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3D CSS Tutorial

Harness the power of 3D CSS transformations to make a lightning-fast iPad game with creative JavaScript

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HTML5 Games Most Wanted

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HTML5 canvas is, of course, brilliant. But it has to be said, its performance on iPads (and most other devices) leaves much to be desired. The GPU-accelerated canvas in iOS 5 is a definite improvement, but it’s possible to create even smoother animated graphics with CSS manipulated in JavaScript, which runs lightning-fast—even on a first-generation iPad.

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© 2012 Egor Kuryanovich, Shy Shalom, Russell Goldenberg, Mathias Paumgarten, David Strauß, Seb Lee-Delisle, Gaëtan Renaudeau, Jonas Wagner, Jonathan Bergknoff, Brian Danchilla, and Rob Hawkes

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Kuryanovich, E. et al. (2012). 3D CSS Tutorial. In: HTML5 Games Most Wanted. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-3979-6_5

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