Renfe chose BIM 6D, a company that creates and manages digital models of buildings and infrastructure linked to databases, to answer the challenge “The Metaverse in Mobility”one of the challenges posed by the accelerator startups TrenLab in its V challenge.
Continued search for the most promising projects in the mobility sector to promote technological innovation in the field of rail transport tender process based on the project competition model, one for each area of work offered in the V TrenLab Calls. The startups there are chosen ones the opportunity to receive a contract worth up to one million euros if the winning project will develop positively with Renfe, according to the public railway transport company.
The first to be selected is BIM 6D, a digitization company based in Barcelona with extensive experience in the AECO (Architecture, Engineering, Construction and Operations) sector. BIM 6D designs buildings and infrastructure using CAD, 2D, 3D and BIM (building information modeling) technologies. With BIM technology, create and manages digital models of buildings and infrastructure linked to databases.
He offers “an exciting experience aimed at improving the passenger experience and optimizing Renfe’s internal management”, as explained by the public company, which showed that BIM 6D is capable of creating virtual trains and stations and digital duplicates of the entire railway infrastructure, as well as connecting users who, with their avatars, draw routes and railways (in the present, recreating the past and imagining the future). “Through 3D travel models and virtual experiences, its technology opens up possibilities for profound transformations in, for example, the way people relate to transport,” he added.
Renfe claims that through this experience of direct and two-way communication with its users in the metaverse, it will be able to know their needs, communicate with them and help them make their experience as efficient and satisfying as possible.
Las startups Those selected to participate in the V TrenLab Call will have access to a personalized accelerator program and They will be able to receive up to 50,000 euros for the development of a pilot project. In addition, they will gain access to major investors and become part of the TrenLab ecosystem, where for six months they will be advised by experts who have direct contact with Renfe Group’s business areas and companies.
