Today we're excited to announce the beta release of the 3DStreet AI Assistant, a new way to create and modify street designs using simple natural language. Just describe the street scene you want to create, and watch as your vision comes to life – no complex 3D editing required.*

How AR is revolutionizing community engagement and accelerating urban planning projects​

The future of urban planning is happening right on our streets. In a recent webinar featuring 3DStreet founder Kieran Farr and InCitu's Nick, we explored how augmented reality (AR) is transforming community engagement with street design proposals.

Have you ever found yourself designing a street scene and wishing you had that perfect 3D model to bring your vision to life? Whether it's a unique piece of street furniture, a local landmark, or even a toy car, traditional 3D modeling can be time-consuming and requires specialized skills. But what if you could turn any object into a 3D model with just a couple of photos and some AI magic? Let's explore how to do exactly that!

Introducing Map Blending and Environment Settings in 3DStreet! When combined these can allow for a wide range of creative options to mix street scenes with geospatial layers.

In Tanzania's rapidly growing capital city of Dodoma, our team used 3DStreet to create digital twins of proposed street safety improvements along critical corridors, helping stakeholders visualize and evaluate sustainable transportation alternatives for this evolving urban center.

On Kiritimati Island (pronounced kee-ris-muh s) our team partnered with Sam Johnson and the World Bank Transport team to visualize how sustainable transportation infrastructure can support both current and future residents on the world's largest coral atoll.

High resolution 3D map tiles have become a popular choice for adding immersive local context to 3DStreet scenes. However, sometimes the most interesting places on Earth have the least availability of detailed 3D map tiles -- such as large parts of Africa and South America. Even for locations with detailed 3D tiles coverage, we've heard from users that sometimes the realism of the 3D tiles can distract from the focus of presenting proposed street projects.

In these cases, our new integration with Open Street Map (OSM) offers new dimensions to our mapping capabilities.

A screenshot of the new 3DStreet OSM integration showing San Francisco City Hall.

Hi, I’m Tyler Riedell, a fourth-year product design student at the University of Oregon. This past summer, I had the privilege of collaborating with the incredibly talented team at 3DStreet to release several open-source street safety and sidewalk prop models.

3DStreet now supports Microsoft login, making it easier for users with Microsoft accounts to access our platform. This update also includes important information for administrators on how to enable 3DStreet for their organization.

My name is Sam Rothstein and I’m happy to share my work on a new street intersection component for 3DStreet. This is a first version of a highly requested feature and I'm looking forward to seeing what the 3DStreet community can create.

In this post I'll share how I got involved in 3DStreet, the features of the Intersection component, and what's coming next!