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Immersa

Ranked 5 of 11 presentation tools by recommenders

Open-source web-based tool for building 3D presentations with animations, praised for its well-executed demo and onboarding. Critics doubt many people want heavy 3D effects in presentations.

Open-source web-based tool for building 3D presentations with animations, praised for its well-executed demo and onboarding. Critics doubt many people want heavy 3D effects in presentations.

9 people gave an opinion

recommend it
8
criticize it
1
approval share
89%
Each figure is one person. RecommendsCriticizes

Recommended in 1 of 13 months

  1. November 2025: not recommended
  2. December 2025: recommended
  3. January 2026: not recommended
  4. February 2026: not recommended
  5. March 2026: not recommended
  6. April 2026: not recommended
  7. May 2026: not recommended
  8. June 2026: not recommended
  9. July 2026: not recommended
  10. August 2026: not recommended
  11. September 2026: not recommended
  12. October 2026: not recommended
  13. November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)

Why it doesn’t carry the badge

  • 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
  • 8 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
  • Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.

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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.

What people warn about

Each mark is one comment

  • Doubts people want heavy 3D animation

    “i am not sure one would want to build an entire presentation with a lot of 3D effects and animations”

    Comment from 20 Dec 2025 in “Immersa: Open-source Web-based 3D Presentation Tool”

Other presentation tools people recommend

The four most recommended other presentation tools, 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.

Immersa compared with 4 alternatives
ProductRecommendCriticizeApprovalMonthsOwnedBadge
Bento HTML presentation tool681186%5—Approved
Microsoft PowerPoint425543%11——
Apple Keynote272552%10——
reveal.js11379%7—Approved
ImmersaThis page8189%1——
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What people said

6 of the 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.

“that's actually great onboarding”

MixedComment from 21 Dec 2025 in “Immersa: Open-source Web-based 3D Presentation Tool”

“seems well executed in the demo video”

MixedComment from 20 Dec 2025 in “Immersa: Open-source Web-based 3D Presentation Tool”

“Something about LLM readmes leave me cold.”

CriticizesComment from 20 Dec 2025 in “Immersa: Open-source Web-based 3D Presentation Tool”

“Looks pretty cool, congratz.”

RecommendsComment from 20 Dec 2025 in “Immersa: Open-source Web-based 3D Presentation Tool”

“i am not sure one would want to build an entire presentation with a lot of 3D effects and animations”

MixedComment from 20 Dec 2025 in “Immersa: Open-source Web-based 3D Presentation Tool”

“nice, I always wanted something like this for "movie/sci-fi tv" style presentations”

RecommendsComment from 20 Dec 2025 in “Immersa: Open-source Web-based 3D Presentation Tool”

Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.