Another couple of clarifications from me, since I am still being talked about (which is no big deal, but I thought I'd give a better insight into where I'm coming from)

I have been a Poser fanatic since the very first version.

But I have come to find that using Daz Studio is MUCH easier to use, to pose figures, to find content and it's user interface.  For awhile I didn't use Poser at all.

But I have yet to find anything that works well as far as exporting figures or scenes to another rendering program out of Daz Studio.  Many of the claims Daz made (as far as compatibility) were total jokes, if not outright lies.

My favorite and best renders come from the Poser to Vue combination.   I just love the results I get with those two programs especially using SkinVue.   Plus the rendering time in Vue is still much faster than anything LuxRender can do.

So depending what type of work I am doing (yes I do use Poser professionally and get paid for it) I switch back and forth between these two programs, Poser and Daz Studio.

When "Reality" first was announced, I followed the thread with much anticipation, but the more I read the more disappointed and suspicious I got - and this was a couple of months before it was even released.  I still have a hard time understanding all the excitement over it.

The bottom line for me is that the renders LuxRender produces does not justify the LONG rendering time (or the price of Reality) for me to use it.  I can set up the similar types of rendering in Vue (Global Illumination, Global Radiosity, Ambient Occlusion, Spectral Atmosphere, etc) and come out with the same look (or very close to it) as Reality in at least half the time.