v1.4.7 | MatX, VDB, OSD, Ptex

What's New

import MaterialX	import OpenVDB	import OpenSubdiv	import Ptex

• You may now successfully import MaterialX, OpenVDB, OpenSubdiv, and Ptex directly into the Swift programming language and begin to consume these APIs directly, made possible by Swift 5.9's C++ interoperability feature.

Usage

Add MetaverseKit as a package dependency to your own Swift project's Package.swift file:

// swift-tools-version: 5.9

dependencies: [
  .package(url: "https://github.com/wabiverse/MetaverseKit", from: "1.4.7")
]

Linux

For Linux, these are the only dependencies required, as MetaverseKit provides everything else:

Dependency	CentOS	Ubuntu
Boost	boost-devel	libboost-all-dev
Python	python3-devel	python3-dev
BZ2	bzip2-devel	libbz2-dev
ZLib	zlib-devel	zlib1g-dev

v1.4.6 | OTIO, Imath, OpenEXR

What's New

import OpenTimelineIO	import OpenEXR	import Imath

• You may now successfully import OpenTimelineIO, OpenEXR, and Imath directly into the Swift programming language and begin to consume these APIs directly, made possible by Swift 5.9's C++ interoperability feature.

Usage

Add MetaverseKit as a package dependency to your own Swift project's Package.swift file:

// swift-tools-version: 5.9

dependencies: [
  .package(url: "https://github.com/wabiverse/MetaverseKit", from: "1.4.6")
]

Linux

For Linux, these are the only dependencies required, as MetaverseKit provides everything else:

Dependency	CentOS	Ubuntu
Boost	boost-devel	libboost-all-dev
Python	python3-devel	python3-dev
BZ2	bzip2-devel	libbz2-dev
ZLib	zlib-devel	zlib1g-dev

v1.4.5 | OCIO & OIIO

What's New

Note

It appears OpenImageIO had some unresolved symbols in the last release.
This patch update should hopefully clear those up.

import OpenColorIO	import OpenImageIO

• You may now successfully import OpenColorIO and OpenImageIO directly into the Swift programming language and begin to consume these APIs directly, made possible by Swift 5.9's C++ interoperability feature.

Usage

Add MetaverseKit as a package dependency to your own Swift project's Package.swift file:

// swift-tools-version: 5.9

dependencies: [
  .package(url: "https://github.com/wabiverse/MetaverseKit", from: "1.4.5")
]

Linux

For Linux, these are the only dependencies required, as MetaverseKit provides everything else:

Dependency	CentOS	Ubuntu
Boost	boost-devel	libboost-all-dev
Python	python3-devel	python3-dev
BZ2	bzip2-devel	libbz2-dev
ZLib	zlib-devel	zlib1g-dev

v1.4.4 | OCIO & OIIO

What's New

import OpenColorIO	import OpenImageIO

• You may now successfully import OpenColorIO and OpenImageIO directly into the Swift programming language and begin to consume these APIs directly, made possible by Swift 5.9's C++ interoperability feature.

Usage

Add MetaverseKit as a package dependency to your own Swift project's Package.swift file:

// swift-tools-version: 5.9

dependencies: [
  .package(url: "https://github.com/wabiverse/MetaverseKit", from: "1.4.4")
]

Linux

For Linux, these are the only dependencies required, as MetaverseKit provides everything else:

Dependency	CentOS	Ubuntu
Boost	boost-devel	libboost-all-dev
Python	python3-devel	python3-dev
BZ2	bzip2-devel	libbz2-dev
ZLib	zlib-devel	zlib1g-dev

v1.4.3 | iOS & Linux & macOS

What's New

_{Happy to announce that MetaverseKit is now officially a cross platform (Apple & Linux) SwiftPM package!}

^{With support for Microsoft Windows soon...}

• iOS Support 🎉 🎉 🎉 !
• Linux Support 🎉 🎉 🎉 !

  • MetaverseKit v1.4.3 has been tested & works well on (arm64, aarch64) Ubuntu v23.04 Lunar Lobster, this
    Swift package also includes the yum package manager as a provider to support all Red Hat Enterprise Linux,
    CentOS, Fedora, and Oracle Linux distros, in addition to Ubuntu.

    For Linux, these are the only dependencies required, as MetaverseKit provides everything else:

    Dependency	CentOS	Ubuntu
    Boost	boost-devel	libboost-all-dev
    Python	python3-devel	python3-dev
    BZ2	bzip2-devel	libbz2-dev
    ZLib	zlib-devel	zlib1g-dev

Usage

To use MetaverseKit with Swift, add MetaverseKit as a Package dependency in your Package.swift file.

dependencies: [
  .package(url: "https://github.com/wabiverse/MetaverseKit.git", from: "1.4.3"),
]

These tasks have been completed for this release:

wabiverse/SwiftUSD#5

v1.4.2 | Linux Support

What's New

_{Happy to announce that MetaverseKit is now officially a cross platform (Apple & Linux) SwiftPM package!}

^{With support for Microsoft Windows soon...}

• Linux Support 🎉 🎉 🎉 !

  • MetaverseKit v1.4.2 has been tested & works well on (arm64, aarch64) Ubuntu v23.04 Lunar Lobster, this
    Swift package also includes the yum package manager as a provider to support all Red Hat Enterprise Linux,
    CentOS, Fedora, and Oracle Linux distros, in addition to Ubuntu.

    For Linux, these are the only dependencies required, as MetaverseKit provides everything else:

    Dependency	CentOS	Ubuntu
    Boost	boost-devel	libboost-all-dev
    Python	python3-devel	python3-dev
    BZ2	bzip2-devel	libbz2-dev
    ZLib	zlib-devel	zlib1g-dev

Usage

To use MetaverseKit with Swift, add MetaverseKit as a Package dependency in your Package.swift file.

dependencies: [
  .package(url: "https://github.com/wabiverse/MetaverseKit.git", from: "1.4.2"),
]

This release appears to successfully provide Linux support to SwiftUSD as well 🌎.

v1.4.1 | Linux Support

What's New

_{Happy to announce that MetaverseKit is now officially a cross platform (Apple & Linux) SwiftPM package!}

^{With support for Microsoft Windows soon...}

• Linux Support 🎉 🎉 🎉 !

  • MetaverseKit v1.4.0 has been tested & works well on (arm64, aarch64) Ubuntu v23.04 Lunar Lobster, this
    Swift package also includes the yum package manager as a provider to support all Red Hat Enterprise Linux,
    CentOS, Fedora, and Oracle Linux distros, in addition to Ubuntu.

    For Linux, these are the only dependencies required, as MetaverseKit provides everything else:

    Dependency	CentOS	Ubuntu
    Boost	boost-devel	libboost-all-dev
    Python	python3-devel	python3-dev
    BZ2	bzip2-devel	libbz2-dev
    ZLib	zlib-devel	zlib1g-dev

Usage

To use MetaverseKit with Swift, add MetaverseKit as a Package dependency in your Package.swift file.

dependencies: [
  .package(url: "https://github.com/wabiverse/MetaverseKit.git", from: "1.4.1"),
]

This release appears to successfully provide Linux support to SwiftUSD as well 🌎.

v1.4.0 | Linux Support

What's New

_{Happy to announce that MetaverseKit is now officially a cross platform (Apple & Linux) SwiftPM package!}

^{With support for Microsoft Windows soon...}

• Linux Support 🎉 🎉 🎉 !

  • MetaverseKit v1.4.0 has been tested & works well on (arm64, aarch64) Ubuntu v23.04 Lunar Lobster, this
    Swift package also includes the yum package manager as a provider to support all Red Hat Enterprise Linux,
    CentOS, Fedora, and Oracle Linux distros, in addition to Ubuntu.

    For Linux, these are the only dependencies required, as MetaverseKit provides everything else:

    Dependency	CentOS	Ubuntu
    Boost	boost-devel	libboost-all-dev
    Python	python3-devel	python3-dev
    BZ2	bzip2-devel	libbz2-dev
    ZLib	zlib-devel	zlib1g-dev

Usage

To use MetaverseKit with Swift, add MetaverseKit as a Package dependency in your Package.swift file.

dependencies: [
  .package(url: "https://github.com/wabiverse/MetaverseKit.git", from: "1.4.0"),
]

Now, onwards to support SwiftUSD on Linux as well 🌎.

v1.3.9 | Linux Support

What's New

_{Happy to announce that MetaverseKit is now officially a cross platform (Apple & Linux) SwiftPM package!}

^{With support for Microsoft Windows soon...}

• Linux Support 🎉 🎉 🎉 !

  • MetaverseKit v1.3.9 has been tested & works well on (arm64, aarch64) Ubuntu v23.04 Lunar Lobster, this
    Swift package also includes the yum package manager as a provider to support all Red Hat Enterprise Linux,
    CentOS, Fedora, and Oracle Linux distros, in addition to Ubuntu.

    For Linux, these are the only dependencies required, as MetaverseKit provides everything else:

    Dependency	CentOS	Ubuntu
    Boost	boost-devel	libboost-all-dev
    Python	python3-devel	python3-dev
    BZ2	bzip2-devel	libbz2-dev
    ZLib	zlib-devel	zlib1g-dev

Usage

To use MetaverseKit with Swift, add MetaverseKit as a Package dependency in your Package.swift file.

dependencies: [
  .package(url: "https://github.com/wabiverse/MetaverseKit.git", from: "1.3.9"),
]

Now, onwards to support SwiftUSD on Linux as well 🌎.

v1.3.7

What's New

Swift Bundler Plugin

• Created a Swift package plugin for swift bundler, which means all Swift packages that have a dependency on MetaverseKit, (or transitively depend on MetaverseKit through SwiftUSD) are now automatically provided with a cross-platform command line utility to run and bundle apps directly from Swift packages, this includes Linux, macOS, visionOS, and iOS apps, without even having to use Xcode, so that users can conveniently bundle and run their own apps, plugins, and games through the following command:

  // bundle and run apps on linux
  swift package --disable-sandbox plugin bundler run -p linux MyMetaverseApp
  
  // or bundle and run apps on macOS
  swift package --disable-sandbox plugin bundler run -p macOS MyMetaverseApp
  
  
  // or bundle and run apps on visionOS
  swift package --disable-sandbox plugin bundler run -p visionOS MyMetaverseApp
  
  // or bundle and run apps on visionOS Simulator
  swift package --disable-sandbox plugin bundler run -p visionOSSimulator MyMetaverseApp
  
  
  // or bundle and run apps on iOS
  swift package --disable-sandbox plugin bundler run -p iOS MyMetaverseApp
  
  // or bundle and run apps on iOS Simulator
  swift package --disable-sandbox plugin bundler run -p iOSSimulator MyMetaverseApp

What's Fixed

• Embed Vulkan for apps that link with MetaverseKit.
• Provide workaround for Xcode's inability to build a target that does not provide object files, because its tooling is hardcoded to expect the output of at least some symbols for all libraries.
• Provide workaround for a strange Xcode bug, which may otherwise cause Xcode to fail to build this Swift package.
• Temporarily removed shader resources in the MXResources target, as some metal shader files are failing to compile when building an application bundle - and we don't want these errors to affect SwiftUSD.
• Resolved unstable versions across some community packages, to make SwiftPM happy.