AR Inzicht
AR Insight: Transparent Urban Development Siekerman Technology B.V. is developing an innovative AR solution that helps municipalities communicate more effectively about urban development projects. Using new AR glasses, users see context-relevant information - duration, background and expected results - right at the location of the works. Residents can respond directly, help shape project information and get in touch with contractors. The goal: reducing nuisance through better information provision and building broader support for necessary urban development.
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PerspectiveXR
PerspectiveXR is developing a new approach to citizen participation in urban development. Through an immersive XR experience, residents literally step into each other's perspectives on building plans in their neighbourhood. This reduces conflict and polarisation around new developments. The project builds on earlier successful research in Sweden, adapted to the Dutch context. Over 6 months, Future of Now will build a working prototype and test it with municipalities and residents. The goal is to make participation more accessible and effective, so that urban development can happen faster and with less resistance.
Placemaking Immersive
Stipo and Orb Amsterdam are exploring how to turn physical participation tools for urban development into a digital, immersive application. Using virtual and mixed reality, they're investigating how citizens, policymakers and developers can gain better insight into the coherence and impact of spatial planning decisions. The envisioned IX solution makes participation more accessible and allows different stakeholders to give feedback from their own perspective and engage in co-creation. This helps improve decision-making, prevent unwanted side effects and build broader public support for complex urban challenges — think housing, sustainability and accessibility.
Stad in Beeld
Stad in Beeld – A participatory digital twin for future-proof urban development In this project, Webbio B.V. is investigating the feasibility of a participatory digital twin, specifically for the municipality of Nijmegen. The focus is on combining spatial data, policy information and interactive visualisation via webXR. The aim of the participatory digital twin is to make policy choices visually clear and to give residents an accessible way to get involved. In this phase, Webbio is working with the municipality of Nijmegen and two specialised technology partners to build a working proof of concept focused on one specific neighbourhood. This will validate technical feasibility, user interaction, data connections and policy integration.
Participate-360
Participate-360: participation, data and visualisation in the living environment ReGreeny is developing a digital 3D platform that lets residents, designers and municipalities plan together for their street or neighbourhood. In many neighbourhoods, it's hard to make good decisions about things like greening, traffic and water storage, because these issues are complex and interconnected. With this platform, users can immediately see the effect of their choices, helping plans come together faster and better aligned. This helps prevent misunderstandings and delays, and builds greater support among residents.
Virtual Reality en Neurofeedback
Virtual reality and neurofeedback: towards a more inclusive city The Olifantenpad Consortium believes the era of well-intentioned drawing-board plans and the unplanned desire paths people carve out afterwards is over. The Olifantenpad Consortium is developing a participation tool that reveals people's conscious and unconscious responses to a spatial environment or design, using VR, AI and neurofeedback grounded in environmental psychology. The tool provides broad insight into how different groups of people experience a spatial environment, helping to prevent urban planning mistakes, costly changes after the fact, and delays in the construction process.
GrondGids
GrondGids is an interactive tool developed by Studio Metaform and Bright that playfully connects residents with what lies beneath their neighbourhood. Climate change, the energy transition and grid congestion are putting growing pressure on (underground) public space. GrondGids makes underground systems such as energy, water, data and green infrastructure visible and easy to understand. It shows how choices made within households are linked to developments in public space. GrondGids supports an integrated approach that helps people make informed decisions, understand their living environment, and work together towards sustainable development.