AR-AI Integrated System for Enhancing Safety in Rock Climbing: A Research Design

Abstract

With the continuous increase in the number of participants in extreme sports and the difficulty of the sports, the perception errors of key spatial information such as distance an d fulcrum by the athletes function as the leading cause of injury accidents. This research is predominantly intended to reinforce the spatial perception ability of extreme sports participants in dynamic environments. On this basis, the research has developed a real-time risk intervention system grounded in augmented reality and smart wearable devices. The system uses a mobile phone to conduct real-time environmental simulation. Through AI technology, it performs depth and edge recognition of climbing paths, fulcrum stability, and dynamic obstacles. The interaction layer adopts a simple collaboration approach. In detail, the phone analyzes the environment, and the watch provides intuitive vibration and visual alerts to keep athletes informed without distraction. As demonstrated by the tests on 25 valid samples of rock climbing and parkour, the error rate of movement decreased by 15% and the performance improved by 10% subsequent to the utilization of this distinctive system. The results verified the feasibility of the AR-assisted perception system in extreme scenarios and provided a new design framework for human-machine collaboration in high-risk environments.