Flash 10 will natively support 3D.
I mentioned a
while back of the potential for Flash to produce amazing 3D apps. There are now many "3D" engines built for Flash, but they all
imitate true 3D using clever 2D workarounds. Apps using the native 3D abilities are likely to see greatly increased performance and responsiveness. Flash Player 10 will also run smoother than before by relying more on the GPU:
Applications and videos will run smoother and faster with expanded use of hardware acceleration. By moving several visual processing tasks to the video card, the CPU is free to do more.
More information can be found at the
Flash Player 10 website.