Yeah, and the other videos in that event are actually pretty important too. Like “No More Shading Languages: Compiling C++ to Vulkan SPIR-V”. These are not obsolete research topics. These are huge changes that are being considered by the industry.
We are not part of the Blender Foundation (BF). So organisationally, and financially, that is a big split of decision chaining that is by definition not feasible for us. Its not up to us if the code is implemtented (the code is free) its up to the BF. Even if BF would implement it, we would still continue to internally have a separate distribution that would be ahead and cloud integrated.
Organisationally, and because Nuru is tied to our cloud vision, we cant wait/adopt a process where we would need to wait for BF main branch approval. This is the same case with Blender and Octane Render or Blender and Renderman, we are in a similar situation.
E-Cycles is a case where the product was not driving a secondary business (E-Cycles was not free), and once that business model failed, the product failed. We are offering it for free.