01 · Camera
Scroll is the camera.
Your visitor's thumb drives the shot. No autoplay and no video file, so there is nothing to buffer and nothing to skip.
3D website design & development
Websites you fly through.
We design and build scroll-driven 3D websites. Your visitors scroll and the camera moves. This page is one of them, so keep scrolling.
SCROLL TO FLY
02 · Scenes
Every section is a place.
Products, case studies and pricing sit in space along one path, so the story has an order you can feel.
03 · Budget
Light enough for phones.
Real-time WebGL kept under 1.5 MB, holding 60 fps on a three-year-old phone. Reduced-motion visitors get a calm version.
04 · Roll
Then we turn it sideways.
The camera rolled 90° while you read this. Most people don't notice. That's the craft.
Selected work · live sites
Sites that are live right now.
Real projects, designed, built and shipped. Open any of them and look around.
Process · one to four weeks
From storyboard to shipped scene.
- STEP 1
Storyboard
We write the scroll as a shot list: what the camera sees at every 10% of the page.
DAYS 1–2 - STEP 2
Model
Scenes are built low-poly and textured for the web, with a polygon budget per section.
DAYS 3–7 - STEP 3
Choreograph
Camera curves, easing and text timing are tuned against real scroll speed on phones and trackpads.
WEEK 2–3 - STEP 4
Ship
We test on low-end devices, add the reduced-motion version and hand over a site your team can edit.
WEEK 3–4
Performance budget
3D that still loads fast.
Every site we ship is held to these numbers before launch.
60 fpson a mid-range phone from three years ago
<1.5 MBtotal 3D payload, models and textures
<2.0 sLargest Contentful Paint on 4G
100%of content readable with motion turned off
Pricing
Pick how far the camera goes.
Scene
from $500- One 3D scroll hero
- Up to 3 story beats
- Drops into your existing site
- 1 week
Most chosen
Sequence
from $1,000- Full landing page, one camera path
- Up to 8 story beats
- Custom models and lighting
- 2 weeks
World
from $1,500- Multi-page site with connected scenes
- Interactive product views
- CMS your team can edit
- 3–4 weeks
Questions
Before you send a brief.
What does Sideways build?
Sideways designs and builds scroll-driven 3D websites, where scrolling moves a camera through a built scene. It also builds fast, conventional business sites and online stores, such as Wonder Kids and Vistar.
What is a 3D scroll website?
A 3D scroll website is a site where scrolling moves a camera through a real-time 3D scene, instead of sliding flat sections up the screen. It is also called scrollytelling or an immersive website. Sideways builds them with WebGL and three.js, with all text kept as real HTML so search engines and screen readers can read it.
Do you build websites for businesses in Dubai and the UAE?
Yes. Sideways builds websites for businesses in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and across the UAE and GCC, and works remotely with clients worldwide. Recent UAE projects include Wonder Kids and Vistar.
Can you build an online store or e-commerce website?
Yes. Sideways builds e-commerce websites with product pages, cart, checkout, card payments and an admin panel for managing products and orders. Wonder Kids is a live online store built this way.
Are 3D websites good for SEO?
Yes, when they are built correctly. Sideways keeps every heading and paragraph as real HTML rather than text drawn inside the 3D canvas, adds structured data, and holds Largest Contentful Paint under 2 seconds on 4G, so search engines and AI assistants can read and rank the page.
Why is Sideways cheaper than other 3D web design agencies?
3D scroll websites from agencies and specialist studios commonly cost several thousand dollars or more. Sideways starts at $500 because you work directly with Vivaan, who designs and builds every site, so there are no account managers or agency overheads in the price.
How much does a 3D scroll website cost?
A single 3D scroll hero (Scene) starts at $500. A full landing page on one camera path (Sequence) starts at $1,000. A multi-page site with connected scenes and a CMS (World) starts at $1,500.
How long does a project take?
Most projects take one to four weeks: storyboard, modelling, choreography, then testing and launch. A single Scene can ship in about a week.
Will a 3D website be slow on phones?
No. Every site is held to a budget before launch: 60 fps on a three-year-old mid-range phone, under 1.5 MB of 3D assets, and Largest Contentful Paint under 2 seconds on 4G.
What about visitors who turn off motion?
Visitors with reduced motion enabled get a calm version of the site, and 100% of the content stays readable without any animation.
Who will I work with?
You work directly with Vivaan, who designs and builds every Sideways site. Send a brief and Vivaan replies within two working days with a rough storyboard and a quote.
Start a project
Tell Vivaan what should move.
Fill in the brief and press Send, or copy it as a ready-made email. Vivaan replies within two working days with a rough storyboard and a quote.
You're writing to VivaanDesigns and builds every Sideways site, and reads every brief personally.