The Box: Amazing demo using Sprite3D.js and CSS 3D Transforms

I hate to be that guy, but what exactly is the purpose of adding 3D transforms to web pages? I mean, beyond nifty demos like this?<p>Honestly, isn't this just going to add a bunch of dumb cruft to what browser vendors will have to support and probably just for the sake of being 201x's &#60;blink&#62; tag?<p>EDIT: To clarify--wouldn't it be more useful to focus on faster js engines and better WebGL support?

Great demo. I would have used Flash/Shockwave for that in a blink of an eye a couple years back.

Requirements?<p>All i am getting is the bottom of a box that i can move around, and high CPU use.

It works perfectly on Safari

The making-of: <a href="http://lockerz.com/s/194151945" rel="nofollow">http://lockerz.com/s/194151945</a>

Strange - buggy here in Chrome (Mac), my browser goes transparent :)

Very slick, but I'm seeing rampant clipping issues in both Chrome 19 and Firefox 11 with the latest nvidia 560 GTX drivers. Anyone else experiencing that?

Does it work on iPad?