Poser 2 gave us plastic-looking figures.  Zygote/DAZ gave us real figures from Poser 4 on.  If Smith Micro doesn't make their millions with Poser 8, I'm sure Poser will pass on to the next contestant.  Eventually it will become OpenSource.

Thankfully Poser is still around, but can we expect a miracle.  No!  Poser 4 was my favorite as was Poser 5.  Poser 6 sucked and was full of problems.  Poser 7 has been fabulous.  My point is that if Poser 8 looks like Poser 7, why should I upgrade?  I don't give a rat's behind about a clone to Poser Pro or whatever it's called which is probably what Poser 8 really is.

The Poser interface has been out of date since before MetaCreations took it over.  Fractal Designs had it before them if I recall correctly.  I don't know about version 1--never knew about it then.

Poser 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Pro 2014, 11, 11 Pro