# 3D Phone Turn — effect skill for device mockups

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A real 3D phone model turns in space with the app playing on its screen, then faces the camera.

- **Type:** [Effect](https://varg.ai/how-to/effects.md) · [Device mockups](https://varg.ai/how-to/browse/skills/devices.md)
- **Slug:** `3d-phone-turn`
- **Status:** live
- **Publisher:** HeyGen (community)
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Source:** https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/tree/main/registry/blocks/vfx-iphone-device
- **Works in:** Claude Code, Claude.ai, Codex, Cursor, OpenClaw, Gemini CLI, Any MCP client, varg Studio
- **Requires:** HyperFrames (npx hyperframes), Remotion, CapCut (by hand)
- **Cost:** Free — the take renders locally; generated footage, if any, bills by the model

## What it does

Built on [iPhone & MacBook 3D Showcase](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/tree/main/registry/blocks/vfx-iphone-device) by HeyGen (HyperFrames), Apache-2.0. The write-up and recipes below are varg's.

Studio-lit phone rotates 30–60° on Y with reflections sliding over the glass, landing front-on as the screen content changes.

**When:** Mobile launches and app-store style hero shots.

**Watch out:** Do not spin a full 360° with the screen facing away for most of the shot; the screen is the product.

**Timing:** 1.2–2 s, power2.inOut; land front-on and hold ≥ 1 s.

**Also called:** device spin, phone rotate, turntable

### In HyperFrames

```bash
npx hyperframes add vfx-iphone-device
```
Real GLTF iPhone with live HTML on the screen; tween the model's rotationY on the paused timeline.

### In Remotion

```tsx
// @remotion/three + a GLB phone; map the screen texture to an OffthreadVideo frame
const ry = interpolate(frame,[0,48],[-0.9,0],{extrapolateRight:'clamp',easing:Easing.inOut(Easing.quad)});
```

### In CapCut

Not native; render the turn in Rotato (pick a device + template, drop the recording) and import the clip.

### Ready-made components

- [iPhone & MacBook 3D Showcase](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.vfx-iphone-device/) (hyperframes): npx hyperframes add vfx-iphone-device
- [Product Turntable](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.product-turntable/) (hyperframes): npx hyperframes add product-turntable
- [Turntable](https://skills.varg.ai/component/remocn.turntable/) (remocn): npx shadcn@latest add @remocn/turntable

### Where this comes from

- [Rotato: how to make an animated mockup](https://rotato.app/blog/animated-mockup)
- [Rotato: 14 video mockup ideas and examples](https://rotato.app/blog/mockup-video-examples)

## Use when

- Mobile launches and app-store style hero shots.

## Not for

- Do not spin a full 360° with the screen facing away for most of the shot; the screen is the product.

## Install

- Claude Code: `claude plugin marketplace add vargHQ/skills && claude plugin install varg@varg`
- Codex: `npx skills add vargHQ/skills --skill varg-video-edit-library -a codex -y`
- Cursor: `npx skills add vargHQ/skills --skill varg-video-edit-library -a cursor -y`

## Example output

https://static.heygen.ai/hyperframes-oss/docs/images/catalog/blocks/vfx-iphone-device.mp4 — Preview of the iPhone & MacBook 3D Showcase component that builds this take (credit: iPhone & MacBook 3D Showcase · hyperframes, https://hyperframes.heygen.com/catalog/blocks/vfx-iphone-device)

## More device mockups skills

- [Browser Window Frame](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/browser-window-frame.md): The web app plays inside a clean browser window with traffic lights and a URL bar on a soft backdrop.
- [Phone Frame with Live Screen](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/phone-frame-live-screen.md): A screen recording plays edge to edge inside a realistic phone frame with Dynamic Island.
- [Laptop Lid Opens to Screen](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/laptop-lid-opens.md): A laptop lid tilts open and the screen content lifts toward the viewer, then becomes the full frame.
- [Phone, Tablet and Laptop Splay](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/multi-device-splay.md): Phone, tablet and laptop fan out from one stack into a proud row, each showing the same product.
- [Push Through the Screen](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/push-through-the-screen.md): A phone rises into view, then the camera pushes through its screen into the full-frame UI.
- [Foldable Two-Screen Reveal](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/foldable-two-screen.md): A foldable phone opens to show two screens side by side — before and after, or app and result.

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- Claude Code: `claude plugin marketplace add vargHQ/skills && claude plugin install varg@varg` (skill + hosted MCP)
- Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, OpenClaw: `npx skills add vargHQ/skills --skill varg-ai -a <agent> -y`
- Grok and any agent that reads SKILL.md: `npx skills add vargHQ/skills --skill varg-ai`, or point it at the skill's SKILL.md
- Claude.ai, ChatGPT, any MCP client: connect `https://mcp.varg.ai/mcp`
- API key: https://varg.ai/dashboard/api · Model specs: https://varg.ai/models/llms.txt