Daz has created a AI version of Genesis that takes voice commands for animation-ie "run up the stairs of the temple and swing your sword"- in addition Genesis will help you through using Daz with interactive conversation- much like SIRI with the iPhone4S.

Genesis will also develop a personality-and make clothing decisions on it's own-buying and trying on Daz clothing- then asking your opinion before making a final purchase.

With the right Expression Packs-V5 can mope and sulk if you go against her clothing choices. :-)

I sure hope not.  I took that statement of hope that SM was genuinely trying the opposite of slaving themselves to daz.  

Quote - Maybe it has someting to do with Mr. Coopers post here:

http://www.runtimedna.com/forum/showthread.php?67823-i-would-appreciate-a-reply-from-SMITH-MICRO-on-this-statement-from-Daz-about-Genesis.&p=654398&viewfull=1#post654398

 

Mazak

Well at least we'd finally know how the models really feel about the endless stream of slutwear they get dressed in!

Quote -  Daz has created a AI version of Genesis that takes voice commands for animation-ie "run up the stairs of the temple and swing your sword"- in addition Genesis will help you through using Daz with interactive conversation- much like SIRI with the iPhone4S.

Genesis will also develop a personality-and make clothing decisions on it's own-buying and trying on Daz clothing- then asking your opinion before making a final purchase.

With the right Expression Packs-V5 can mope and sulk if you go against her clothing choices. :-)

I think I'm with lmckenzie on this one. I have a distinct feeling it's gonna be a huge yawn...lol. It's just...hype.

Laurie

Quote - > Quote - > Quote - I know what coelacanth is but what is "cloaca"?

 

asshole.

 

lighten up he's just askin!!  No need to resort to name calling!

 :lol: 

Quote - I sure hope not.  I took that (Cooper) statement of hope that SM was genuinely trying the opposite of slaving themselves to daz.

Indeed, I think Steve was saying that SM was asked if they wanted to hitch their wagon to Daz and Genesis, considered it, and decided against it.

Maybe after 5 and a half years, DAZ has finally come up with the Cloth creation plugin.

It was one of those things they promised back in the fall of 2006 along with the cloth player and cloth control plugin.

Well so far, my idea was the best.

DAZ had better come up with something pretty damn good to top that. :) 

You won't see any company mergers pre-teased in a forum so I don't think that's it.

Someone mentioned over at the DAZ forum that the wording was similar to the announcement made when they bought Bryce. So I think it's possible they bought another program. Or even more likely they will be having a DAZ special sale for a limited time for some big program they haven't sold before as they did a few years ago with Modo. This is a slow time of year for sales of anything, so a quick partnering with some company looking to expand their user base and generate some quick cash is probable. It was around this time last year that messiah made a lot of noise and generated some quick cash, so maybe another company wants to do it this time but with DAZ handling the transaction and quickly getting word out to its users.

I don't think Daz adding yet another app to its stable (DS4, Bryce, Carerra, Hexagon) will shock the industry much. Unless, as I guessed early on, that DS5 combines features from them all. Besides, what may be thought of as earth-shaking in the Daz community may only be mildly interesting or even shrug-worthy outside it. 3D is a big universe.

Sanderson, you nearly gave me a stroke! Modo is, as far as I know, still owned by Luxology. You know, people who write great platforms and documentation. Professionals in the purest sense of the word. I'm thinking you mean Hexagon?

(Now off for a stiffner to jump start my heart.)

Quote - You won't see any company mergers pre-teased in a forum so I don't think that's it.

Someone mentioned over at the DAZ forum that the wording was similar to the announcement made when they bought Bryce. So I think it's possible they bought another program.

Maybe DAZ bought The Sims!

I agree that it would be very weird for a company merger to be hinted at this way. 

Though they could buy Poser without merging with SM.

Maybe SM bought DAZ.

Quote - Sanderson, you nearly gave me a stroke! Modo is, as far as I know, still owned by Luxology. You know, people who write great platforms and documentation. Professionals in the purest sense of the word. I'm thinking you mean Hexagon?

(Now off for a stiffner to jump start my heart.)

They sold the Modo program heavily discounted in their store a few years ago. I think V4 was modeled in Modo. It was a limited time offer. I remember it because I didn't buy it at the time and I've been kicking myself ever since.

Kevin

It has the word major capitalized....so  how about a Daz3D school so all us poor hick poser users can learn how to use DS! =P

I hate it when they anounce that they will make an anouncement.

If you have something to say?
Say it or shut up.

I hate these hypes .

"Hype to hype."

over 20 pagers over there, and already 4 here?
For who?
For what?
To make us nervous?

I call that a childish: "Make myself important".

Well :
Brainstormer for you Daz.

You are NOT.

"You expect me to SWORD fight in a METAL G- String?" Are you SERIOUS? Get me some DAMN ARMOR! I am NOT going in that TEMPLE dressed like THIS! And how about a SHIELD?

Better yet-get me one of those PLASMA Cannons ON SALE now- I'll MELT the damned Dragon! " :-)

Quote - Well at least we'd finally know how the models really feel about the endless stream of slutwear they get dressed in!

 

Quote -  Daz has created a AI version of Genesis that takes voice commands for animation-ie "run up the stairs of the temple and swing your sword"- in addition Genesis will help you through using Daz with interactive conversation- much like SIRI with the iPhone4S.

Genesis will also develop a personality-and make clothing decisions on it's own-buying and trying on Daz clothing- then asking your opinion before making a final purchase.

With the right Expression Packs-V5 can mope and sulk if you go against her clothing choices. :-)

Whatever it is, it probably won't top what's been written here. I especially like SamTherapy's conjecture.

I'm hoping it's not that V4 is going back to jail for violating probation and not doing her community service. Just when it looked like she was ready to restart her career.

So is there a prize for who ever guesses right? Can we make this a challenge?

I think it's unlikely that they'll be unveiling ds5. They just came out with 4 with in the last year.

Most likely they are exagerating and will be redoing the site yet again or changing management again.

But maybe they really have something cool and exciting like motion capture affordable to hobbyists. That would be a game changer.

"But maybe they really have something cool and exciting like motion capture affordable to hobbyists. "

simple enough... the Kinect SDk has been out a few months now... so...

Ha! I got it. The new head honcho is going to allow... (are you sitting down?) ... NIPPLES on their product pages. I told you it was earth-shaking.

If the motion capture is as good as the Gene exporter?? What should have been a one click solution BTW. A lot of emotions are going to be captured :-)

Cloaca - "a common passage for fecal, urinary, and reproductive discharge in most lower vertebrates"

N.B.  However a couple of researchers have asserted that the living coelacanth does not possess a cloaca.

Someone mentioned Kinect. An out of the box Genesis/mocap animation app would be interesting to some I imagine. Check to see if Larry Flynt or Hef have an account at DAZ. They did a thing with Dick Van Dyke years ago. Maybe he and MTM are reuniting for an animated series or Brangelina has adopted all the DAZ figures or...

Quote - > Quote - I sure hope not.  I took that (Cooper) statement of hope that SM was genuinely trying the opposite of slaving themselves to daz.

Indeed, I think Steve was saying that SM was asked if they wanted to hitch their wagon to Daz and Genesis, considered it, and decided against it.

I think the reference was to steves comments about SM having someone develope an new male figure for poser for poser that takes advantage of all poser 9/pp2012 have to offer.  I seriously doubt they would get daz to do this for them, nor that daz would take it on.  It was mentioned that it could be an established vendor who has put out some great stuff for poser already.  I dont recall the exact wording.

That may be Phantom3D then. Mike is already in the process of creating a new male figure.

How many wanna bet me "game-changing" is a gross overexaggeration? LOL.

Laurie

 You can't mean that!

Quote - That may be Phantom3D then. Mike is already in the process of creating a new male figure.

How many wanna bet me "game-changing" is a gross overexaggeration? LOL.

Laurie

They're selling themselves to Facebook?

Quote - How many wanna bet me "game-changing" is a gross overexaggeration? LOL.

Laurie

Considering this is a forum announcement to their fan base, you'd probably win that bet.

"How many wanna bet me "game-changing" is a gross overexaggeration? LOL"

How much do you want to bet?

"The only true satisfaction for an intellectual is a correct prediction"

Quite possibly, Sixus is another possibility, I saw on a what are you working on thread a post about a male figure he was working on as well.

Quote - That may be Phantom3D then. Mike is already in the process of creating a new male figure.

How many wanna bet me "game-changing" is a gross overexaggeration? LOL.

Laurie

Seriously I hope it's not Sixus...lol. While I like Les personally, I've never been a fan so much of his models. It's nothing personal, just taste ;). Besides, he's way too dark for me...lol. Monsters and demons and blood suckers and corpses aren't exactly my thing :P.

Laurie

This crossed my mind...

A team up with Sony/Warner/Disney/Insert major entertainment company here. 

You have to admit, that really would be major news. And somewhat game changing with a mainstream ent business backing 'em.

I guess we'll find out later. 

Yeah.  You can tell he puts a lot of work into them, however I too don't care for his style.

I don't think I can take the anticipation any longer. :-)

I would be happy if it was Sixus, I love their stuff!  But I don't think that is it. 

I am hoping SM makes Phantom3D and Blackhearted a deal they can't walk away from!  Well I can dream.......

No doubt.. Mike and Gabe both do amazing work.  Its pretty much a win just that they are looking to invest in the figure market and hopefully are really planning on playing ball.  

Quote - I would be happy if it was Sixus, I love their stuff!  But I don't think that is it. 

I am hoping SM makes Phantom3D and Blackhearted a deal they can't walk away from!  Well I can dream.......

 

 

Quote - B.Howell of Daz product management announced: "DAZ will make a MAJOR Announcement next week. Without a doubt, this will be the single most important, game-changing... from our new CEO, James Thornton"

Well, the Super Bowl is next Sunday. Maybe Victoria 5 is gonna do the halftime show. :p 

Free cloud computing access to Daz Studio program and purchased content for your convenience and to allow Daz to better understand how you use their products. In this age of inexpensive hard drives, why own one when you can do the same thing with a ton of bandwidth?

Quote - In this age of inexpensive hard drives, why own one when you can do the same thing with a ton of bandwidth?

Argh!  Laughed so hard I pulled my back... again! 

I tend to agree with the "Yawn".  OR maybe the "Hype to Hype".  But I'm not looking for anything that will really do anything earth shattering. 

Going to do something sensible, go to bed.

D.

They bought Canoma. Poser's long lost cousin will see the light of day again.

They bought Kodak.

A Kinect 3D Body scanner.

DAZ Studio becomes open source. 

DAZ to be known henceforth as:

P DIZZY

LOL

Laurie

I love guessing games. Here are my top 5:

1. A merger with / takeover of some company I've never heard of

2. The best features of D|S, Bryce, Hexagon and Carrara all rolled up into one program

3. Something to do with gaming, social networking, iPads, tablets and / or the cloud

4. A plugin / script to import Genesis into Poser

5. Splitting DAZ into two entities: one for software development, the other for content creation and selling

It will be interesting to see what their interpretation of 'game changing' turns out to be.

Quote -
DAZ Studio becomes open source. 

Well, they did have a thread about the possibility of making a Linux port...

I know what it is...

From our earliest days since our split from Zygote to the present we have been learning.   The main thing we have learned, above and beyond all else, is that you lot are a bunch of miserable, whiny, self absorbed ungrateful bastards.  We can't seem to do anything right.  Fuck, even when we give our stuff away you complain.  When we update and innovate we get pages and pages of bickering, arguments and fighting.

Quite frankly, we are heartily sick of it so we're saying 'Fuck it', shutting up shop and going fishing.  You're on your own. 

Quote - I know what it is...

From our earliest days since our split from Zygote to the present we have been learning.   The main thing we have learned, above and beyond all else, is that you lot are a bunch of miserable, whiny, self absorbed ungrateful bastards.  We can't seem to do anything right.  Fuck, even when we give our stuff away you complain.  When we update and innovate we get pages and pages of bickering, arguments and fighting.

Quite frankly, we are heartily sick of it so we're saying 'Fuck it', shutting up shop and going fishing.  You're on your own. 

That was actually close to my first thought. Although more nicely worded. I must say judging from the ongoing discussion here and on Daz, the hype has drawn a lot of interest. Can't say Daz does everything wrong.

ha-ha-

That is all they are good at: "Creating hypes."

My guess is acquisition of the graphics division from Smith Micro - Poser, Anime Studio, the works.