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Show HN: 2 Weeks of Hallucinate – The Photo Gallery

73 points by stagas 4mo ago

hmokiguess 4mo ago
this is amazing
veiledge 4mo ago
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lukan 4mo ago
I .. don't get it. (And don't want to sign up to find out) What am I looking at? People raving online? (Or letting their avatars do it) But there are real people mixed in, so those are the real DJ's?
- rzzzt 4mo ago
  Here's the Show HN post for it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48304260 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48304260
- stagas 4mo ago
  It's a VR world recreation of a rave party. There is no signup, just a nickname.
- alfanick 4mo ago
  It's ('is/was) amazing! On launch date I've spent good couple of hours there. The execution is magnificent. Realtime rave in minecraft-like world. Somehow this needs business model to keep it actually alive and well.
  - lukan 4mo ago
    Ok, trying it out now from my PC. Nice, one can even go into second dancefloors, in a tent (with youtube that I can influence) but there movement could be polished. But I like the idea.
  - stagas 4mo ago
    We are selling T-shirts if you saw and there is a donation pill bottom right :)
  - 0x6c6f6c 4mo ago
    Microtransactions. In a non-joking sense. People pay for outfits or gear to wear to the rave. Or they can work for it in game. Maybe a bit like EVE Online where you can pay monthly to play but if you make enough in-game you can buy a months subscription.
alpineman 4mo ago
Who needs Berghain, the loading bar is much shorter and with less uncertainty at the end (a bit when it gets stuck at 93% briefly though :D)
- stagas 4mo ago
  And photos allowed! :)
thomasfromcdnjs 4mo ago
Hats off, really well built.
mangelovski 4mo ago
Nice dance moves :) For some reason took me back to some of the underground berlin raves I visited when I lived there . . . I miss those days
- stagas 4mo ago
  It's inspired by Berlin spaces and raves yeah! The music is also from HÖR Berlin.
hackingonempty 4mo ago
I've tried this a couple of times but it doesn't work for me, probably because I'm not willing to let Google follow me everywhere on the web. It looks like YouTube is required for music and won't start without it. Instead of using giant Opus files that require you to rely on Google to make your site affordably hosted, how about using the "tracker" technology of yore? It let folks enjoy downloaded electronic music back in the dialup era. Formats include MOD, XM, IT and S3M and there are a bunch of semi-abandoned JS implementations.
- ArekDymalski 4mo ago
  > how about using the "tracker" technology of yore? now that would be a party I'd join to rock to some Dune/Orange or Purple Motion/FC tunes :)
- stagas 4mo ago
  Why not? It is open-source[0] so this can be added by anyone interested in this. But IMO a major component of the experience is seeing a DJ playing on the stage, which is why all of the videos are from HÖR Berlin[1] where this is their format. [0]: https://github.com/stagas/hallucinate https://github.com/stagas/hallucinate [1]: https://www.youtube.com/@hoer.berlin https://www.youtube.com/@hoer.berlin https://hoer.live/ https://hoer.live/
smrtinsert 4mo ago
This might be greatest thing ever, especially if you have any experience with that culture.
thih9 4mo ago
This is “gallery documenting the Hallucinate project (a MMO rave)”, and not “gallery made by AI hallucinating for two weeks” (as I originally assumed).
fallinditch 4mo ago
I love this, great job! Do you have any plans to take it further?
- stagas 4mo ago
  Thanks! I'm open to suggestions, right now I'm improving the experience every day a little. It's also open-source[0] so contributions are welcome. [0]: https://github.com/stagas/hallucinate https://github.com/stagas/hallucinate
  - fallinditch 4mo ago
    It would be nice if users could generate their own venues, maybe also use AI to convert text descriptions into venues, live events, (sponsored venues/events?), regular 'festivals' where the whole world changes: forest, desert, beach, etc
    - stagas 4mo ago
      They can! Through AI and a PR :)
Aardwolf 4mo ago
I had no idea what I was looking at until I read the hacker news comments, what I was thinking it was was AI-hallucinated images of a combination of the Backrooms and the Metaverse
- stagas 4mo ago
  In a sense, this whole game has been hallucinated by an AI since it's vibe-coded entirely with GPT 5.5.
vladsiu 4mo ago
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73 points by stagas 4mo ago

hmokiguess 4mo ago

this is amazing

veiledge 4mo ago

[flagged]

lukan 4mo ago

I .. don't get it. (And don't want to sign up to find out) What am I looking at? People raving online? (Or letting their avatars do it) But there are real people mixed in, so those are the real DJ's?

rzzzt 4mo ago
Here's the Show HN post for it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48304260 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48304260
stagas 4mo ago
It's a VR world recreation of a rave party. There is no signup, just a nickname.
alfanick 4mo ago
It's ('is/was) amazing! On launch date I've spent good couple of hours there. The execution is magnificent. Realtime rave in minecraft-like world. Somehow this needs business model to keep it actually alive and well.
- lukan 4mo ago
  Ok, trying it out now from my PC. Nice, one can even go into second dancefloors, in a tent (with youtube that I can influence) but there movement could be polished. But I like the idea.
- stagas 4mo ago
  We are selling T-shirts if you saw and there is a donation pill bottom right :)
- 0x6c6f6c 4mo ago
  Microtransactions. In a non-joking sense. People pay for outfits or gear to wear to the rave. Or they can work for it in game. Maybe a bit like EVE Online where you can pay monthly to play but if you make enough in-game you can buy a months subscription.

alpineman 4mo ago

Who needs Berghain, the loading bar is much shorter and with less uncertainty at the end (a bit when it gets stuck at 93% briefly though :D)

stagas 4mo ago
And photos allowed! :)

thomasfromcdnjs 4mo ago

Hats off, really well built.

mangelovski 4mo ago

Nice dance moves :) For some reason took me back to some of the underground berlin raves I visited when I lived there . . . I miss those days

stagas 4mo ago
It's inspired by Berlin spaces and raves yeah! The music is also from HÖR Berlin.

hackingonempty 4mo ago

I've tried this a couple of times but it doesn't work for me, probably because I'm not willing to let Google follow me everywhere on the web. It looks like YouTube is required for music and won't start without it. Instead of using giant Opus files that require you to rely on Google to make your site affordably hosted, how about using the "tracker" technology of yore? It let folks enjoy downloaded electronic music back in the dialup era. Formats include MOD, XM, IT and S3M and there are a bunch of semi-abandoned JS implementations.

ArekDymalski 4mo ago
> how about using the "tracker" technology of yore? now that would be a party I'd join to rock to some Dune/Orange or Purple Motion/FC tunes :)
stagas 4mo ago
Why not? It is open-source[0] so this can be added by anyone interested in this. But IMO a major component of the experience is seeing a DJ playing on the stage, which is why all of the videos are from HÖR Berlin[1] where this is their format. [0]: https://github.com/stagas/hallucinate https://github.com/stagas/hallucinate [1]: https://www.youtube.com/@hoer.berlin https://www.youtube.com/@hoer.berlin https://hoer.live/ https://hoer.live/

smrtinsert 4mo ago

This might be greatest thing ever, especially if you have any experience with that culture.

thih9 4mo ago

This is “gallery documenting the Hallucinate project (a MMO rave)”, and not “gallery made by AI hallucinating for two weeks” (as I originally assumed).

fallinditch 4mo ago

I love this, great job! Do you have any plans to take it further?

stagas 4mo ago
Thanks! I'm open to suggestions, right now I'm improving the experience every day a little. It's also open-source[0] so contributions are welcome. [0]: https://github.com/stagas/hallucinate https://github.com/stagas/hallucinate
- fallinditch 4mo ago
  It would be nice if users could generate their own venues, maybe also use AI to convert text descriptions into venues, live events, (sponsored venues/events?), regular 'festivals' where the whole world changes: forest, desert, beach, etc
  - stagas 4mo ago
    They can! Through AI and a PR :)

Aardwolf 4mo ago

I had no idea what I was looking at until I read the hacker news comments, what I was thinking it was was AI-hallucinated images of a combination of the Backrooms and the Metaverse

stagas 4mo ago
In a sense, this whole game has been hallucinated by an AI since it's vibe-coded entirely with GPT 5.5.

vladsiu 4mo ago

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