Twins for transformation
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From mapping contagion to visualising factories and enhancing the airport CX, digital twins have the potential to transform many sectors. Dan Isaacs, general manager and CTO of the Digital Twin Consortium talks use cases with Nicole Deslandes.
If you were given a crystal ball reflecting the future of your work environment – be it a factory, office or hospital – wouldn’t it be great to see the consequences and impact of any changes you make?
Well, digital twins are here, and they are essentially already allowing for just that.
Digital twins can take habitats such as airplanes, factories, or entire cities and present them as a 3D virtual environment, similar to that found in a video game, often presenting the virtual reality in real-time.
Industries and governments worldwide are using the technology to help plan, train and innovate within their workforces. To find out more about where this 3D virtual-reality technology is headed, TechInformed spoke with Dan Isaacs, general manager and CTO of the Digital Twin Consortium.
The Digital Twin Consortium (DTC) was founded in May 2020 by four key firms: big tech giants Microsoft, Dell and ANSYS as well as real estate company Lendlease.
It currently consists of 200 members, and hopes to be a resource for all things digital twin, whether that be regulatory processes for the technology, to bring awareness to it, or to offer assistance in implementation.
“We are a member-driven organisation, and I work very hard to ensure that collaboration is there and that members are working together,” enthuses Isaacs, whose role is to essentially “facilitate the collaboration and the technical direction of the consortium”.