2 years ago it was "that quirky idea from the 90s" but then it became "a newly viable way to do real time 3D rendering in a very atypical way". That gives a com

2 years ago it was "that quirky idea from the 90s" but then it became "a newly viable way to do real time 3D rendering in a very atypical way". That gives a combination of novelty of approach with lots of room for interesting discoveries to be made when compared to more established methods. I.e. great hacker fodder.