Here is a CSS animated sphere demonstrating the use of a moving background that follows the direction of the cursor:

Here are a couple of CSS spheres demonstrating spinning motions using different color and lightning techniques:

Here is a ThreeJS water demo featuring Wilson from the movie Cast Away:

Here is a book demo using CSS and javascript. I used a few pages from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice novel but these can easily be replaced by pages or pictures from any source: