The industrial metaverse is already changing how people design, manufacture, and interact with physical entities. Digital twins are becoming one of the key applications of the industrial metaverse. Digital twins were first proposed in 2002 and were used for everything from planning a new city to working out iteration of manufacturing processes. A digital twin is a virtual replica of a product or process used to predict how it will perform in the long run. BMW created a virtual twin of its production plant in Germany. A digital twin development model is being used by Boeing. Virtual Singapore is a representation of the Southeast Asian nation that the government created to support its policy decisions. Expectations for the industrial metaverse are getting a boost from the buzz surrounding digital twins. The president of the cloud and network services business is at the company. According to ABI Research, revenues for industrial digital twin and simulation and industrial extended reality will hit $22.73 billion by 2025. The evaluation of the enterprise metaverse opportunity was done in the third quarter. The industrial metaverse is growing due to a convergence of maturing technologies. Among these, 5G is the most prominent. He says that this is a very important point in the industry. The key for driving metaverse applications is the lower delay and more precise exchange of data created by 5G. One of the benefits of the industrial metaverse is the creation of digital twins. Klein says the industrial metaverse can be reached by creating digital twins of entire systems such as factories, airports, cargo terminals, or cities, not just digital twins of individual machines or devices that we have seen so far. He says that the industrial metaverse can be used to gain operational insights by using immersive reality, sensor, and machine-learning. Some of the key technological elements are being developed to build towards a full-scale metaverse. A technology that can track the growth of millions of plants has been created by a team of people. Klein says that their solution has multiple drones flying through the field. The height and color of the plants, as well as the location of poor growth areas, can be monitored by the farm. A complete digital twin of the farm gives growers a real-time picture of the entire production throughout the farm. Data analysis can be used to improve the farm's water, energy, and nutrient use, as well as improve its yield forecast. Klein believes that the industrial metaverse could bolster remote collaboration. Users could use its capabilities as a multistakeholder platform to gain deeper insights into problems. One example is the collaboration between the two companies. The augmented reality training and work-instruction platform uses industrial edge cloud computing, the internet of things, and 4G or 5G networks to enable users to communicate in real time with experts. Klein says that it all comes down to having access to more information and better understanding that may not be visible to the naked eye. The platform allows users to make intelligent decisions, interact with and control the environment around them, and go back to collaborative design. The internet was similar to the metaverse in the early 90s. The metaverse will be like this, where we can't imagine all the applications and their impact on our lives at the moment. A lot of practical examples are already being made. Obstacles need to be overcome 5G investments are important because the metaverse will be pretty immense in terms of data and video consumption. In addition to fast network speeds, the metaverse will need low-latency, massive machine communications and high reliability. Decentralized local edge data centers close to users will be required for people to interact with one another and use devices to access the metaverse, because of the requirement for almost zero latency. It will need to be a collaborative effort to get to the metaverse. No one will own or dominate the metaverse. All sorts of applications, devices, and other things will come together. The network will be exposed as code in order to facilitate that. He explains that the application development community can use the network's capabilities in their applications. The network becomes very programmed by the community. Software-as-a-service will allow more organizations to access the industrial metaverse and facilitate agility. Klein compares building the metaverse to having the right blocks and interface to connect them. He says that you could build a model plane with Legos. After a while, you are bored and want to build a boat, a car, or a house. What do you do to make something different? The same blocks from the original Lego set are used in different ways. The enabling modules, applications, and software assets are part of the industrial metaverse. Klein says that you can use application programming interface to create new solutions that solve your specific industrial challenges and match the business logic of your use case. Building blocks will be contributed to by partners, technology and network providers, data producers and owners. They facilitate a digital marketplace that leads to new and unprecedented levels of innovation, creativity, and agility. As with any innovative technology, security is paramount, especially since cyberattacks have surged in recent years, with criminals using increasingly sophisticated technology. It could have a huge impact on that specific industry if mission-critical data is compromised. Keeping people's identities secure and protecting the data shared within virtual collaboration will also be important, especially for stakeholders who may not have established relationships with one another. According to a survey, the metaverse will be here within 10 years and organizations need to start preparing now. It will change how we work. There is a chance for new experiences. I believe it will benefit the industry. The metaverse is considered to be hype. Do you think the metaverse is here? The metaverse is 5 to 10 years away. It has nothing to do with them. There is a source of this. Increased demand for performance, ultra-reliability, and advanced cybersecurity need to be addressed before the metaverse can be fully utilized on a global scale. Awareness is the first thing that starts the process. This is no longer an experiment. Awareness should be accompanied by the right technology, such as intelligent, cloud-native networks with high bandwidth and ultra-lowlatency. In order to participate in the industrial metaverse, industries will have to update their infrastructure. The industrial metaverse will most likely be used in certain industries, such as manufacturing, logistics, and transportation, according to both Klein and Sahgal. Metaverse applications could help the health-care industry. The use cases can be applied to any industry. The metaverse seems to be the only certainty, even though it is unknown.
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