v0.7.0

Changes since last release

Updates to synchronize with the latest changes in the v1.0 ANARI Specification

• Frame channels have their own individually associated extensions
• Instances are subtyped for motion blur
• scivis volume was renamed to transferFunction1D
• Strides have been removed from shared arrays
  • Devices and applications wanting to use sparse arrays should implement them as vendor extensions, but lack of existing usage made their inclusion in v1.0 premature
• New API calls for directly setting array parameters (anariSetParameterArray[1,2,3]D())
• Object queries are now done primarily using ANARIDevice instead of ANARILibrary, as it is possible to create devices without going through the standard library loading mechanism

Other SDK updates

• Major additions to helide, demonstrating many more ANARI extensions
• New C++ class-based method for specifying ANARILibrary implementations.
  • See helide or sink devices as an example of how to adapt to the new way of implementing libraries
• Many CTS updates to improve API test coverage
• anari_utilities has been removed in favor of using helium
• Added new tutorials and updated existing ones to add clarity of concepts each one introduces to users
• New version of anariViewer to more easily showcase test scenes and other ANARI concepts
  • The components to create viewers like anariViewer are installable as an experimental component, see the anari_viewer README for more details
• The debug device no longer requires custom debug objects to be created by devices, all debugging is done via the normal device/object queries
• New experimental remote device implementation
  • This implements a server/client model of forwarding ANARI calls to a remote machine, see the device's README for details
• External dependencies downloaded by CMake are consolidated under the source tree, making builds without an internet connection possible
  • Additional source archives will be created for each release which contain all downloaded dependencies

What's Changed

• Various maintenance commits by @progschj in #85
• helium + helide fixes by @jeffamstutz in #86
• nvcc compile fixes + regen CTS by @jeffamstutz in #87
• fix C tutorial by @jeffamstutz in #88
• Fix channel names in debug tracer and add cylinder scene by @progschj in #89
• fix warnings, fix incorrect static_assert() in AnariAny::getObject() by @jeffamstutz in #90
• Add conversion function to type_utility by @progschj in #91
• Fix AnariAny dereferencing ANARI_VOID_POINTER by @progschj in #93
• Add PBR material by @progschj in #92
• Various maintenance commits by @progschj in #94
• Helide bug fix + helium getParam alternative by @jeffamstutz in #95
• Prevent apple builds from attempting to use GLES/EGL in the viewer by @progschj in #99
• Add new camera and renderer features to json and debug device by @progschj in #97
• Helide: initial volume rendering support by @jeffamstutz in #100
• Fix windows build by @progschj in #101
• Helide updates by @jeffamstutz in #104
• Add experimental dir and experimental volume sample rate feature by @progschj in #103
• Viewer updates by @jeffamstutz in #105
• encapsulate debug object and info query generation into cmake functions by @jeffamstutz in #107
• Fix array mapping pointer name in traces by @progschj in #106
• viewer revamp by @jeffamstutz in #109
• Fix when building without examples by @kvankooten in #110
• support ANARI_STRING_LIST for viewer UI by @jeffamstutz in #111
• Add dummy conversion functions for non numeric types by @progschj in #112
• viewer tweaks by @jeffamstutz in #113
• Add spot lights to viewer ui by @progschj in #114
• Add "use" info to queries and regenerate by @progschj in #115
• Separate out viewer components into standalone library by @jeffamstutz in #116
• CMake fixes by @jeffamstutz in #117
• Implement various samplers to helide by @jeffamstutz in #119
• Fix API coverage + occasional crashes during async frames by @jeffamstutz in #121
• Add device params and readme by @szellmann in #122
• Implement (un)mapArray for remote device by @szellmann in #123
• helide: add device option to permit rendering surfaces with invalid materials by @jeffamstutz in #125
• various breaking SDK updates from the spec by @progschj in #126
• Fix swapped parameters in anariTutorial.c by @progschj in #127
• Additional post api update maintenance by @progschj in #128
• misc. cleanups by @jeffamstutz in #129
• Only use compression if this is supported by server and client by @szellmann in #131
• Adding environment variables for remote device's server.hostname and server.port by @szellmann in #130
• viewer improvements by @jeffamstutz in #132
• Implement mapParameterArrayN() functions by @szellmann in #133
• Some smaller usability and compile fixes to the remote server app by @szellmann in #134
• implement anariUnsetAllParameters by @jeffamstutz in #135
• Allow writing zero-length array through remote pass-through device by @szellmann in #136
• CTS phase 2 by @UX3D-haertl in #118
• implement in/out offsets for samplers, add opacityHeatmap render method by @jeffamstutz in #137
• convert to using class-based approach to implementing libraries by @jeffamstutz in #138
• Release maintenance by @jeffamstutz in #139
• [docs] Updated anari_viewer::README.md - added mention of Dear ImGUi by @inobelar in #143
• Release SDK maintenance by @progschj in #141
• updates for release 0.7.0 by @jeffamstutz in #146

New Contributors

• @inobelar made their first contribution in #143

Full Changelog: v0.3.0...v0.7.0