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+ ### New Features in Embree 2.6.0
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+ - Added ` rtcInterpolate ` function to interpolate per vertex
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+ attributes
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+ - Added ` rtcSetBoundaryMode ` function that can be used to select the
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+ boundary handling for subdivision surfaces
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+ - Fixed a traversal bug that caused rays with very small ray
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+ direction components to miss geometry
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+ - Performance improvements for the robust traversal mode
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+ - Fixed deadlock when calling rtcCommit from multiple
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+ threads on same scene.
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### New Features in Embree 2.5.1
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- On dual socket workstations, the initial BVH build performance
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- Reduced memory usage for subdivision surface objects with crease
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- - rtcCommit performance is robust against unset "flush to zero" and
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+ - ` rtcCommit ` performance is robust against unset "flush to zero" and
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- application is still recommended.
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- - Internal cleanups and bugfixes
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+ application is still recommended
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+ - Reduced memory usage for subdivision surfaces with borders and
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+ infinitely sharp creases
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+ - Lots of internal cleanups and bug fixes for both Intel® Xeon® and
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+ Intel® Xeon Phi™
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### New Features in Embree 2.5.0
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- - Improved hierarchy build performance on both Intel® Xeon® and Intel®
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- Xeon Phi™
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+ - Improved hierarchy build performance on both Intel Xeon and Intel
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+ Xeon Phi
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- Vastly improved tessellation cache for ray tracing subdivision
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- Added ` rtcGetUserData ` API call to query per geometry user pointer
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- Support for vector displacements on Catmull Clark subdivision
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- - Various bugfixes (e.g. 4-byte alignment of vertex buffers works)
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+ - Various bug fixes (e.g. 4-byte alignment of vertex buffers works)
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### New Features in Embree 2.3.3
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