PRESS RELEASE – Korean tech big Naver has formally launched a undertaking to construct a digital twin platform in Saudi Arabia.
The corporate introduced the undertaking in Riyadh on Sunday in collaboration with Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Municipal, Rural Affairs and Housing and the Nationwide Housing Firm.
The undertaking, secured by Naver in October final yr, goals to create extremely correct 3D fashions of main Saudi cities. Naver plans to leverage its ALIKE resolution, which makes use of aerial pictures and AI to assemble digital twins of total cities with an error margin inside 10cm.
The initiative is a part of Saudi Arabia’s broader digital transformation efforts. Naver, chosen for its swift and scalable digital twin expertise, will collaborate with Korean companions, Korea Water Assets Corp. (Okay-Water), Korea Land and Geospatial Informatix Corp. (LX), to develop key companies comparable to city planning and flood simulation based mostly on the platform.
The undertaking launch ceremony in Riyadh was attended by high-ranking officers from each side, together with Saudi Arabia’s Municipal, Rural Affairs and Housing Minister Majed Al-Hogail, and Naver’s senior executives together with CEO Choi Soo-yeon.
