July flew by, but here we are. Time for our recap of top Industrial IMMERSIVE stories from the last month.

Digital Twins & Immersive Tech in Energy

A whitepaper called “Digital Twins and Immersive Technologies in the Energy Industry” by Unity and Engineering.com offers insights into the use of 3D technologies in the energy sector. The report lays out the fast pace of change of energy companies using 3D and immersive technologies throughout their enterprises and also lays out the top use cases for real-time 3D technology in energy: 

• Maintenance and operations

• Learning and training

• Design collaboration

What is the Industrial Metaverse? 

The metaverse—and for us, the industrial metaverse specifically—have become hot topics. In its comprehensive guide to the metaverse, The Metaverse Insider lays out what the metaverse is, what it isn’t, which components exist, and where the industry needs to collaborate to continue buildout. This is how new technological revolutions happen: Start with narrow scopes, refine those, broaden into new scopes, repeat. 

Digital Twins in the Energy Transition 

As part of IIoT World’s 2023 Energy Day, Kevin O’Donovan brought together a panel to talk about the role of digital twins in the energy transition. Topics of discussion included: 

• Accelerating infrastructure design

• Simulation for scenario planning

• Optimizing operations and maintenance

• Collaboration and knowledge sharing

• The next generation of digital twins 

• Digitalization is hard

• But it’s not just for the big players anymore

• Costs, investment, and returns

And that’s a look back at July! Still not sure how each month goes faster and faster.