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BLENDER TODAY #183
Realistic Human Research https://studio.blender.org/blog/open-documentation-for-realisitc-characters/
Sculpt development update https://code.blender.org/2022/02/sculpt-development-update/

CURVES
Curves: add initial sculpt mode https://developer.blender.org/rB07032dd218922d2f1ba3275470bee01579f739c7
Curves: initial brush system integration for curves sculpt mode
Curves: use paint cursor in curves sculpt mode https://developer.blender.org/rBe2ffe88983938651a641e3d1be65f43c65a54901

3D View: Add camera view pan/zoom support for NDOF https://developer.blender.org/rB51975b89edfcc02131f1f8248e1b3442ea2778fa

PERFORMANCE
UI: Speedup preview icon loading from hard drive https://developer.blender.org/D14144
Mesh: Avoid creating incorrect original index layers https://developer.blender.org/rB1850a0b2ab1230d79cc56a74e877a9b371ae3773

VR
VR: Customizable Actions https://developer.blender.org/D13421
XR: Allow variable count of action map subactions https://developer.blender.org/rB6a8709ba136ef4e8522555f279294a886595e34c
VR: Add action bindings for Vive Focus 3 controller https://developer.blender.org/rBAb0274e50da58bc1f0086794a16029ec6e2e9b927
XR: Motion Capture https://developer.blender.org/D10947

POTPOURRI
Vertex Weight Mix: support Minimum and Maximum mix modes. https://developer.blender.org/rBfa715a158a4c4576e944e79276864b1365a0ccc9
Weight Modifiers: use the correct flags for the mask invert property. https://developer.blender.org/rB38ae311706309dacdff167245e018a77a06bca0e
Complex Solidify: improve constraints solver https://developer.blender.org/D14143
Images: update code to support OpenEXR 3 https://developer.blender.org/rBcd7550cfe712598727b548d1c90565ac98a274c2
Build: update CMake to support OpenImageIO 2.3.4 https://developer.blender.org/rBe5100ca3ad17b1b9a40ffd8a8edccb6cb553e558
Fix papercut: Issues when nodes too close together https://developer.blender.org/D14122

ADD-ONS
Node Wrangler: more textures for principled texture setup https://developer.blender.org/D14134
3D Print Toolbox: Add Align to XY Plane https://developer.blender.org/rBAe648555eb6b11be56b08f2d10a16c3782271df92
FBX Import Addon: Import focus distance for camera https://developer.blender.org/rBA5eff3aa881bfb07a23a42064b25b85fb0d05ead5
FBX: Add support for camera DoF/FocusDistance export (with animation) https://developer.blender.org/rBAfba4f07bc695160a5737217ca04b853db1f2c8aa