For those that don't have a PoserPro membership, here's Steve's message, intact so so there's no trouble with the wording :-) "Interesting to watch how this little thread starts and stops and then starts again. icon_smile.gif I was just talking to Cooler, who researched and found out that P5 was originally first announced a full 14 months prior to shipping (according to Cooler's research on Renderosity). While we do realize that it has been some time since we've updated our Product page announcing DAZ|Studio, and though we've come close to releasing more information a few different times, we've later repented and thought better of it. We don't want to commit to anything until we're certain it's going to be in the initial release and that it works. We do appreciate all the people who continue asking about it, it helps us remain positive that there still is indeed a market for DAZ|Studio (where's the emoticon for "praying"?) As for the few questions, I'll do what I can to answer the ones that I can: Thorney: DAZ|Studio handles RIB's in order to communicate with the 3Delight renderer, from what I understand, but there's been nothing decided as to when any sort of RIB import feature will be created. As for ATI/NVIDIA GL extensions, that is already in and will be part of the first release. You are absolutely right: Real-Time is where it's at, or at least in my opinion. icon_smile.gif The Laughing Vulcan: Yes, there will be a MAC version released as well. As for multi-threading, not in the first release, but perhaps down the road a bit from last I heard. Sit tight! It's coming, we're working heavily on the interface right now, which personally, I'm quite pleased with what they've come up with so far. Take care, Steve Kondris DAZ Productions, Inc."

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