Interactive Climbing wall

http://naturalinteraction.org
iOO Climb turns every ordinary climbing wall into an augmented and interactive climbing experience. Thousands of boulders and routes can now be saved on a single wall, and browsed and played using a single remote control. Climbers can thus focus on their climbing experience, forgetting numbered stickers and colored stripes. Climbing routes are displayed only where and when it is needed.

http://www.ioodesign.com/climb-overview.html

Intuitiveness
Traditional numbered stickers and colored stripes are substituted with simple lines and shaped bull's eyes, providing a clean and intuitive climbing experience: no more numbers and colors to find and count.

Replay
Climbers can watch a replay of their climb, correctly juxtapposed on the climbing surface.

Durability
Once stored, routes and boulders can be browsed by everyone via remote control, and the absence of physical parts that can be touched, scratched, removed, makes these available for years.

Deployability
iOO Climb works with any traditional climbing wall, and with holds of every size, shape, color, and design.

Internet Powered
Identical climbing walls can exchange routes and boulders via the internet. With our standard climbing walls there is no need for trained personnel to track new paths, since iOO Climb comes with hundreds of already tracked boulders and routes.

Games for Children
iOO Climb provides specific climbing games for young people, with customizable graphics of animals, toys, and funny symbols. A must for climbing lessons with children.

Front and Rear Projection Setup
iOO Climb works in front projected setups, for traditional already existing climbing walls, and in rear projected setups, with translucent walls, providing the greatest climbing experience.

Requirements
A single iOO unit can cover an area up to 6 x 4.5 meters.
Maximum distance from climbing surface is 5.5 meters.
iOO unit (http://www.ioodesign.com) must be ceiling mounted.

Tested at/with +gaz (http://www.piugaz.it).

http://www.ioodesign.com/products_climb/climb.html

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• interactive
• climbing
• wall
• augmented
• natural interaction
• natural
• interaction
• naturalinteraction

[TheBridgyC]

nice idea! does it work for feet as well as hands?

[alevalli]

@TheBridgyC yep

[Evilnitsuj]

Really interesting use of augmented reality. Are the routes pre-programed or does the computer dynamically build the route for you as you go?

[alevalli]

Thanks. The routes are built directly on the wall using a trackball by professional trackers. We tested an automatic route generation algorithm, too: the routes were thus infinite in number, but less interesting than those tracked by (pro) humans.

[cdvddt]

Awesome, i want the same in my climbing club.

[MattLikesMusic27]

That is wild hahah

[peterpan187]

looks awesome !!!

[joshpit2003]

So a few questions:

1. How much is it expected to retail for?

2. Can you program in multiple routes?

3. Can it use multiple colors?

4. When and where can you purchase one?

Thank You.

[SanitysAndroid]

Super cool idea.

[asiguere]

@alevalli

freaking great

[Eddie4sale]

cool!!!!!

[twitchman27]

this is way too cool.