Regarding end of support for Windows 8.1

On January 10, 2023 (Tuesday), support for Microsoft Windows 8.1 has ended.

This means that BRAIN MAGIC will exclude Windows 8.1 from supporting OS for Orbital2 Core (application) in order to improve the quality for the future application development.

Therefore, we recommend customers using Windows 8.1 to upgrade the OS.

For details on the recommended OS, please see “System requirements” in the application download below.
https://brainmagicportal.com/views/en/downloads/software/win/

* Reference: Microsoft support page
[Windows 8.1 support ends on January 10, 2023]
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-8-1/

〜Creating Re-creation〜
 BRAIN MAGIC Inc.

“Orbital2 Core for Ver.1.6.2” has been released.

“Orbital2 Core for Ver.1.6.2” has been released.
This application can be downloaded from the following URL.
Click HERE for Windows version.
Click HERE for Mac version.

The details of the modifications are as follows.
<Common for Windows and Mac versions>
【Function addition】
Shortcut key to open the setting screen of Orbital2 Core. Since it turned out that “Windows: Shift + Ctrl + O / Mac: shift + alt (option) + O” is used as a shortcut key for some software, an option setting for disabling the shortcut key was added.
* You can turn on / off the shortcut key setting for opening the setting screen by clicking “Settings” > “Open setting screen” > “Shortcut enabled setting” in the Orbital2 Core menu.

<Mac versions only>
【Function addition】
Added an option setting to disable the shortcut key “control + alt (option) + A” for switching the input source to “ABC-extended”.
* From “Settings” in the Orbital2 Core menu, click “Switch input source to” ABC-Extended” in Shortcut enabled settings” to turn on/off the shortcut key setting.

The update can be performed in the “Check for update…” section of the application’s Help.
After clicking the above link, restart the application to complete the update.
Please check the version name in the “About Orbital2 Core” section of the Help.

〜Creating Re-creation〜
 BRAIN MAGIC Inc.

“Orbital2 Core for Ver.1.6.1” has been released.

“Orbital2 Core for Ver.1.6.1” has been released.
This application can be downloaded from the following URL.
Click HERE for Windows version.
Click HERE for Mac version.

The details of the modifications are as follows.
<Common for Windows and Mac versions>
【Problems fixed】
– Improvement of the tutorial screen display, there was a problem with the display getting dark, so an adjustment was made to increase the brightness.
– Adjustment of language settings
The behavior of Orbital 2 Core downloaded from the Chinese page at the first startup has been changed as follows.
・Keyboard layout: US keyboard
・Language:English
– Problem with language settings has been fixed.

The update can be performed in the “Check for update…” section of the application’s Help.
After clicking the above link, restart the application to complete the update.
Please check the version name in the “About Orbital2 Core” section of the Help.

〜Creating Re-creation〜
 BRAIN MAGIC Inc.