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README.md

@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ portability and low latency. It uses C++17 and Vulkan, primarily relying on the
 extension, but comes with a fallback rasterization mode that can be used on devices that
 do not have that extension.
 
-Tauray is developed by the [VGA research group](https://webpages.tuni.fi/vga/)
+Tauray development is led by the [VGA research group](https://webpages.tuni.fi/vga/)
 in Tampere University. The project is described in a conference publication ([DOI link](https://doi.org/10.1145/3550340.3564225)),
 which includes performance benchmarks and more information on Tauray.
 [A pre-print is available.](https://webpages.tuni.fi/vga/publications/Tauray2022.pdf)
 
-measurements in the publication are done with the [v1.0.0 release](https://github.com/vga-group/tauray/releases/tag/v1.0.0).
+Measurements in the publication are done with the [v1.0.0 release](https://github.com/vga-group/tauray/releases/tag/v1.0.0).
 For practical purposes however, we recommend always using the latest available
 release instead, as there are bug fixes and additional features included.
 

docs/notes-1.0.txt

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+Tauray v1.0 release
+---------------------
+
+Tauray is a real-time rendering framework, with a focus on distributed
+computing, scalability, portability and low latency. It uses C++17 and Vulkan,
+primarily relying on the cross-vendor ray tracing extensions, but comes with a
+fallback rasterization mode that can be used on devices that do not have that
+extension.
+
+Tauray development is led by the [VGA research group](https://webpages.tuni.fi/vga/)
+in Tampere University. The project is described in a conference publication ([DOI link](https://doi.org/10.1145/3550340.3564225)),
+which includes performance benchmarks and more information on Tauray.
+[A pre-print is available.](https://webpages.tuni.fi/vga/publications/Tauray2022.pdf)
+
+Release Highlights
+------------------
+
+* Initial release in the state it was used in the conference publication
+* Headless rendering for dataset generation
+* Real-time rendering for interactive viewing
+* Path tracing renderer
+* Real-time Looking Glass Portrait display support
+* OpenXR support for VR rendering
+* Denoising filters (BMFR, SVGF)
+* Multi-GPU support (Linux only)
+* DDISH-GI renderer (client + server supported)
+
+Acknowledgements
+----------------
+
+This work was supported by European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation
+programme under Grant Agreement No 871738 (CPSoSaware) and by the Academy of
+Finland under Grant 325530.