{"id":6059,"date":"2023-02-25T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-25T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viewpointsystem.com\/?p=6059"},"modified":"2025-08-12T09:52:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T07:52:58","slug":"the-industrial-metaverse-and-the-opportunities-it-brings-for-manufacturers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/viewpointsystem.com\/en\/blog\/the-industrial-metaverse-and-the-opportunities-it-brings-for-manufacturers\/","title":{"rendered":"THE INDUSTRIAL METAVERSE AND THE OPPORTUNITIES IT BRINGS FOR MANUFACTURERS"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Viewpointsystem Editorial Team <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everyone’s talking about it, but very few people really know what the metaverse is. It is often relegated to the gaming world and seen as a buzzword to use at conferences and events. But there is much more to it than that. Even if the metaverse is still primarily a future version: most experts agree, it will keep us much busier than we can imagine today, also in terms of significant performance improvements in the industry.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BUT WHAT IS THE METAVERSE ACTUALLY?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In principle, the Metaverse is easy to define. It is a virtual 3D world, or rather many interconnected 3D spaces, in which people – or rather their avatars – can meet, exchange ideas, and interact with each other using smart glasses and extended reality (virtual, mixed, or augmented reality) technologies, no matter where they are in real life. So, we’re talking about seamless interaction between digital and analog worlds, and between different virtual worlds. People often talk about the potential Internet design of the future. The Fraunhofer Institute describes the metaverse as a social medium in which people can interact, communicate, collaborate, but also do business and own things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AND WHAT IS THE INDUSTRIAL METAVERSE THEN?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In short, the Industrial Metaverse is the application of this virtual 3D space in the industry, for example, to remotely monitor and control production facilities and collect all relevant data from them. Although the Industrial Metaverse is still in its infancy – or rather, in the buzzword phase – experts are convinced that it will play a decisive role in the future due to the possibility of digitally modeling production processes and working with digital twins. However, for this to happen, the immersive virtual environment must also deliver the expected economic added value, for example by enabling maintenance or service work to be accelerated and carried out remotely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Data security will also play a crucial role, because in the industrial sector, data and ownership of virtual goods must of course be secured differently and even better than in the private sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SMART AND AFFORDABLE TECHNOLOGIES ARE IN DEMAND<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With this next stage of digitization, companies have the opportunity to build a virtual world that can significantly increase their own competitiveness. That’s why it’s important to make access to the metaverse as easy as possible from the outset, so that not only financially strong corporations can take advantage of this opportunity with customized solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is needed are simple and flexible hardware and software solutions that are affordable and easy to customize, so that smaller players can contribute to the development of the Industrial Metaverse. In addition, they should function as much as possible according to the “plug and play” principle in order to keep the access threshold low. Especially in the areas of remote support, there are already smart glasses solutions that are easy to use and quick to set up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HOW COMPANIES CAN BENEFIT FROM THE INDUSTRIAL METAVERSE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In our view, the following application areas offer the greatest optimization potential for production companies in the short and medium term:<\/p>\n\n\n\n