Incremental Gains: How Small Improvements Make a Big Difference in Visionary Render 2021.1
Sir Dave Brailsford CBE, the former head of GB Cycling, is famous for leading one of the most successful teams in Olympic history, achieving an impressive haul of gold medals over multiple games. A key to this success was his theory of incremental gains and 1% improvements. Brailsford believed that making many small changes, when combined, could lead to major improvements—a philosophy we’ve adopted in our approach to the upcoming release of Visionary Render 2021.1.
While recent updates of Visionary Render have focused on major upgrades—such as enhanced collaboration, SteamVR API support, and point cloud handling improvements in the 2020.3 release (you can read more about that here)—the upcoming release is all about small but significant enhancements. These incremental improvements will combine to deliver a noticeably smoother and more powerful user experience.
What’s New in Visionary Render 2021.1?
Some of the 1% improvements coming in this release include:
- Improved speed and handling of LUA scripting: Enhancing the scripting process for more efficient workflows.
- Isolate/unisolate toolbar option: Adding more flexibility to scene navigation.
- Pivot and PRS size settings: Giving users more control over object manipulation.
And that’s just the start—there are many more incremental gains on the way that, when combined, will result in a much better overall experience for all our users.
The Power of Small Improvements
Much like Brailsford's philosophy of tiny, consistent improvements leading to Olympic success, the Visionary Render team has applied this mindset to software development. Tackling a large number of small enhancements delivers significant long-term benefits for users. Whether it’s a slight increase in performance or a more intuitive interface, these small changes add up to create a big difference in how the software feels and functions.
In one of his well-known quotes, Brailsford even highlighted something as small as washing your hands properly to avoid illness:
"Do you really know how to clean your hands? Without leaving the bits between your fingers? If you do things like that properly, you will get ill a little bit less. They're tiny things, but if you clump them together, it makes a big difference."
— Dave Brailsford
Just like Brailsford’s approach to marginal gains, we believe these small updates in the next Visionary Render release will collectively add up to a major improvement in our users' experience.
- improvements to speed and handling of LUA scripting
- isolate/unisolate option on tool bar
- pivots and PRS size settings
- and many more
Tackling a large number of these small improvements to Visionary Render will deliver a big difference to the overall experience of using the software.
Brailsford saw an opportunity to create an incremental gain well before the current Covid19 guidance on washing hands to reduce the risk of spreading the virus.
"Do you really know how to clean your hands? Without leaving the bits between your fingers?
"If you do things like that properly, you will get ill a little bit less.
"They're tiny things but if you clump them together it makes a big difference."
Dave Brailsford - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-34247629
We hope the range of incremental improvements in the next release of Visionary Render add up to a big difference to our users.
Stay tuned for Visionary Render 2021.1, where small but impactful changes will lead to big gains in efficiency, usability, and performance.