Spielberg isn't really a technical guy. He's old fashioned and lets other people handle the technical work. He really doesn't know what he's talking about. George Lucas would have a much better understanding of the task. In 5-10 years we will all be switching to hardware based CG graphics cards to do the HDRI rendering. And it will make it easier to render realistic environments. But it will still take hundreds of computers and several professionals to make an all animated movie. My own best guess is that it will take anywhere between 30-50yrs. before hobbyists like ourselves will have the tools to make a Hollywood quality movie ourselves at home. Even that's being optimistic. We will see a boom in short animated films over the next 10 years. By smaller studios like Blurr studios. But not full blown Hollywood productions by home users. That's wishful thinking. And being unfamiliar with the scope of the obsticles that need to be solved first. -ScottA