Holocloth
Shares rank 7 of 12 novelty websites by recommenders
People praise the visuals and the fluid, frictionless cloth motion. Common caveats are missing multitouch, collision and hit-detection bugs, and scrolling problems.
People praise the visuals and the fluid, frictionless cloth motion. Common caveats are missing multitouch, collision and hit-detection bugs, and scrolling problems.
10 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 4
- approval share
- 60%
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
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 1.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not 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
Impressive visuals and polish
“From what I can see this is amazing!”
Comment from 2 Aug 2026 in “Holocloth” “Whoever did it - very nicely done!”
Comment from 2 Aug 2026 in “Holocloth” Fluid, frictionless cloth movement
“it seems "frictionless" or something, it keeps moving forever after I touch it”
Comment from 2 Aug 2026 in “Holocloth”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Collision and hit detection bugs
“Looks like the collision detection is missing and the cloth just intersects itself?”
Comment from 2 Aug 2026 in “Holocloth” “Hit detection doesn't seem to be always getting the nearest surface to the camera”
Comment from 2 Aug 2026 in “Holocloth”
Other novelty websites people recommend
The four most recommended other novelty websites, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catch a Bird | 39 | 3 | 93% | 1 | — | — |
| Koi.rest | 18 | 11 | 62% | 1 | — | — |
| neal.fun | 15 | 5 | 75% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Zombo.com | 8 | 4 | 67% | 4 | — | — |
| HoloclothThis page | 6 | 4 | 60% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
8 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“If you start scrolling you lose the menu button and can't scroll back up until you reload.”
“From what I can see this is amazing!”
“Wish this had support for multitouch. Great work otherwise!”
“it seems "frictionless" or something, it keeps moving forever after I touch it”
“just shows a black screen for me”
“Looks like the collision detection is missing and the cloth just intersects itself?”
“Whoever did it - very nicely done!”
“Hit detection doesn't seem to be always getting the nearest surface to the camera”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.