Digital twins for architects & construction teams
Record a building or work area with an ordinary smartphone. Review it remotely, attach issues and instructions, then help the next person find the exact physical location on site.
Available in early 2027. Register for updates or send us a question.
A practical kind of digital twin
Large infrastructure twins connect BIM, IoT sensors and facility-management systems across airports, plants and cities. That is one valuable use of the technology—but it is not the only one.
Houses, offices, apartment buildings, retail spaces and smaller commercial properties need a faster answer: capture what is actually on site, preserve the important details and show the next person exactly where work needs to happen.
The old record
A photograph can show a defect without showing where it was taken. A note can name a room without identifying the correct pipe, valve or fitting.
“Pipe leaking above suspended ceiling near office 204.”
The spatial record
OpenSpace, Matterport and NavVis have helped make reality capture part of documentation, as-builts, handover and remote site review. GuideMeAR brings that direction to smaller, everyday projects.
Where GuideMeAR fits
GuideMeAR does not replace professional land surveying, registered point clouds, laser scanning or high-accuracy Scan-to-BIM workflows.
When millimeter-level measurements or certified surveying data are required, dedicated systems remain the right tool. GuideMeAR serves the operational space between a drawing and the physical place where the work happens.
01 · Existing conditions
Replace a disconnected camera roll with a navigable spatial reference the whole project team can revisit remotely.
Architects often leave a renovation survey with hundreds of photographs, measurements and sketches. Days later, simple questions become hard to answer.
“Which wall was this?”
“Was this pipe in the bathroom or the utility room?”
A smartphone recording creates a navigable 3D representation that keeps each detail connected to its location.
Reduce unnecessary return visits
A designer can inspect the space behind a staircase, a contractor can review pipes in a utility room and an engineer can revisit an existing connection without automatically sending someone back to the property.
From issue to action
Photographs and descriptions explain what is wrong. A spatial annotation also shows precisely where it is wrong.
Attach the issue to the affected location, so room numbers and photographs no longer have to carry all of the context.
Turn a defect into a persistent spatial annotation with the exact instruction, responsible party and completion evidence attached.
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Water penetration below frameThis is not primarily a 3D-modeling problem. It is a communication and localization problem.
05 · Before it disappears
Some of the most valuable construction information vanishes behind drywall and suspended ceilings. Record it while pipes, cables, valves, junctions and reinforcements are still visible.
06 · A better handover
Connect manuals, dates, contacts and procedures to the physical asset instead of leaving the owner with another folder to search two years later.
Model, installation date, filter procedure, service contact and manual.
Attached to this placePrecise location, closing direction and emergency instructions.
Attached to this placeCircuit information, inspection date and contractor details.
Attached to this place07 · Find unfamiliar assets
A floor plan can say “AHU-03, second floor.” GuideMeAR can preserve the visual and spatial context recorded by someone who already knows the building.
08 · Spatial work instruction
Inspect the flashing connection at this corner.
Remove sealant along this 30 cm section.
Check the membrane beneath the flashing before resealing.
The result is closer to a spatial work instruction than a conventional site model.
The right tool at the right scale
A building may exist in GIS. Its design may exist in BIM. GuideMeAR carries the final practical context to the person standing in front of the work.
Capture only what matters
The goal is not a perfect copy of every square meter. Preserve the spatial information that would otherwise require another visit, explanation or search.
A phone-first approach
Professional LiDAR, 360° capture and Scan-to-BIM workflows remain valuable when accuracy and comprehensive coverage are required. A small practice may simply need to walk the property with the phone already in a pocket and keep enough context to avoid another visit.
Without requiring
Useful long after construction
Construction knowledge should not disappear at handover. Preserve the routes, products, shut-offs, previous issues, access steps, contractors and maintenance procedures that future teams will need.
GuideMeAR Digital Twin
Document existing conditions, mark construction issues and give maintenance teams spatial guidance using only a smartphone.
Available in early 2027. Register for updates or use the form to send us a question.