Kit 106.1 Early Access Release Highlights

Release Date: September 2024

Kit SDK 106.1 is a Early Access, minor update release of Kit.

For a full list of changes, see the Kit 106.1 Release Notes

RTX Rendering

The latest RTX Rendering release (RTX 106.1) highlights include:

  • In this release, RTX Real-Time mode’s Sampled Direct Lighting is now the only supported direct lighting mode, further narrowing the fidelity gap with the reference RTX Interactive (Path Tracing) mode even for scenes with thousands of lights. DLSS Ray Reconstruction is also no longer optional since it is key to achieve high fidelity rendering in real-time. As a result of both changes, the rendering fidelity obtained from the RTX Real-Time mode with its default settings is significantly improved, and the number of settings needed to parametrize quality and performance has been greatly reduced.

  • Of note is also the addition of support for rounded corners and vertex displacement driven by MDL functions for both the RTX Real-Time and RTX Interactive (Path Tracing) modes.

To view the full RTX Rendering release notes for Kit 106.1, see RTX Rendering Release Notes.

Materials

The latest release of Omniverse Materials (106.1) highlights include:

  • Materials now use the USD Shader Registry.

  • Removal of UsdMaterialWatcher from Kit.

  • Rounded Corner Support in RTX Renderers.

To view the full Materials release notes for Kit 106.1, see Materials Release Notes.