"I think that if 3D is ever going to emerge from a niche" Emerge from a niche? There will always be some people who like to create video games, for instance, and some who just enjoy playing them. Even if photorealistic rendering ever did become as easy as pressing a button, some people would still want to take it past that normalcy and do things others aren't doing. Then, there will be those vast numbers of individuals who still couldn't care less about making their own 3D videos or pictures, and would rather just enjoy the creations of others.

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Tools :  3dsmax 2015, Daz Studio 4.6, PoserPro 2012, Blender v2.74

System: Pentium QuadCore i7, under Win 8, GeForce GTX 780 / 2GB GPU.