HTML5 and CSS3 – who needs a 3DTV?

There really are some great effects you can achieve using HTML 5 and CSS3 at the moment. I stumbled across a great 3D animation using this combination recently and thought I should share it with you.

As you can see, when you hover over the image on CSS 3D Meninas, the backgrounds and foregrounds all move independently giving the impressions of a three dimensional picture. Who needs a 3DTV when you can use HTML5 and CSS3! There maybe limited applications for this technique but it really is a clever way of interacting with the browser. In the past, this could only have been achieved using Flash tools. It’s great to know we have a choice when it comes to producing animations now. Continue reading “HTML5 and CSS3 – who needs a 3DTV?”