Я думаю, это то, что вы хотите, просто использовали setInterval () для запуска анимации:
var carousel = $(".carousel"),
currdeg = 0;
setInterval(rotate, 1000);
function rotate(e){
currdeg = currdeg - 60
/*if(e.data.d=="n"){
currdeg = currdeg - 60;
}
if(e.data.d=="p"){
currdeg = currdeg + 60;
}*/
carousel.css({
"-webkit-transform": "rotateY("+currdeg+"deg)",
"-moz-transform": "rotateY("+currdeg+"deg)",
"-o-transform": "rotateY("+currdeg+"deg)",
"transform": "rotateY("+currdeg+"deg)"
});
}
body {
background: #333;
padding: 70px 0;
font: 15px/20px Arial, sans-serif;
}
.container {
margin: 0 auto;
width: 250px;
height: 200px;
position: relative;
perspective: 1000px;
}
.carousel {
height: 100%;
width: 100%;
position: absolute;
transform-style: preserve-3d;
transition: transform 1s;
}
.item {
display: block;
position: absolute;
background: #000;
width: 250px;
height: 200px;
line-height: 200px;
font-size: 5em;
text-align: center;
color: #FFF;
opacity: 0.95;
border-radius: 10px;
}
.a {
transform: rotateY(0deg) translateZ(250px);
background: #ed1c24;
}
.b {
transform: rotateY(60deg) translateZ(250px);
background: #0072bc;
}
.c {
transform: rotateY(120deg) translateZ(250px);
background: #39b54a;
}
.d {
transform: rotateY(180deg) translateZ(250px);
background: #f26522;
}
.e {
transform: rotateY(240deg) translateZ(250px);
background: #630460;
}
.f {
transform: rotateY(300deg) translateZ(250px);
background: #8c6239;
}
.next, .prev {
color: #444;
position: absolute;
top: 100px;
padding: 1em 2em;
cursor: pointer;
background: #CCC;
border-radius: 5px;
border-top: 1px solid #FFF;
box-shadow: 0 5px 0 #999;
transition: box-shadow 0.1s, top 0.1s;
}
.next:hover, .prev:hover { color: #000; }
.next:active, .prev:active {
top: 104px;
box-shadow: 0 1px 0 #999;
}
.next { right: 5em; }
.prev { left: 5em; }
<div class="container">
<div class="carousel">
<div class="item a">A</div>
<div class="item b">B</div>
<div class="item c">C</div>
<div class="item d">D</div>
<div class="item e">E</div>
<div class="item f">F</div>
</div>
</div>
<!--<div class="next">Next</div>
<div class="prev">Prev</div>-->
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.4.1.min.js"></script>