# Spatial 3D online meeting app

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Spatial 3D online meeting app and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People like its novel spatial concept and natural avatar feel, and want to try it with friends. One critic found it very slow and unusable on Safari.

## Why people recommend it

- Lovely, cool concept (3 comments): "Really lovely concept. I think your welcome map is too complex seems like that should be simplified for a good first experience for more devices." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49742312)) "This looks cool! I think I would use it more as an online platform for friends" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49742017)) "This is so cool, i am going to try this with my friends" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49741112))
- Natural feel with video avatars (1 comments): "something about this feels much better and natural (I think it's that your avatar is just a circle with your video on it)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49740389))
- Fun to try with friends (2 comments): "This looks cool! I think I would use it more as an online platform for friends" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49742017)) "This is so cool, i am going to try this with my friends" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49741112))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Zoom](https://hackerapproved.com/p/zoom.md): 99 recommend
- [Jitsi Meet](https://hackerapproved.com/p/jitsi.md): 42 recommend
- [Google Meet](https://hackerapproved.com/p/google-meet.md): 39 recommend
- [Proton Meet](https://hackerapproved.com/p/proton-meet.md): 17 recommend
- [Galene](https://hackerapproved.com/p/galene.md): 6 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Spatial 3D online meeting app", https://hackerapproved.com/p/spatial-3d-online-meeting-app/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).