My local climbing gym from photogrammetry
Commented on yesterday's Ask HN: What are you working on? (August 2026), thought I might as well submit a Show HN. If you see climbing world cup/championship, there is this 3D modelling thing [1]. I want that for my weekly bouldering. I scanned my local climbing gym into 3D mesh using iphone. Built a simple editor to trim, merge, move/rotate meshes. You can interact with the mesh, view routes, view climb, etc. So this is unlike many gaussian splatting projects where the main use is for viewing. I built a pipeline in updating climbing walls. Climbing routes are manually annotated.…
My local climbing gym from photogrammetry launched on August 10, 2026 with 29 votes, #685 of 23,274 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was not reachable when checked in October 2026.
In plain words
This tool converts a climbing gym into an interactive 3D model captured via iPhone photogrammetry. Users can view climbing routes, watch climbs from multiple angles, and see body position data overlaid on the mesh. The creator built an editor for mesh refinement and a pipeline to annotate routes and register climbing videos to the 3D model. It's designed for climbers who want detailed performance analysis and route visualization for their local gym, using open-source tools like COLMAP and OpenMVS.
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Commented on yesterday's Ask HN: What are you working on? (August 2026), thought I might as well submit a Show HN. If you see climbing world cup/championship, there is this 3D modelling thing [1]. I want that for my weekly bouldering. I scanned my local climbing gym into 3D mesh using iphone. Built a simple…
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