Hyperbat, a UK-based vehicle battery manufacturer, has teamed up with BT, Ericsson and graphics card specialist Nvidia to create what they claim will be a "world first" 5G virtual reality (VR) digital twin solution. By allowing collaboration between remote Hyperbat teams in the UK, using an interactive virtual 3D engineering model, the idea is to "significantly speed up" the manufacturing process for hybrid and electric vehicle production. Enter the matrix: The new VR platform promises to speed up the manufacturing process for hybrid and electric vehicle production. (Source: Hyperbat) BT and Ericsson are responsible for rolling out the 5G mobile private network, replete with edge compute, to support what was billed as an Industry 4.0 solution. It will connect Hyperbat's design, engineering and manufacturing teams based in Coventry and Oxfordshire.