Pret-a-3D opened this issue on May 14, 2012 · 8453 posts
Pret-a-3D posted Tue, 04 September 2012 at 11:11 AM
Let me shed a bit of light in this.
One thing is support and one thing is development. Support should not be a concern for anybody, I always supported customers no matter what version they use. In fact I still answer questions today from customers using Reality 1.
Development is another story. The Reality 2 codebase is closed. It make no sense to me to develop that codebase because Reality 3 is the future. All features of Reality 2 are being migrated to Reality 3 and many things are getting expanded.
I think that it is important that I explain that 80% of Reality 3 is common among all the host applications (Poser, Studio, ...) The interface and base material handling are exactly the same regardless what application you are using. I mean this at the binary level. The Reality 3 User Interface is a separate executable, not a plugin. That exexutale will be exactly the same between host applications.
This is a design that frees Reality from being tied to a specific host application and allows me to port it to virtually any platform. Reality for Blender anybody? Reality for modo? Why not? :)
That is the future and that is where I'm pouring all my energy. For you there is no issue. You will get the option to upgrade to the new Reality 3 at a very low price, similar to what is happening today, and the old data will migrate to the new version of Reality. Your investment in Reality 2 is protected and safe.
Hope this helps
Paolo
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