Center for Community and Citizen Science

Immersive visualization tools offer new opportunities for supporting community wildfire adaptation and landscape design. Using a case study from rural California, this paper evaluates 360-degree visualizations of fire-resilient landscapes developed with AI-assisted image editing. We assess the strengths, limitations, and ethical considerations of these tools through community engagement and interviews, demonstrating how site-specific visualizations can support understanding, dialogue, and decision-making around defensible space and wildfire resilience.