uni-verse (oops posted this in wrong forum earlier)

[stuaxo]

"Verse is a network protocol that lets multiple applications act
together as one large application by sharing data over a network. If
one application makes a change to shared data, the change is
distributed instantly to all the other interested clients. The
protocol and associated data format are both heavily optimized for
sharing data suitable for 3D graphics."
http://verse.blender.org/

Index
http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Uni-Verse:Main

-- With this we could make shapes and have them renderered in blender, maya, the gimp verse plugin... loads of different places