About this release
Below you will find all the latest updates introduced with Manifest 2.2 – now available in the Microsoft Store. With this release we focused on increasing users’ ability to manipulate and share their 3D environment. Manifest 2.2 also introduces a form for reporting bugs directly to our team. Please see below for more details about these new Manifest features.
2.2 was published to the Microsoft Store on November 24, 2020
Support notes
For additional information on each new feature or improvement, visit Manifest User Guides for updated documentation.
Overview of what’s new
Manifest Connect
- Users can now share holograms (whether it be Manifest UI, a digital twin, or otherwise) in a Connect Video call
- Option must be enabled before initiating or accepting a call
New! Manifest Direct
- Enables a remote desktop user to view an Operators’ physical environment through a first-person view and then through that video feed directly interact with the environment to direct the user as needed
- Manifest Direct includes:
- Ability for a remote desktop user to point highlight or ink in a 3D users’ environment
- Ability for remote desktop user to render directional arrows for a 3D user to guide their gaze
- Remote desktop user can follow the 3D users’ gaze via eye tracking
New! Choice Notes
- Branch procedures, add troubleshooting paths, or author multiple-choice options
- Authors now have the ability to create up to 5 choice paths for an operator to select from at any step
- A choice can be programmed to either go to a new sub-job or to proceed to the next step
UX Updates
- Redesigned Step Marker
- Redesigned Step Authoring – all phases of step authoring (editing title, positioning, Leader Lines, and notes) can be done at once
- Sub-jobs are now handled with stacking job checklist windows; opposed to indented steps on job checklist
- An animated pen icon will now display on templates (under the Templates tab) when they are being edited in either the Client Portal or 3D application
Bug Reports
- Allows users to report bugs / issues directly from the application
- New bug reporting form (available under Settings)
- Complete a brief description, submit – and we’ll receive the ticket with your device logs for easier troubleshooting
