Placemaking seems to be quite the fashion nowadays, with all the municipalities, practitioners, businesses, property owners, and all the like getting on the bandwagon. The word seems to command an air of coolness, progressiveness, vitality, prosperity, and so forth. But what about digital placemaking, and how might augmented reality (AR) play a part in it? […]
Metvibee is an easy-to-use participatory urban design app using Augmented Reality (AR) tech. While Metvibee is under development, we’ve released a beta version where you can have a taste of how the app will help you with better collaboration in urban planning and design processes! You can download the latest version of Metvibee at https://linktr.ee/metvibee […]
Participatory urban design technology is on the onward march with Metvibee AR. We’re in great need of green spaces in cities all over the world. Green spaces don’t just provide us with much-needed oxygen and alleviate climate change; they lower surface temperatures and reduce heat island effect. In the Metvibee beta, we’ve placed certain ready-made […]
To prepare for the upcoming launch of Metvibee, we’re starting a participatory campaign with “my city my _____” as the subject! Metvibee is a participatory urban design app using Augmented Reality (AR) technology, so playfulness is somewhat in our “genes”! 😉 Our idea is to invite you to fill in the blank in that sentence, […]
The beta test version is now live for Apple devices! This version, although primitive, is our first MVP (minimum viable product) to test with you how augmented reality can help with making urban design more participatory and democratic. The current available tools are drawing (in white strokes only) and adding objects (green cubes only). More […]
Nobody will miss it: ChatGPT. Midjourney. All the exponential development in generative AI. It seems like the boom is endless, and urban design is naturally a part of the discussion on use cases. But is AI a boon or a danger to participatory urban design processes? And how can we make use of it the […]
We’re announcing a major pivot! The second incarnation of Metrunner will focus on enabling co-creation of virtual urban experiences by everyone. Everyone will be able to draw and build virtual experiences in cities, without specialized training. What’s the new Metrunner for? The new Metrunner opens up a number of opportunities for co-creation of virtual experiences, […]
