@bigzaphod I distinctly remember the Amiga bouncing ball demo, which was mind-blowing at the time: real-time, shaded, animated, 3D rendering?!?! Never mind that it was fairly low res by today’s standards, and tied up most of the machine including the custom chips.
And now… as you said, thousands of instances on a web canvas.
(I really need to dig out my Amiga and see if it still works)