VisIt, the open-source scientific visualization tool developed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), is entering a new era of advanced rendering. In a collaborative effort between LLNL’s VisIt team and NVIDIA, VisIt has been enhanced with state-of-the-art rendering capabilities by integrating a Khronos Group standard called ANARI™ (Analytic Rendering Interface). This integration, led by Kevin Griffin (a senior developer technology