# Hallucinate

31 Hacker News commenters recommended Hallucinate and 11 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a fun, unhinged shared online rave where you dance with strangers in a low-poly crowd. Common caveat: moderation problems, slow loading and odd controls.

## Why people recommend it

- Fun, enjoyable shared experience (5 comments): "it kinda made my day :) very cool thing - just a collaborative experience to enjoy" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48306819)) "I just had more fun here than doing anything online for years." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48310348)) "Awesome app, spent 10 mins on it and had a good time" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48307327))
- Unique low-poly rave concept (4 comments): "seeing it in the form of hundreds to thousands of low-poly characters in a rave is on another sensory level" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48305872)) "I think what's fun is knowing that we are all listening to the exactly the same" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48306096)) "Very cool concept, where is the video stream pulling from?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48308360))

## What people warn about

- Slow loading or site failures (4 comments): "The progress bar was stuck on 0% for about 2 minutes afterwhich I gave up." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48307026)) "it took so long i just closed the page to reduce the load on it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48307402)) "I've tried this a couple of times but it doesn't work for me" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48517701))
- Controls and camera feel unnatural (5 comments): "This inverts R and L and makes it the opposite of basically every 3D pan I've ever used." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48315288)) "Making movement on IJKL instead of WASD is kind of evil" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48306011)) "I got a little motion sick with this camera control." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48316666))
- Weak moderation and toxic users (2 comments): "Looks like you have a serious moderation problem, there are racists running around using n-word racist slurs" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48304884)) "I had a blast until the inevitable edgelords" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48305428))
- Chat messages missing or poor (2 comments): "Very cool idea. The chat system and can be improved" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48320036)) "I can no longer see my or anyone else's messages" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48304807))

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Hallucinate", https://hackerapproved.com/p/hallucinate-massively-multiplayer-online-rave/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).