v0.12.1

What's Changed

• change method of finding Python for robustness, enhance CI to cover issues by @jeffamstutz in #274
• upload CI builds of releases by @jeffamstutz in #275
• add headers to anari_library sources CMake export by @jeffamstutz in #276

Full Changelog: v0.12.0...v0.12.1

v0.12.0

Changes since last release

• The ANARI front end library is now always built as both shared and static libraries (anari and anari_static targets respectively)
  • Note that CMake projects using helium will now be required to link the front end library target explicitly, as previously this was done implicitly
• The CMake function to generate queries (anari_generate_queries()) now generates
  • See helide device CMake as an example for the new usage
• anari_viewer target is no longer dependent on anari_test_scenes
• helium::AnariAny now supports holding ANARI_STRING_LIST values
• Fix invalid values in the depth frame channel in helide
• Add support for primitive.id array for all geometries in helide
• Various build and runtime fixes for hdanari plugin
• Enable building helide on non-macOS aarch64 platforms
• Various sample viewer improvements

PRs

• add helide support for aarch64 systems by @jeffamstutz in #253
• Expose DoF settings in anari_viewer's viewport by @szellmann in #254
• ci: Build dependency for Github Actions by @spencer-lunarg in #255
• implement primitive.id array in helide, add option to random spheres scene by @jeffamstutz in #257
• fixed some ambiguous type declarations on systems where float4x4 and … by @ingowald in #258
• Codegen skips bindings if Python module not found by @kvankooten in #260
• Add string list support to helium's AnariAny by @tarcila in #262
• Hdanari misc fixes by @tarcila in #263
• Correctly handle default of STRING parameters by @johguenther in #264
• fix uninitialized depth for some pixels in helide by @jeffamstutz in #266
• split out frontend library targets into individual components by @jeffamstutz in #267
• Enable setting output location of the generated queries files by @tarcila in #268
• make query code generation completely transparent in CMake by @jeffamstutz in #270
• use new query code generation CMake for CTS, build CTS in CI by @jeffamstutz in #271
• various CMake robustness fixes by @jeffamstutz in #272
• Windows build fixes in preparation for vcpkg port by @tarcila in #273

New Contributors

• @spencer-lunarg made their first contribution in #255
• @ingowald made their first contribution in #258

Full Changelog: v0.11.1...v0.12.0

v0.11.1

What's Changed

• add back in a link to Threads::Threads by @jeffamstutz in #245
• Also track ANARILight objects for leak detection by @johguenther in #247
• fix const-correctness of ParameterizedObject get methods by @jeffamstutz in #250
• CTS - fix tangent generation by @UX3D-labode in #249
• Add anariDistributedTutorial by @johguenther in #251
• Fixed incorrect rpath settings on macOS (#238)

Full Changelog: v0.11.0...v0.11.1

v0.11.0

Changes since last release

• The ANARI front end library is now built both as a shared and static library using the anari::anari and anari::anari_static CMake targets respectively
  • The anariInfo tool links against anari::anari_static for ease-of-use
• New extensions now included in code_gen json:
  • KHR_INSTANCE_TRANSFORM_ARRAY
  • KHR_GEOMETRY_ISOSURFACE
• New OpenUSD plugin for Hydra 'hdAnari'
  • Currently runs within usdview and ought to run in any Hydra based viewport
  • Implementation is experimental and will continue to mature in further release
• The debug device can now be enabled and controlled entirely with environment variables
  • See readme section for details
• CTS improvements:
  • Removed usage of glm in favor of linalg header shipped by the SDK
  • Added test descriptions to reports
  • Added tests based on glTF-Sample-Assets
    • Data is downloaded and cached via CMake FetchContent() when CTS is enabled
  • Added KHR_GEOMETRY_ISOSURFACE test
• Helide improvements:
  • Updated to Embree v4.3.3
  • Implemented support for KHR_INSTANCE_TRANSFORM_ARRAY
  • Tasking system size can be controlled via the HELIDE_NUM_THREADS environment variable
  • Add renderer parameter to tweak eye light blend amount
• anari_viewer improvements:
  • New top-level namespace to better organize code
  • Updated Dear Imgui and nfd versions
• Simplification to the remote device build dependency requirements
• Other various small bug fixes

Full Changelog

• add prototype hdAnari implementation by @jeffamstutz in #205
• fix returning uninitialized bounds in anari_viewer by @jeffamstutz in #206
• allow specifying helide's Embree thread count via an environment variable by @jeffamstutz in #207
• hdAnari enhancements by @jeffamstutz in #208
• debug layer wrapped device via environment variable by @jeffamstutz in #209
• use FLOAT32 frame color channel to remove banding artifacts by @jeffamstutz in #210
• LibraryImpl + libhelium bug fixes by @jeffamstutz in #212
• Remote device cleanup and fixes by @szellmann in #211
• Fix a misplaced } in generate_headers.py by @LDeakin in #213
• fix C compatibility in frontend/type_utility.h + add compile test by @jeffamstutz in #214
• Cts/remove glm by @UX3D-haertl in #215
• fix incorrect parameter name for image1D wrapMode in helide by @jeffamstutz in #217
• update ImGui + nfd versions by @jeffamstutz in #218
• Cts/descriptions by @UX3D-haertl in #216
• Cts/new tests by @UX3D-haertl in #219
• hdanari: Improve UsdPreviewSurface and per instance primvars support by @tarcila in #220
• Add disabled support for using instance buffer based attributes by @tarcila in #221
• Add environment variables for debug device tracing configuration by @tarcila in #222
• Kill alpha on rgb only inputs by @tarcila in #223
• hdanari: Add support for geompoints by @tarcila in #225
• Moved build stage of generated python bindings from cffi to cmake by @kvankooten in #224
• fix parameter-based debug device init by @jeffamstutz in #228
• Add isosurface geometry to queries by @johguenther in #229
• Queries: remove default 'isovalue', it is required by @johguenther in #230
• support changing framebuffer color channel format in anari_viewer viewport by @jeffamstutz in #232
• fix blending and accumulation edge cases, add eye light ratio parameter by @jeffamstutz in #234
• Release GIL by default to prevent multithreading issues by @UX3D-haertl in #235
• Cts/python management by @UX3D-haertl in #233
• unify anari_viewer code into a top-level namespace by @jeffamstutz in #237
• Test and fix isosurface/volume test by @UX3D-haertl in #236
• Add glTF Scenes to CTS by @UX3D-labode in #239
• build frontend library as both shared and static by @jeffamstutz in #243
• implement transform array extension in helide by @jeffamstutz in #244

New Contributors

• @tarcila made their first contribution in #220
• @UX3D-labode made their first contribution in #239

Full Changelog: v0.10.0...v0.11.0

v0.10.0

Changes since last release

• Build updates to allow installing code-gen scripts and anari_viewer without needing to use them in the build
• Add new helium smart pointer type (ChangeObserverPtr) to automatically manage object observers
• Add support in helide for ANARI_KHR_FRAME_COMPLETION_CALLBACK
• Sync size of ANARI_BOOL to be 1 byte instead of 4 to match latest spec revision
• Add glTF and KTX support to anariViewer
• Minor updates to anari_cpp headers to be more consistent
• Fix various bugs in code gen, python bindings, and examples

PRs

• Helium commit observer generalizations by @jeffamstutz in #192
• ensure correct usage of C++ bool in accordance with ANARI spec by @jeffamstutz in #194
• fix issue in helium where all objects emitted messages as ANARI_OBJECT by @jeffamstutz in #195
• support KHR_FRAME_COMPLETION_CALLBACK in helide by @jeffamstutz in #196
• Added python bindings install option and some windows fixes by @kvankooten in #197
• update code_gen targets, regenerate devices, update baseline json by @jeffamstutz in #198
• initialize ANARI before window is spawned in example viewer by @jeffamstutz in #199
• generalize per-frame app callbacks methods in anari_viewer by @jeffamstutz in #201
• Support glTF + KTX in viewer by @jeffamstutz in #202
• enable installing targets that may not be built locally by @jeffamstutz in #203
• misc v0.10.0 release updates by @jeffamstutz in #204

Full Changelog: v0.9.1...v0.10.0

v0.9.1

What's Changed

• fix blending issues in helide + update readme with additional implementations by @jeffamstutz in #191

Full Changelog: v0.9.0...v0.9.1

v0.9.0

Changes since last release

• Added support for uniform geometry attributes to queries and helide
• Added empty libhelium device (hecore) for use as a starting template
• Improved error messages when libhelium element type is incorrectly queried
• Update Dear ImGui version to v1.94 for anari_viewer
• Various bug fixes and reduced compiler warnings

PRs

• add uniform geometry attributes to queries and implement in helide by @jeffamstutz in #175
• Helium object leak warnings by @jeffamstutz in #176
• Add empty helium device example by @jeffamstutz in #177
• improved error checking messages when querying bad array element types by @jeffamstutz in #178
• avoid using std::thread for top-level async support in helide by @jeffamstutz in #179
• enable render tests in CI for debug builds by @jeffamstutz in #180
• improve viewport controls for laptop trackpads by @jeffamstutz in #181
• fix incorrect name for spatial field on transferFunction1D volumes by @jeffamstutz in #182
• move more utility functions from helide into helium by @jeffamstutz in #183
• fix warnings caught by clang by @jeffamstutz in #184
• remove duplicate operator==() for ANARIDataType by @jeffamstutz in #187
• remove C++17 usage in linalg.h by @jeffamstutz in #188
• v0.9.0 release maintenance by @jeffamstutz in #189
• rename src dir + fix anari_viewer teardown order for some GL backends by @jeffamstutz in #190

Full Changelog: v0.8.0...v0.9.0

v0.8.0

Changes since last release

• Added new (experimental) add-on for Blender v4.0+
• Added missing JSON definition for KHR_FRAME_ACCUMULATION
• Lifted host-side ANARIArray implementation into helium from helide for use in other devices
• Added features to aid helium devices in implementing KHR_DEVICE_SYNCHRONIZATION
• Added support for additional extensions in helide:
  • KHR_FRAME_CHANNEL_PRIMITIVE_ID
  • KHR_FRAME_CHANNEL_OBJECT_ID
  • KHR_FRAME_CHANNEL_INSTANCE_ID
  • KHR_DEVICE_SYNCHRONIZATION
• Fix crash in libanari front end library when ANARI library loading fails
• Added new README guide for how to enable a device implementation under libanari
• Various robustness fixes + cleanups for remote device
• Various CMake cleanups and improvements
  • New usage of find_package COMPONENTS for requesting/using optional SDK viewer and code_gen components
• Various viewer improvements

What's Changed

• fix missing return value on ANARILibrary load error by @jeffamstutz in #154
• Fix extension query in CTS by @johguenther in #155
• Add a light editor widget for HDRI lights by @szellmann in #156
• add advanced CMake option for allowing anariViewer to be installed by @jeffamstutz in #158
• Parameter queries by @szellmann in #157
• implement prim/obj/inst ID frame channels in helide by @jeffamstutz in #160
• Simpler serialization by @szellmann in #159
• Cleanup and smaller fixes to the remote device by @szellmann in #161
• fix incorrect volume blending in helide by @jeffamstutz in #162
• export targets for other libraries built by the SDK by @jeffamstutz in #165
• move common helide array impl to helium by @jeffamstutz in #163
• CMake updates by @jeffamstutz in #166
• Various small improvements by @jeffamstutz in #168
• add missing ANARI_KHR_FRAME_ACCUMULATION extension definition by @jeffamstutz in #169
• make helium devices more robust to being called by multiple API threads by @jeffamstutz in #170
• use a semaphore to make sure array updates and rendering do not overlap by @jeffamstutz in #171
• Blender 4.x add-on by @jeffamstutz in #173
• additional documentation + remove unused code by @jeffamstutz in #174

Full Changelog: v0.7.2...v0.8.0

v0.7.2

Changes since last release

• Various CMake improvements to prevent invalid build setups
• Fix crash in CTS when querying device information
• Fix incorrect type of outOffset parameter in transform sampler queries
• Mention vcpkg deployment in README
• Revise regression test binary help text
• Fix helide incorrectly handling background color
• Fix helide incorrectly handling camera imageRegion parameter

What's Changed

• helide fixes by @jeffamstutz in #151
• Update name of binary and add scene option in the help message for render tests by @goodbadwolf in #150
• patch fixes by @jeffamstutz in #153

New Contributors

• @goodbadwolf made their first contribution in #150

Full Changelog: v0.7.1...v0.7.2

v0.7.1

Changes since last release

• Fix issue in helide where indexed spheres did not fetch the correct attributes
• Fix incorrect property name used for querying the helide extension list from the device
• Fix issues when installing anari_viewer and consuming it in downstream builds

What's Changed

• v0.7.1 patch updates by @jeffamstutz in #148

Full Changelog: v0.7.0...v0.7.1