I think some people here should be ashamed of themselves. We've been begging for a new render engine, we've been begging for caustics, we've been begging to keep compatibility for old content and we've been begging for a sneak peek of what's up and coming and when Nerd posts a couple of pictures showing that, people b*tch. Give him a break people. He wasn't trying to show how great cycles is. We've seen that. He wasn't showing off new content although he did imply it was coming. He used a picture to save 1000 words.

ps. this post is only for those who complained about the pics and either said outright or implied the next poser was no good because the images weren't super high quality. It's not for those who have voiced legitimate concerns about hardware compatibility or how something might work.

Thank you.
And, if I may, I'd like to point out the text above the image with Anastasia says Still messing with glass ...Now, the hardware questions.....here is the key, once again pointed out by you......
we've been begging to keep compatibility for old content

And, even though it has nothing to do with content, enabling GPU means that everyone with anything but the best, brightest, newest, shiny computer is going to be left out of Cycles.  Anyone who wonders how that is gonna go over should just take a run through the DAZ forums where the customers are voicing their opinions about being left out in the cold.

Those folks who want/need GPU rendering have plenty of OPTIONS already.  Those who don't should welcome the consideration given to their needs by SM.

What I see here is 2 major issues addressed by SM/Nerd:

1. Ensuring Poser users of all stripes can take advantage of new technologies

2. Ensuring Poser users are not being preyed upon as a new revenue source for PBR shaders by maintaining compatibility with the Poser material room.