Day at the Met

After several experiments animating museum rooms and paintings, the paper map in my pocket suggested a more focused experience: keep photos connected to the places I visited, then open a collection when I want a closer look.

Pinching expands a group of photos from world space into a screen-space grid. Later code moves the actual SceneKit cards toward a camera-aligned layout before the SwiftUI grid fades in. Releasing early returns the cards to the map; continuing commits the expansion.

The reference image includes folds and perspective, and its physical width is provisional. Photo collections are positioned conceptually by museum area, not as precise location records. I would capture and measure a flatter reference before presenting tracking as solved.

I would compare this with an ordinary photo grid: does spatial context help someone recall and revisit a moment enough to justify holding a phone over a map? Walking paths, visit timing, and other suggested layers remain future ideas.