3D Rotating Gallery with Pure CSS3

Preview:

Description:

An awesome gallery created by kabuki that rotates a set of DIV elements like in an 3D stage, based on CSS3 transform, keyframes, and perspective properties.

How to use it:

Create a set of Html element you wish to rotate using nested Html lists.

<ul>
<li>
<div>li1</div>
</li>
<li>
<div>li2</div>
</li>
<li>
<div>li3</div>
</li>
<li>
<div>li4</div>
</li>
<li>
<div>li5</div>
</li>
<li>
<div>li6</div>
</li>
<li>
<div>li7</div>
</li>
<li>
<div>li8</div>
</li>
<li>
<div>li9</div>
</li>
<li>
<div>li10</div>
</li>
<li>
<div>li11</div>
</li>
<li>
<div>li12</div>
</li>
<li>
<div>li13</div>
</li>
<li>
<div>li14</div>
</li>
<li>
<div>li15</div>
</li>
<li>
<div>li16</div>
</li>
<li>
<div>li17</div>
</li>
<li>
<div>li18</div>
</li>
<li>
<div>li19</div>
</li>
<li>
<div>li20</div>
</li>
</ul>

The CSS3 rules to enable the 3D animations.

body {
background: #000;
-moz-perspective: 500px;
-webkit-perspective: 500px;
perspective: 500px;
}
ul {
display: block;
position: relative;
top: 100px;
width: 100%;
margin: 0 auto;
padding: 0;
-moz-transform-style: preserve-3d;
-webkit-transform-style: preserve-3d;
transform-style: preserve-3d;
-moz-animation: rotate 60s infinite linear;
-webkit-animation: rotate 60s infinite linear;
animation: rotate 60s infinite linear;
}
li {
position: absolute;
display: block;
list-style: none;
width: 100%;
background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.05);
-moz-transform-style: preserve-3d;
-webkit-transform-style: preserve-3d;
transform-style: preserve-3d;
}
li > div {
float: left;
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
line-height: 100px;
text-align: center;
background-color: #fff;
cursor: pointer;
-moz-transform: rotateY(90deg);
-ms-transform: rotateY(90deg);
-webkit-transform: rotateY(90deg);
transform: rotateY(90deg);
-moz-transition: 0.2s;
-o-transition: 0.2s;
-webkit-transition: 0.2s;
transition: 0.2s;
}
li > div:hover {
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(Opacity=60);
opacity: 0.6;
}
li:nth-child(1) {
-moz-transform: rotateY(0deg);
-ms-transform: rotateY(0deg);
-webkit-transform: rotateY(0deg);
transform: rotateY(0deg);
}
li:nth-child(2) {
-moz-transform: rotateY(18deg);
-ms-transform: rotateY(18deg);
-webkit-transform: rotateY(18deg);
transform: rotateY(18deg);
}
li:nth-child(3) {
-moz-transform: rotateY(36deg);
-ms-transform: rotateY(36deg);
-webkit-transform: rotateY(36deg);
transform: rotateY(36deg);
}
li:nth-child(4) {
-moz-transform: rotateY(54deg);
-ms-transform: rotateY(54deg);
-webkit-transform: rotateY(54deg);
transform: rotateY(54deg);
}
li:nth-child(5) {
-moz-transform: rotateY(72deg);
-ms-transform: rotateY(72deg);
-webkit-transform: rotateY(72deg);
transform: rotateY(72deg);
}
li:nth-child(6) {
-moz-transform: rotateY(90deg);
-ms-transform: rotateY(90deg);
-webkit-transform: rotateY(90deg);
transform: rotateY(90deg);
}
li:nth-child(7) {
-moz-transform: rotateY(108deg);
-ms-transform: rotateY(108deg);
-webkit-transform: rotateY(108deg);
transform: rotateY(108deg);
}
li:nth-child(8) {
-moz-transform: rotateY(126deg);
-ms-transform: rotateY(126deg);
-webkit-transform: rotateY(126deg);
transform: rotateY(126deg);
}
li:nth-child(9) {
-moz-transform: rotateY(144deg);
-ms-transform: rotateY(144deg);
-webkit-transform: rotateY(144deg);
transform: rotateY(144deg);
}
li:nth-child(10) {
-moz-transform: rotateY(162deg);
-ms-transform: rotateY(162deg);
-webkit-transform: rotateY(162deg);
transform: rotateY(162deg);
}
li:nth-child(11) {
-moz-transform: rotateY(180deg);
-ms-transform: rotateY(180deg);
-webkit-transform: rotateY(180deg);
transform: rotateY(180deg);
}
li:nth-child(12) {
-moz-transform: rotateY(198deg);
-ms-transform: rotateY(198deg);
-webkit-transform: rotateY(198deg);
transform: rotateY(198deg);
}
li:nth-child(13) {
-moz-transform: rotateY(216deg);
-ms-transform: rotateY(216deg);
-webkit-transform: rotateY(216deg);
transform: rotateY(216deg);
}
li:nth-child(14) {
-moz-transform: rotateY(234deg);
-ms-transform: rotateY(234deg);
-webkit-transform: rotateY(234deg);
transform: rotateY(234deg);
}
li:nth-child(15) {
-moz-transform: rotateY(252deg);
-ms-transform: rotateY(252deg);
-webkit-transform: rotateY(252deg);
transform: rotateY(252deg);
}
li:nth-child(16) {
-moz-transform: rotateY(270deg);
-ms-transform: rotateY(270deg);
-webkit-transform: rotateY(270deg);
transform: rotateY(270deg);
}
li:nth-child(17) {
-moz-transform: rotateY(288deg);
-ms-transform: rotateY(288deg);
-webkit-transform: rotateY(288deg);
transform: rotateY(288deg);
}
li:nth-child(18) {
-moz-transform: rotateY(306deg);
-ms-transform: rotateY(306deg);
-webkit-transform: rotateY(306deg);
transform: rotateY(306deg);
}
li:nth-child(19) {
-moz-transform: rotateY(324deg);
-ms-transform: rotateY(324deg);
-webkit-transform: rotateY(324deg);
transform: rotateY(324deg);
}
li:nth-child(20) {
-moz-transform: rotateY(342deg);
-ms-transform: rotateY(342deg);
-webkit-transform: rotateY(342deg);
transform: rotateY(342deg);
}
li:nth-child(21) {
-moz-transform: rotateY(360deg);
-ms-transform: rotateY(360deg);
-webkit-transform: rotateY(360deg);
transform: rotateY(360deg);
}
@-webkit-keyframes
rotate {
0% {
-moz-transform: rotateY(0deg);
-ms-transform: rotateY(0deg);
-webkit-transform: rotateY(0deg);
transform: rotateY(0deg);
}
100% {
-moz-transform: rotateY(360deg);
-ms-transform: rotateY(360deg);
-webkit-transform: rotateY(360deg);
transform: rotateY(360deg);
}
}
@keyframes
rotate {
0% {
-moz-transform: rotateY(0deg);
-ms-transform: rotateY(0deg);
-webkit-transform: rotateY(0deg);
transform: rotateY(0deg);
}
100% {
-moz-transform: rotateY(360deg);
-ms-transform: rotateY(360deg);
-webkit-transform: rotateY(360deg);
transform: rotateY(360deg);
}
}