Daz will eventually release a Connect version of Carrara, as soon as they find a part-time junior coder with minimal programming skills willing to work on a decrepit piece of software.

Then they will launch a lengthy public beta program for the users to find the bugs that the junior coder couldn't figure-out. After that they will release a buggy 8.5.x.x that will work for some and not work at all for others.

Other than that Carrara development is at a dead-end. Though Carrara is still a cute toy to play with occasionally.