As digitalization progresses, the industrial metaverse has emerged as a groundbreaking innovation, opening up an entirely new dimension in factory planning. The industrial metaverse integrates various systems, data sources, and technologies such as the Industrial Internet of Things (IoT), cloud and edge computing, and artificial intelligence into a unified digital environment.
In this space, the physical and virtual worlds merge into a single data and collaboration platform, where a digital twin of the entire factory is created. This digital representation offers numerous benefits - from planning to virtual and physical commissioning, and all the way through to operations. One of the key advantages of the industrial metaverse is its ability to consolidate data from various disciplines into a single digital platform. A practical example: planners, engineers, and external suppliers can collaborate in virtual planning sessions, efficiently resolving critical interface issues.
Our experts at Drees & Sommer possess extensive expertise in these areas, providing significant value in project planning. Using the digital twin, they can monitor the entire development of a factory seamlessly. The industrial metaverse not only leads to significant improvements in efficiency and quality, but also enables close, interdisciplinary collaboration in real time. This allows for early analysis of interfaces and identification of optimization potentials for the entire factory.
We were pleased to contribute an article on the industrial metaverse to the special edition of the United Innovations magazine. Feel free to read it on pages 52/53.