Parapolis is a project sponsored by the MEDEA collaborative media initiative and developed by the Swedish interaction design studio Unsworn Industries. Parapolis uses ‘parascopes’ – tall binocular viewers that help people imagine, consider and discuss potential futures in the developing urban environment. Rather than the here and now, Parascopes display binocular visualisations of how things might be in the future of that particular space given a proposed development. The Parapolis project has used these devices as the basis for exploring ways for engaging the community in the dialogue that precedes the development of the urban environment and which they are generally excluded from. With the parascope developments can be visualised, the public can respond, sketch alternatives, or add commentary and the process of urban development can become more collaborative and iterative.