(kind of offtopic) I see these tutorial videos where it zooms in out to the cursor relatively often and I find them really dizzying/distracting, am I alone with that or what do others think about this?
It IS distracting, and a waste of time vs Jump-cut-to-results.
In the right hands the zooming effect could reduce disorientation due to "Doorway Effect", but in the wrong hands zooming animations may induce motion sickness in some people.
We need to start creating guidelines for 3D and/or animated UI/DOCs now, the "tyranny of the default" will make reactionary efforts ineffective after the fact.