The 3DxVERSE project is dedicated to building a sustainable society through realistic visualizations and user-friendly applications based on reliable data. By making plans transparent for both policymakers and citizens, and embracing storytelling to reveal the motivations behind these developments, the project empowers everyone to help shape the future of our cities.
About 3DxVERSE
What is 3DxVERSE?
3DxVERSE brings together European cities, airports, researchers, and industry partners to build next-generation Local Digital Twins which are virtual models of real places that help us understand, simulate, and improve the world around us.
By combining real-time data, 3D mapping, AI, and citizen participation, we help communities reduce CO₂ emissions, mange energy consumption, improve mobility, enhance safety, and support better planning for the future.
Our Vision is Simple
A Europe where digital technology empowers people, improves daily life, and protects the planet.
Sustainability
Support the European Green Deal with low-carbon mobility and smart energy use.
Innovation
Use cutting-edge AI, Data Spaces, XR/VR, and interoperable standards.
Inclusion & Trust
Inclusion & Trust, ensure transparency, privacy, security, and citizen participation.
The Challenge We Address
Cities, airports, and communities all face similar challenges:
3DxVERSE responds to these needs by developing a state-of-the-art Local Digital Twin Toolbox and a reference architecture aligned with the European Interoperability Framework, ITU Y-MIM standards, EIRA/SIMPL, and the AI Act and NIS2 security requirements.
The Pilot Sites
Almelo (The Netherlands)
Building a digital twin for sustainable living communities, focusing on energy-positive districts, IoT-enabled buildings, and transparent citizen participation.
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Aruba: Queen Beatrix International Airport
Developing a digital twin to reduce CO₂, manage noise, optimize airside operations, and enable the AHOP CO₂ Wallet.
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Hamburg (Germany)
Creating a mobility digital twin to simulate traffic, connected and automated mobility (CCAM), and ITS services to reduce congestion and emissions.
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Timișoara (Romania)
Piloting a low-carbon urban mobility digital twin that integrates public transport, traffic data, and local energy systems within an interoperable testbed.
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How 3DxVERSE Works?
Local Digital Twins turn complex data into meaningful insights.
In 3DxVERSE, this process follows the data-to-decision lifecycle:
- Collect Data: Energy data, mobility data, airport operations, noise monitoring, weather, energy usage, citizen input, IoT sensors.
- Create the Twin: 3D maps, simulations, interactive dashboards, XR/VR visualizations.
- Generate Insights: Energy consumption insights, CO₂ reduction scenarios, mobility optimization, environmental impact predictions, operational efficiency insights.
- Inform Decisions: For city planners, airport operators, public authorities and ultimately citizens themselves.
What is a Digital Twin?
A Digital Twin is a virtual representation of the real world, including physical objects, processes, relationships, and behaviors. It is always an abstraction or model of reality, and with GIS rooted in geography and location we integrate diverse data to map our world, effectively creating a Digital Twin of our environment.
Why Choose a Digital Twin?
GIS (geographic information systems) connects diverse data and systems through geographic location to create a unified view that can be accessed throughout a project’s lifecycle. It enhances data collection, enables real-time visualization, advanced analysis, and automation for forecasting, while supporting collaboration for example, linking sensors to assets to improve maintenance and placing objects in context within a Digital Twin to accelerate business problem solving.
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Partners
3DxVERSE is an innovative project focused on sustainability and smart technology. We are a team of experts dedicated to pioneering advancements in the digital and ecological world.
