Two major names in industrial technology have announced the expansion of an existing partnership to “help bring industrial automation to a new level.”
Tech company Siemens and NVIDIA, a pioneer in accelerated computing, unveiled the details of a collaboration with the goal of promoting digital transformation in industrial verticals.
The companies say they will explore opportunities within the industrial “metaverse,” a virtual reality simulation with business applications. They hope to take advantage of “digital twin” technology, in which virtual representations of physical objects are used to help predict how a particular operation or process will perform in real-life.
According to a jointly issued press release, the companies “plan to connect Siemens Xcelerator, the open digital business platform, and NVIDIA Omniverse, a platform for 3D-design and collaboration.
“This will enable an industrial metaverse with physics-based digital models from Siemens and real-time AI from NVIDIA in which companies make decisions faster and with increased confidence.”
Roland Busch, president and CEO of Siemens AG, highlighted the importance of the partnership in boosting productivity and making the industrial metaverse “a reality for companies of all sizes.”
