PARALLAX BOUNCE

As a moving or sliding image reaches, or is about to reach, a target location where its motion slows or stops, a parallax shift is applied. The effect, referred to as a parallax bounce, can be applied in any context wherein an image is moved from one location to another on a display screen, such as for example a sliding or scrolling operation. The parallax bounce can be applied, for example, when the image stops moving, or is about to stop moving. Different objects of different depths in the image shift to different degrees, an effect that is accomplished by laterally shifting the apparent viewpoint of the image. The magnitude of the parallax shift increases progressively, stops, and then decreases to zero, in a manner that simulates a bounce effect.