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Having done both rock climbing and worn a vr headset, I feel like the reality here is you'd bang the headset against the wall constantly.
by Turskarama 3y ago
Having done both rock climbing and worn a vr headset, I feel like the reality here is you'd bang the headset against the wall constantly.
- pcthrowaway 3y agoIntegrate it into a helmet for extra realism. I already bang my helmet into the rock constantly while climbing. Also, realistically I think you'd need to be on top rope / autobelay for this to be safe, so it would be kind of like following the whole route edit: but also, just go outside people! I guess VR climbing can be safer than outdoors (less risk of rockfall), and it opens it up to some portion of the 'outdoor climbing experience' in all seasons, and potentially with less commute... but I don't know that I'd prefer it to just going to a climbing gym. It's not like they can capture the smells of outdoors or the breeze carrying distant sounds or the heat of the sun reflecting off the rock and beating down on you. Indoor gyms can't even get the feel of rock right.