to lack of graphical fidelity in the model.
• NYC_Subway environment added.
• Museum_* environments added.

Bugfixes

• Fixed an issue with environment loading that would cause FlightGoggles to not apply baked lightmaps.
• Fixed an issue that would cause FlightGoggles to go fullscreen on load (FlightGoggles should always be windowed).