3D effects, if done smoothly, usually looks very good on the web as it is still unexpected for most to see anything that is not 2D online.

Here is a jQuery image slider that offers slick 2D and 3D transitions: Adaptor.

The plugin's 3D effect are supported by WebKit + Mozilla browsers and it falls back to standard fading transitions for the rest.

Adaptor - jQuery 3D Image Slider

It is lightweight and has multiple options for customization including: speed of the transitions, delay between each item auto-slideshow being on/off, pauseOnHover and more.

Adaptor can also be controlled with custom events like switching to a desired item, showing the prev-next slide, playing and pausing it.

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