inCitu

inCituAR® is a mobile-based augmented reality (AR) platform that transforms complex construction plans into shared, on-site visualizations accessible to anyone with a smartphone. Already piloting with DDC, our solution enables staff, contractors, consultants, and community members to literally “see” future projects in their real-world context, breaking down technical barriers and fostering collaboration around urban change. By replacing abstract drawings with tangible experiences, inCituAR® ensures stakeholders align on scope, design, and community impact early in the process. Unlike static renderings or siloed workflows, our tool creates a dynamic, interactive, and inclusive collaboration channel—improving efficiency, trust, and decision-making across the construction lifecycle.

Planning happens on 2D maps from a bird's-eye view. But people live in 3D space.

When a community is asked to weigh in on a housing development, a transit corridor, or a flood resilience project from a flat rendering or a PDF, they are being asked to make decisions without a shared spatial frame of reference. The models and contextual data exist. The gap is the last mile: when spatial intelligence needs to become something a resident can see and understand, standing on the actual street where it will be built.

inCitu's integrations for Esri ArcGIS and Autodesk Forma close the gap by creating a direct, automated connection between Autodesk Construction Cloud, the inCituAR augmented reality platform, and Esri's GIS ecosystem, letting AEC teams take a Revit model and place it at real scale on a real street corner - with no manual file export, no format conversion, and no app download required for viewers.

What Cities are doing with inCituAR®

The City of Phoenix distributed QR codes via postcards, city newsletters, and on-site displays so residents could preview the Girasol Apartments, a 115-unit affordable housing development, in 3D from the sidewalk before construction was complete. The Central Ohio Transit Authority integrated inCitu into a guided bus tour along the proposed West Broad Street BRT corridor, generating over 2,000 AR views averaging 80 per week as participants shared the experience between events. In Tampa, the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council showed a proposed living shoreline at the actual seawall where it would be developed. In Kauai, the County used inCitu across multiple stakeholder events to support adoption of the island's first wildland urban interface zoning ordinance, which was subsequently passed.

  "It's one thing to tell someone what a living shoreline is. It's another thing for them to stand there at the seawall and see it in place, to see into the future in that way." 

Sarah Vitale, Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council

As the spatial computing ecosystem grows, with cities investing in digital twins, planning moving from 2D to 3D, and AI expanding what's possible with geospatial data, platforms like inCituAR® that connect that infrastructure to the living city and the public become critical.