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CSS 3D & Perspective

Coverflow Ring

Eight vivid gradient cards orbit in a 3D coverflow ring with CSS perspective and per-card reflections. Pointer X position steers rotation speed.

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When to use it

Music app hero sections, portfolio carousels, product showcases needing depth and ambient motion.

When not to

Content requiring legible card labels — cards are gradient-only with no text. Low-end devices sensitive to many simultaneous CSS 3D transforms.

Working with an AI agent

Every component ships agent-ready metadata. An example instruction for this one:

Change card count to 6 (N=6), swap palette entry 0 to ['#00f5a0','#00d9f5'], and slow base rotation speed by setting vel=0.2. Theme: dark tokens live in :root, the light variant in :root[data-theme="light"]; ?theme=light or a {type:'forever:theme'} postMessage switches at runtime.

Safe to edit

  • card count (N=8)
  • ring radius (R=20vmin)
  • color palettes (palettes array)
  • base rotation speed (vel=0.4)
  • pointer influence range (2.4 multiplier)
  • theme tokens (:root dark defaults + [data-theme=light] overrides)

Keep intact

  • visibilitychange pause/resume
  • prefers-reduced-motion guard
  • cached vw on resize to avoid per-frame layout reads
  • theme hook (?theme= bootstrap + forever:theme message listener + theme tokens)
  • demo-v1 preview lifecycle: initialize demoEnabled from window.__foreverPreview and stop attract work on the window forever:interactive event; retain manual feedback, settling, cleanup and explicit sessions

Known limitations

  • Cards have no text or labels — purely visual
  • Reflection uses CSS mask which may not render on older WebKit
  • Rotation speed snaps on pointer leave (no easing back to default vel)
  • State remains local to each mounted instance; format/theme remount preserves takeover, not component values.

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