What's the current state of the VDG Media Player and System Settings apps?

I've been spending quite a bit of time with Plasma 5.7 recently and it's been an amazing experience so far. It's stable, looks great and performs well. I can't thank everyone involved in developing Plasma/Frameworks enough, especially the VDG.

Anyways, I remember when Plasma/Frameworks 5 development started and the VDG was formed there were mockups shown for a new Media Player and a revamp of the System Settings app which looked amazing. However, I haven't heard anything about them in quite some time. I'm just wondering if these projects are still being worked on? Now that we have a stable and modern looking DE applications like that would be the icing on the cake IMO.