Today the next version of XSI product softimage|XSI 7.0. (ICE) is being launched world wide. I personally like the idea worldwide lunch as one can take part in it from ones’ workstation. To takepart in its lunch,Visit the url
http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=4595
After looking at its launch Video, one can imagine, the power it brings to the desktop 3D authoring environment. Now they talk about “from product to platform”,so there is a chance that one can program everything that is done visually in the XSI environment.I have not read much about it till now, will keep a note to update, if I come across the same.
saumya 