v0.14.0

Changes since last release

• New tool (ANARI Capability Analysis Tool): anariCat
  • See README in cat/ directory for more details
• Update json queries + API with latest v1.1 ANARI specification changes
• Migrate anari_viewer to use SDL3 instead of glfw, removing direct OpenGL dependency
  • SDL3 is fetched/built automatically if not found by CMake
• Various hdAnari improvements, including limited support for lights
• Bug fixes in libhelium
• Bug fixes in python bindings

PRs

• use a different namespace for embree linked inside of helide by @jeffamstutz in #296
• fix helide volumes not respecting the instance transform, fix tf1D types by @jeffamstutz in #298
• support float64 value range in helide's tf1D volume by @jeffamstutz in #300
• Add capability analysis tool by @jspanchu in #301
• Misc cleanups by @jeffamstutz in #302
• distinguish between internal and staged references for helium objects by @jeffamstutz in #304
• HdAnari misc improvements by @tarcila in #305
• Replace glfw with SDL in anari_viewer by @jeffamstutz in #282
• Viewer updates/fixes by @jeffamstutz in #306
• Reduce RefCounted to a single atomic counter for more "atomicity" by @progschj in #307
• do tighter type checking when using getParamObject<> for helium devices by @jeffamstutz in #308
• add instance attribute definitions by @jeffamstutz in #310

New Contributors

• @jspanchu made their first contribution in #301

Full Changelog: v0.13.1...v0.14.0