I got her for a couple of bucks, and will use her here and there.  I get more usability with some freebie figures and other less known figures that I invested more time and effort into. V4 is useful in some scenes, but NOT the "golden girl" DAZ promised.

I think the reason for that is obvious, but only if you think of it--PROLIFERATION.  When V2 came out there was a big Hosannah- HAIL and wonder because there were vanishingly few poser figures to compare to.

THEN- Few figures and fewer still modeling programs affordable for all, and knowledge on how to rig figures.

NOW--PROLIFERATION at a world level!  I literally have more figures than I can keep track of and have half a dozen modeling programs.  People are still using V2, on top of everything else. Posette has been resurrected and re-rigged on top of everything else.

The question is WHY?  Sometimes you need a shrimp fork, and other times you need a swiss-army knife.  Just because DAZ has come out with a NEW silver spoon, doesn't mean for anyone that they throw out their old silverwear. HAH!

Neither Sydney , nor V4 is the "NEXT BIG THING", though they are evolutionary steps in the right direction.  The next big thing might well be weight rigged morphological muscle-bone interactives, but that requires computing power that has just appeared on the table top, and bigger and better programs to support it.

We are close to perfectly realized Virtual Humans, but we have a way to go yet. V4 is just a minor step on the way, until someone comes out with something better. :lol:

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