A digital twin project in the UK transport sector has received state funding for innovation.

Hadean, a London-based metaverse infrastructure startup, is overseeing the initiative alongside Connected Places Catapult, a leading UK urban connectivity accelerator.

Funding is provided by the UK’s leading grant-awarding body, UK Research & Innovation.

Hadean’s 3D digital twins will provide 3D highway modeling and real-time highway data to highway management boards, specifically creating rich mathematical diagrams capable of emulating entire motor traffic corridors and correlating them with appropriate infrastructure upgrades.

Such granularity in data could also help deliver one of the most radical improvements to UK roads in decades, as engineers are exploring…