Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Daz studio ??? a joke ?????

HoYoYo opened this issue on Jun 25, 2003 · 33 posts


milamber42 posted Thu, 26 June 2003 at 7:39 PM

Mclean,

Interpretations (and opinions) vary :) Did I say that DAZ|Studio was vaporware?  No.  As you correctly quoted, I said "the term vaporware comes to mind :)".  There is a difference, in my opinion. :-)

And DAZ being tight-lipped has caused some people [like me :)] to be a little anxious.  They showed us Studio in November -- over 6 months ago.  And their press release at that time ( http://www.daz3d.com/pages/dp/press/press_releases/dazstudio.html ) states the following:

"No price or release date has been announced, though DAZ projects to have DAZ|Studio completed by mid 2003."

The original product information page (http://www.daz3d.com/products/studio-announce.html) stated the following schedule:

        Anticipated Stages of program completion::
        · Limited alpha
        · Public beta, Mimic® 2.0 available for sale
        · 2nd beta release, Lightwave 3D® and 3ds max® Plug-ins available
        · DAZ|Studio Basic 1.0
        · Gradual addition of Studio plug-ins with advanced features
        [Schedule subject to change]

And the current schedule (dated January 31, 2003), is posted above.  Since we are at mid-year, it would not hurt DAZ if they gave the communities an update.  And showing us some sample renders would not hurt either ;-)

Cheers!
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