Air Theremin
Browser theremin in Audio
A free browser theremin you play by waving your hands at your webcam. People praise the hand tracking and the idea, while the dense, AI-looking interface draws criticism.
A free browser theremin you play by waving your hands at your webcam. People praise the hand tracking and the idea, while the dense, AI-looking interface draws criticism.
17 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 17
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 17 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Cool, fun idea
“I love this, but for some reason I can't find any way to turn the camera on/it only works with the mouse. Awesome toy though.”
Comment from 19 Aug 2026 in “Air Theremin – a browser theremin you play by waving at your webcam” “This is a really neat idea! Like others here, I'm not a huge fan of the hyper-dense and dripping-with-ai UI”
Comment from 19 Aug 2026 in “Air Theremin – a browser theremin you play by waving at your webcam” “Horrible UI's though.. just look at this. But the idea is cool.”
Comment from 19 Aug 2026 in “Air Theremin – a browser theremin you play by waving at your webcam” - Comment from 19 Aug 2026 in “Air Theremin – a browser theremin you play by waving at your webcam”
- Comment from 19 Aug 2026 in “Air Theremin – a browser theremin you play by waving at your webcam”
Hand tracking works well
“Looks like the camera feed processing fps is sufficient for some creativity here.”
Comment from 19 Aug 2026 in “Air Theremin – a browser theremin you play by waving at your webcam” “it recognized the position of my hands and I was able to play it”
Comment from 19 Aug 2026 in “Air Theremin – a browser theremin you play by waving at your webcam” “very impressed with how well the hand-tracking works”
Comment from 19 Aug 2026 in “Play the air A theremin in the browser using hand tracking and a webcam” Better UX than expected
“nicely done, UX here is better than what I came up with”
Comment from 19 Aug 2026 in “Air Theremin – a browser theremin you play by waving at your webcam” “UX here is better than what I came up with”
Comment from 19 Aug 2026 in “Air Theremin – a browser theremin you play by waving at your webcam”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Dense, cluttered, AI-looking UI
“This is a really neat idea! Like others here, I'm not a huge fan of the hyper-dense and dripping-with-ai UI”
Comment from 19 Aug 2026 in “Air Theremin – a browser theremin you play by waving at your webcam” “I don't think AI understands that "less is more" when it comes to UI.”
Comment from 20 Aug 2026 in “Air Theremin – a browser theremin you play by waving at your webcam” “Horrible UI's though.. just look at this. But the idea is cool.”
Comment from 19 Aug 2026 in “Air Theremin – a browser theremin you play by waving at your webcam”
What people said
12 of the 18 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I don't think AI understands that "less is more" when it comes to UI.”
“This is a really neat idea! Like others here, I'm not a huge fan of the hyper-dense and dripping-with-ai UI”
“very impressed with how well the hand-tracking works”
“I don't think it works as well as this one.”
“this is fantastic - props to the creator”
“it recognized the position of my hands and I was able to play it”
“nicely done, UX here is better than what I came up with”
“Horrible UI's though.. just look at this. But the idea is cool.”
“This is actually so cool.”
“UX here is better than what I came up with”
“I love this, but for some reason I can't find any way to turn the camera on/it only works with the mouse. Awesome toy though.”
“Looks like the camera feed processing fps is sufficient for some creativity here.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.