- upgrades to blender 3.5.1 (788)
- adds helper methods for easy 3D-2D projection/unprojection, including `bproc.camera.depth_via_raytracing()`, `bproc.camera.pointcloud_from_depth()`, `bproc.camera.project_points()`, `bproc.camera.unproject_points()`, see also [point_cloud](https://github.com/DLR-RM/BlenderProc/tree/main/examples/advanced/point_clouds) example (#1045)
- removes support for obsolete .yaml configuration files (962)
- speeds up bop writer for large number of objects - for 300 objects, the bop writer execution time reduces from 60s to 12s with 8 cores (996)
- adds warning if hidden objects are given to bop writer (998)
- skip transparent cc materials per default (1004)
- rework of `duplicate()`: allows linking and keeps parent relative transformation matrix (1012, thanks AndreyYashkin)
- moves `hide()` and `is_hidden()` to Entity class (1015, thanks AndreyYashkin)
- fixes optical flow output key being overwritten by RGB (963)
- fixes `--custom-blender-path` on windows (972)
- adapts downloading cc_textures to new naming scheme (976, 993)
- fixes issue in light projector (995, thanks beekama)
- fixes skipping annotation indices when appending coco annotations (1024)
- fixes frame offset in rendering progress bar (1038, thanks burcam)