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I scanned my local climbing gym and have climbing videos mapped onto the wall

https://kmcheung12.github.io/climb-preview/w/a6ece004

I think 3D application is massively under utilised. There is whole family of interaction the textual web cannot provide

This is amazing! I'm guessing this can be used for creating 3D models of outdoor routes if you wore a vision pro on rappel? How accurate do you think it would be for "seeing into" cracks, at least deep enough to pick up the relevant details for gear placements and climbing movements?

Accurate reconstruction is entirely up to the camera's ability to orbit around the object. If we are talking about cracks, the visual signal will be very poor as we can't wiggle a camera inside a crack.

On the other hand, if we want a 3D reconstruction of a route in general, using a drone, then that's very doable. We still rely on 2D climbing magazine/book/app to view a route, where the contour of the route itself is highly desirably imo.

I agree it is under utilized but genuinely question if it provides sufficient value to warrant increased utilization.

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