"I'm not so sure that it'll happen as soon as 7 years away. But stranger things have occured." That sounds consistent with reports I've heard from different sources. I believe nVidia projected the same within the next 10 years. Will Poser and other such apps get it by then? Possible, but unlikely, considering the rate of growth and financial benefits to all sides. Most likely, the "high end" market will see it first, then it will cycle down to the mid-range and lower-end portions of the community later on. Just a guess, but the technology will probably be very expensive to the average consumer when it first hits. For example, if you wanted to do battle scenes using the same cutting-edge software technology created for Peter Jackson's FX teams on LOTR movies, you can get it... but it will cost you $18,000 for a license, and $4000 a year for support. ;-)

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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.