History of GDTF & MVR
Vectorworks, MA Lighting and ROBE Lighting formally announced the General Device Type Format (GDTF) and My Virtual Rig (MVR) format. GDTF-share website is created and many of the world’s largest manufacturers pledged to support these common and open formats.
Vectorworks, Inc., MA Lighting and Robe Lighting acknowledge the issue and propose a solution: a human-readable, royalty-free standard that could be used by lighting manufacturers, CAD programs, visualizing software and lighting consoles.
GDTF and MVR are presented at a press conference on the show floor of Prolight + Sound in Frankfurt. Discussions begin with additional manufacturers about needs for the format.
MA3 unveiled with native support of GDTF and MVR.
GDTF and MVR fully supported in Vectorworks Spotlight and Vision.
MA3 unveiled with native support of GDTF and MVR.
Founding members, along with input from interested parties including ETC, Green Hippo, and Chamsys, evolved the format to bring the inaugural 1.0 version to life.
Work with DIN begins to ensure GDTF is recognized as an official standard.
Chamsys announces import support for GDTF file format.
Depence² announces import support for MVR.
GDTF officially recognized by DIN as a specification, DIN SPEC 15800.
Began publishing GDTF/MVR projects on GITHUB, making the format code available to anyone wishing to use it.
Began hosting open sessions, allowing anyone to attend and provide feedback.
The GDTF website and database is moved to a purely independent, not-for-profit organization host. Manufacturer pages are added and the ability to save files is made available to users.
Unreal Engine 4.26 supports GDTF.
Capture Sweden announces import/export support for MVR.
GDTF format evolves to support .glTF .svg and non DMX based control protocols.
GDTF has a dedicated booth at LDI 2022.
Unreal Engine Announces Support of GDTF and MVR
GDTF group and supporters run a dedicated booth at Prolight 2023.
MVR officially recognized by DIN as a specification, DIN SPEC 15801.