inCitu is a social-impact software application that utilizes augmented reality and community feedback to enhance urban planning processes. By providing real-time, life-sized visualizations of proposed developments, it enables residents to engage with and understand urban changes affecting their neighborhoods.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Traditional urban planning processes often lack effective tools for community engagement, making it difficult for residents to visualize and understand proposed developments in their neighborhoods. This can lead to misunderstandings, resistance to change, and a lack of meaningful input from the people most affected by urban development projects.
Solution
inCitu provides an augmented reality (AR) platform that enables stakeholders to visualize future developments in real-time, life-sized scale within their actual environment. By overlaying proposed buildings and infrastructure onto the existing landscape via a mobile device, inCitu fosters collaboration and informed decision-making around urban changes. The web-based platform allows users to share their vision in-situ without requiring any coding knowledge. This approach promotes transparency and empowers residents to actively participate in shaping the future of their communities.
Target Audience
inCitu's primary customers include city governments, urban developers, AEC (Architecture, Engineering, and Construction) companies, and community members interested in participating in urban planning processes.
Features
- Real-time, life-sized AR visualizations of proposed developments
- Web-based platform requiring no coding knowledge
- Ability to submit and share 3D models of future projects
- City-wide 3D layer of proposed and upcoming structures based on open data
- Tools for gathering and incorporating community feedback
- Mobile app for accessing AR experiences in-situ