The coolest use for the Vision Pro(christianselig.com)
831 points by robbiet480 45 days ago | 314 comments
tl;dr: A programmer building his first house used the Vision Pro to walk through 3D models of floor plans, building them in Fusion 360 and populating them with textures, IKEA furniture models, and 3D Warehouse objects for realistic scale. He vibe-coded a custom USDZ viewer called Prospector (open-sourced on GitHub) that adds controller support, skyboxes, terrain following, and reality toggling. He found the immersive walkthrough more useful than his architect's Revit-based 3D tour for actually understanding the space before committing to design decisions.
HN Discussion:
  • Professionals confirm 3D/VR walkthroughs are already standard and highly valuable in architecture
  • Suggestions to extend the approach with sun simulation, wiring visualization, or other archviz tools
  • ~Existing tools and apps (Revit viewers, TwinMotion, IrisVR) already do this, no need to build from scratch
  • An iPhone with ARKit can achieve similar results without the Vision Pro's $3500 price tag
  • Appreciation for the developer's past work (Apollo) rather than the article's content