dont forget about Viper

[mrpg]

I'd like to see VIPER on crack.. so to speak.

I'd like to see geneal advancements on this really cool tool with alotta potential. More Interactivity and faster updates, allowing you see to instant (really fast updates) on basic lighting/texture and surface property changes.

[ToonShady]

yeah, soup it up to be like maya's IPR, or worley lab G2.

[hrgiger]

Looking back on interviews I've read, I doubt that Newtek will make anything too similar to G2 anytime soon. Especially since G2 was just released not that long ago. I think Newtek is being careful not to step on 3rd party plug-in developers toes. And making something like that which would make less people want to purchase G2 does just that.
Don't get me wrong, I would like to see something like that too and I think some basic improvements could be made on Viper without assimilating G2 at all.