[steve19]

WebGL should fix this problem.

[mahmud]

And don't worry about market penetration or adoption; one single hit game will drive the masses to the nightly builds and about:config.

Also, I wouldn't overlook Flash + PaperVision and its other 3D libraries. Alternative just showcased some glorious eye-candy at Adobe's Max 2010 convention:

http://blog.alternativaplatform.com/en/2010/10/26/adobe-demo...

Hard to believe that runs in a browser :-)

[TheCoreh]

It doesn't. It runs in a plugin.

[ThomPete]

But a plugin with higher adoption than HTML5

[TheCoreh]

True.