diff --git a/packages/viewer/src/components/renderers/item/item-renderer.tsx b/packages/viewer/src/components/renderers/item/item-renderer.tsx
index 34bc1d9f..c8d94dc5 100644
--- a/packages/viewer/src/components/renderers/item/item-renderer.tsx
+++ b/packages/viewer/src/components/renderers/item/item-renderer.tsx
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@ import { Clone } from '@react-three/drei/core/Clone'
 import { useGLTF } from '@react-three/drei/core/Gltf'
 import { Suspense, useEffect, useMemo, useRef } from 'react'
 import type { Group, Material, Mesh } from 'three'
+import { positionLocal, smoothstep, time } from 'three/tsl'
 import { DoubleSide, MeshStandardNodeMaterial } from 'three/webgpu'
-import { resolveCdnUrl } from '../../../lib/asset-url'
 import { useNodeEvents } from '../../../hooks/use-node-events'
+import { resolveCdnUrl } from '../../../lib/asset-url'
 
 // Shared materials to avoid creating new instances for every mesh
 const defaultMaterial = new MeshStandardNodeMaterial({
@@ -39,13 +40,35 @@ export const ItemRenderer = ({ node }: { node: ItemNode }) => {
 
   return (
     <group position={node.position} rotation={node.rotation} ref={ref} visible={node.visible}>
-      <Suspense>
+      <Suspense fallback={<PreviewModel node={node} />}>
         <ModelRenderer node={node} />
       </Suspense>
     </group>
   )
 }
 
+const previewMaterial = new MeshStandardNodeMaterial({
+  color: '#cccccc',
+  roughness: 1,
+  metalness: 0,
+  depthTest: false,
+})
+
+const previewOpacity = smoothstep(0.42, 0.55, positionLocal.y.add(time.mul(-0.2)).mul(10).fract())
+
+previewMaterial.opacityNode = previewOpacity
+previewMaterial.transparent = true
+
+const PreviewModel = ({ node }: { node: ItemNode }) => {
+  return (
+    <mesh position-y={node.asset.dimensions[1] / 2} material={previewMaterial}>
+      <boxGeometry
+        args={[node.asset.dimensions[0], node.asset.dimensions[1], node.asset.dimensions[2]]}
+      />
+    </mesh>
+  )
+}
+
 const ModelRenderer = ({ node }: { node: ItemNode }) => {
   const { scene, nodes } = useGLTF(resolveCdnUrl(node.asset.src) || '')
 
diff --git a/packages/viewer/src/components/renderers/site/site-renderer.tsx b/packages/viewer/src/components/renderers/site/site-renderer.tsx
index ce50a4bc..dd872404 100644
--- a/packages/viewer/src/components/renderers/site/site-renderer.tsx
+++ b/packages/viewer/src/components/renderers/site/site-renderer.tsx
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ export const SiteRenderer = ({ node }: { node: SiteNode }) => {
           position={[edge.midX, 0.5, edge.midZ]}
           style={{ pointerEvents: 'none', userSelect: 'none' }}
           zIndexRange={[10, 0]}
+          occlude
         >
           <div className="whitespace-nowrap rounded bg-black/75 px-1.5 py-0.5 font-mono text-white text-xs backdrop-blur-sm">
             {edge.dist.toFixed(2)}m