Keep in mind a few things.  Poser is a character creation program first and foremost.  The user base needs it to remain affordable.  Virtual reality is NOT photography.  The calculations to measure the textures, lights, polygons ... details takes longer and longer the more complex it gets.  I've used Poser since P3.  I've seen the changes and improvements and for what it is ... at the price it is ... IMHO, I find it quite remarkable in the improvements.  We the users can make it do more than "out of the box".  Look at the work bagginsbill has done?  There are ways to export scenes to higher end (in terms of rendering) programs like Vue, Blender and Luxrender.  Photography has it's limitations that 3d lighting can overcome as well ... in some instances.  These are my observations.

Boni

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