On iOS, the parallax effect is, of course, entirely simulated by the operating system’s software, with a little help from a technology that was originally conceived for rocket guidance.

The parallax effect causes the plane to appear to be remaining still because of the position and motion of the viewer.

The redesign starts with an animated Material 3 multi-browse carousel that uses “adaptive shape morphing and dynamic scrolling to create a parallax effect.” ...

All the changes Apple made for iOS 26 beta 2 — Parallax effect, Liquid Glass, Control Center Yes, they finally fixed the Control Center, just like we predicted they would.