december review

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+date: "2024-01-05"
+title: "vvvvhat happened in December 2023"
+description: "Last month in review"
+categories: Monthly Reviews
+author: joreg
+---
+
+...and a happy new year!
+
+Already save the date: [The NODE Institute](https://thenodeinstitute.org) has announced that there'll be a **vvvv meetup on January 12th**! 
+
+And also over at The NODE Institute the following webinars are coming up in January:
+- January 11: [Châtaigne and vvvv: Powering Multimedia Installations](https://thenodeinstitute.org/courses/ws23-vvvv-06-powering-multimedia-installations-with-chataigne-and-vvvv/) by [Seb Escudié](https://sebescudie.github.io/)
+- January 18: [From Dataset to Dataviz: Mastering Data Visualization](https://thenodeinstitute.org/courses/ws23-vvvv-07-mastering-data-visualization-in-vvvv-gamma/) by [Katharina Mayrhofer](https://www.katharinamayrhofer.net/wp/)
+- January 25: [Sequencers and Clocks](https://thenodeinstitute.org/courses/ws23-vvvv-08-create-sequencers-and-precise-clock-based-tools-in-vvvv-gamma/) by [Arístides García](https://www.aristidesgarcia.de/)
+
+And there'll be even [more in February](https://thenodeinstitute.org/winter-season-23/)!
+
+But before we divvvve deeper into 2024, here is a final review for last year:
+
+- Minor breaking change: We now have [support for GPU< RGBA>](https://discourse.vvvv.org/t/add-feature-to-annotate-computefloat4-as-color/21591/5) which means when using latest 5.3 previews you'll also need to update to latest VL.Addons and VL.Fuse
+- We've massively improved debugging in vvvv. Read all about it in [Debug Views](https://visualprogramming.net/blog/2023/introducing-debug-views/) 
+- We've released an initial version of [VL.MediaPipe](https://www.nuget.org/packages/VL.MediaPipe), read more about it in [this forum entry](https://discourse.vvvv.org/t/vl-mediapipe/22194)
+
+Oh and two suggestions:
+- If you need some patching practice: [Genuary](https://genuary.art/) is currently running and encourages you to build and share little beautiful things following their [prompts](https://genuary.art/prompts)
+- Watch this Introduction to FUSE, the clever GPU patching library:
+
+{{< youtube ePpqS4sN3dY >}}
+
+## Contributions
+Many thanks to those of you who help complete vvvv with countless additions! For an overview of libraries available for vvvv [start here](https://thegraybook.vvvv.org/reference/libraries/overview.html).
+
+This past month, we've received two new ones:
+- [VL.LoopTool](https://www.nuget.org/packages/VL.LoopTool)
+
+And updates to the following:
+- GammaLauncher: [Download and changelog](https://github.com/sebescudie/GammaLauncher/releases)
+- [VL.Addons](https://www.nuget.org/packages/VL.Addons)
+- [VL.2D.CurveFitting](https://www.nuget.org/packages/VL.2D.CurveFitting)
+- [VL.Fuse](https://www.nuget.org/packages/VL.Fuse)
+- [VL.CEF.Stride](https://www.nuget.org/packages/VL.CEF.Stride)
+- [VL.CEF.Skia](https://www.nuget.org/packages/VL.CEF.Skia)
+- [VL.IO.RCP](https://www.nuget.org/packages/VL.IO.RCP)
+- [VL.IO.HTTP.WebServer](https://www.nuget.org/packages/VL.IO.HTTP.WebServer)
+- [VL.WinFormsUtils](https://www.nuget.org/packages/VL.WinFormsUtils)
+- [VL.Devices.Kinect2](https://www.nuget.org/packages/VL.Devices.Kinect2)
+
+Plus an update in the forum’s work-in-progress section:
+- [VL.RichtextKit](https://discourse.vvvv.org/t/vl-richtextkit/19883/13) has seen some updates
+
+## Gallery
+
+This month we celebrate this beauty shot, posted on our shared [madewithvvvv account](https://pixelfed.social/madewithvvvv/). Please keep them coming!
+
+{{< pixelfed "pixelfed.social/p/madewithvvvv/643182252202243653" >}}
+
+## Jobs
+- Always keep an eye on the [vvvv job board](https://discourse.vvvv.org/c/jobs)
+- There are often some more on [The Interactive & Immersive Job Board](https://jobs.interactiveimmersive.io/?s=vvvv&post_type=job_listing&orderby=date) and [dasauge.de](https://dasauge.de/sta/Vvvv/)
+- If you need a vvvv specialist or are one yourself, check out this listing of [vvvv specialists available for hire](https://vvvv.org/documentation/vvvv-specialists-available-for-hire)
+
+That was it for December. Anything to add? Please do so in the comments!