10 Examples of Parallax Scrolling Usage

More and more often you come across websites where certain elements on the page move slower or faster during scrolling. In this blog, I will explain what Parallax Scrolling is and provide some examples.

What is Parallax Scrolling?

The following text is explained on Wikipedia as the technique:

“Parallax is the phenomenon where the apparent position of an object in relation to another object and/or the background varies as it is viewed from different positions. This phenomenon is more pronounced the closer the object is to the background relative to the observer: Things that are closer seem to shift more through the change of viewing direction than things that are further away.”