DR without 3D application on Rendernode?

[JG_monomiru]

It might seem a weird request but is it technically possible to use rendernodes without installments of any 3D-app and specially all these various plug-ins?

Main reason behind it would be to have the maintenance effort of rendernodes as low as possible. The idea behind was something like Seti@Home, where you got an APP (like Corona Standalone) installed on Rendernode and it recieves only raw-render data to calculate. This might need some more precomputing on the Host-Machine but might be worth it, when you could install an n-finite amount of rendernodes?
So basically the Host-PC will have all 3D-DCC and Plugins installed and Rendernodes will just recieve raw-renderdata without relying on DCC&Plugins on their side.

Is this something possible or is it technically not reasonable - as there might be to much computing on Host-Side?

[ts_berlin]

+1

[maru]

This is not possible right now, but we are looking for ways to provide some form of it in the future. DR without the host app sounds reasonable (through Corona Standalone), but rendering results of using various plugins would be definitely much more tricky.