Seat selection in 3D, with spatial audio, before you buy

· 1 min read · three.js, webgl, spatial-audio, launch

The interior of an opera house in 3D with rows of seats facing the stage, a seat selection tool

A seat map is flat. It shows you rows and numbers, and it never tells you what the night will be like: how close the stage is, if a column is in the way, or how the room sounds. This project is a different answer, built with Three.js.

The opera house, with the seats in view

What it is #

It is a tool designed to sit between ticket buyers and venues, such as cinemas, theaters, schools and stadiums. Instead of a seat map, the buyer gets a half-immersive preview of the room:

  1. you step into the venue, an opera house in the demo,
  2. you pick a seat,
  3. you see the stage from that exact point of view, before you pay.

Sound as a layer of the preview #

The detail I like most is the spatial audio. Sound changes with distance, so you hear how the room behaves from the chosen seat, not only how it looks. A seat at the back sounds different from one at the front, and the preview says so.

Why it matters #

A clearer preview means a more confident purchase, and fewer surprises on the night. The project is a demonstration of how a venue's real geometry, with real-time reflections and camera views, can become part of the buying flow.

Try it #

The tool is live at vrseat.vercel.app, and the details are on the project page.

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