[theandrewbailey]

Farbrausch definitely inspired me to get into programming, just so I could program something 3D. Learning how to program was the easy part; figuring out how 3D graphics work was harder, because of all the complicated math/algebra involved. I eventually got some lit and textured polys going, and some shadow mapping (even wrote the Wikipedia article on it), then gave up and settled for web programming. (Hey look, WebGL!)

[jansenvt]

I'm very excited and intimidated by WebGL and other graphics/animation platforms for the web. It's something I've always been very interested in but I don't have any clue on how any of it works. I think it will probably always remain mostly separate from the type of typical web dev work I do, but I still want to learn it.

[mrdoob2]

That's what three.js is for <o/

[davrosthedalek]

I always found that matrix algebra and that stuff is so much easier to learn with 3d graphics. You can see what it is doing.

[theandrewbailey]

Almost any math is easier when you have a use for it.