Agreed this Hydra connection to the different DCCs is interesting. And those new Bifrost stuff is beyond expectations. There is a second chance to watch the Bifrost Talk. It starts in 3h from now.
I've been away from the Max scene for a long time. Any noteworthy takeaway points from the MAX viewport framework talk? Looks to me like they are just trying to catch up to other PBR viewports from competing DCC apps, but I could be wrong. I would be interested in knowing if they are promising to do things no one else is…