I am experiencing a rebirth of use in Bryce. Despite the onslaught of Vue, the improved lighting, sky lab and Bryce trees has opened new avenues in Bryce whereby an experienced user can come very close to or exceed a Vue image. Just for an experiment I posted one of my better Bryce images in the Vue gallery. It went unquestioned for two years, reaching a 5.0 ranking very quickly, and having made my point it was recently removed.

The current thrust in 3D seems to be hyper-realism which is counter productive to good art. If you want realism then go buy a point and shoot camera. Bryce still gives a sense of visual mystique to images absent from other programs.

it is most unfortunate that Bryce is not an independently owned program and now is subject to an increasingly monopolistic companys quest for profit. It will probably die off for the most part with an occasional rebirth in the art community from time to time.