I'm using a virtual environment. Could this contribute to the "Error Loading Renderer: Jupyter Notebook Renderer" error? If so, how do I resolve it?

Yes, it's likely. Ensure your virtual environment is activated before opening or creating a Jupyter notebook in VS Code. Within your virtual environment's terminal, make sure you've installed the required packages (`jupyter`, `ipykernel`, `nbformat`). Use the 'Python: Select Interpreter' command in VS Code to choose the Python interpreter associated with your virtual environment.