Year-based version numbers are pretty neat IMO, particularly for applications. Not only can you quickly estimate how up-to-date any particular application is, it also avoids the version number racing problem between competing applications, because some people equate lower version numbers with a less developed application.
For programming libraries though semantic versioning is still the good ol’ reliable.
Ok, I’m intrigued but looking it up there’s apparently a few GitS things in 3D/VR:
I’m guessing you’re talking about the live movie, but now I also want to know how an anime would look like in 3D.