Insights on the Development of China's Industrial Metaverse (2022)
Zhongjiren Zhongjiren 2023-01-06 18:02 Posted in Henan
Recently, Unity China, Tencent Cloud and Sullivan Consulting jointly presented the "2022 Metaverse Series White Paper" "China Industrial Metaverse Development Insights" (hereinafter referred to as the "White Paper") officially released.
The industrial metaverse enables the entire industrial system to be reconstructed in the context of virtualization, breaking through traditional boundaries and constraints, promoting industrial integration, and achieving sustainable cost reduction and efficiency increase.
The most important value of the industrial metaverse lies in the thorough, all-round and systematic digital twin of the complex system of modern industry, so that the entire industry is in a completely digital, intelligent and information-based intuitive state, and the entire industrial system can be reconstructed in the context of virtualization, which breaks the boundaries and constraints of traditional industries, industries and enterprises, truly realizes industrial integration under the support of technology, and maximizes production efficiency.
Through the comprehensive digitalization of equipment and processes, and providing a full digital twin image of the production system, the industrial metaverse can realize production hosting, and provide full-chain management of the supply chain for logistics, material distribution, etc.; For energy, electricity, etc., provide image analysis and simulate trial and error scenarios; Solve the problem of high cost of iterative trial and error and difficult upgrade, and achieve sustainable cost reduction and efficiency increase.
The industrial metaverse involves the integration and innovation of multiple types of technology groups, among which digital twin-related technologies constitute the key technical system of the industrial metaverse.
The rich characteristics and wide range of applications of the industrial metaverse determine that its implementation has high complexity, involving the integration and innovation of multiple types of technology groups. The industrial metaverse technology system includes digital twin technology group, intelligent network technology group, pan-AI technology group, new information and communication technology group, and industrial manufacturing related technology group.
Among them, intelligent network, big data, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, blockchain and other related basic technologies are the technical foundation of the industrial metaverse; The seven digital twin related technologies of perception interconnection, entity mapping, multidimensional modeling, spatiotemporal computing, simulation deduction, visualization, and virtual and real interaction constitute the key technical system of the industrial metaverse.
At present, the industrial metaverse as a whole is still in the early stage of development, and industry application scenarios have gradually landed, and have been applied to varying degrees in manufacturing, urban management, transportation, automotive, construction, energy and other industries.
In the manufacturing sector, the industrial metaverse focuses on scenarios such as product digital design, process control, and major equipment management. In the field of urban management, the industrial metaverse empowers the whole life cycle of urban planning, construction, governance, and optimization; In the transportation and automotive fields, the industrial metaverse is applied to subdivided scenarios such as functional design and development, simulation testing, autonomous driving, fault diagnosis, and equipment maintenance of vehicles. In the field of architecture, the industrial metaverse empowers architectural planning, design, implementation, operation and maintenance; In the energy field, the application of the industrial metaverse covers scenarios such as energy production, storage and transportation, management and consumption.
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Industrial metaverse industry analysis
The industrial metaverse industry chain can be divided into infrastructure layer, core layer and application layer, and Chinese enterprises are relatively ahead of the layout in the infrastructure layer, which can basically achieve independent and controllable; The key technologies, software and hardware of the core layer mainly rely on imports; The application layer is mostly the collaboration between local enterprises and foreign enterprises.
The industrial metaverse industry chain can be divided into infrastructure layer, core layer and application layer.
Infrastructure layer: including communication network infrastructure, computing power infrastructure and new technology infrastructure, mainly responsible for real-time data transmission and distribution, storage computing and processing, data mining and analysis decision-making, to ensure the normal operation of the industrial metaverse. At present, the layout of Chinese enterprises in the infrastructure layer is in a relatively leading position, which can basically achieve complete autonomy and control.
Core layer: It consists of interactive experience, industrial platform, modeling simulation and digital twin, of which digital twin is the most core component of the industrial metaverse. The digital twin provides technical support for the virtual and real interaction and virtual and real collaboration of the industrial metaverse, and completes the full true mapping from the equipment or device of the real factory to the virtual world.
Application layer: At present, the application scenarios of the industrial metaverse are mainly concentrated in the fields of smart cities, smart transportation, intelligent manufacturing, smart buildings, smart cars, and smart energy, which are usually completed by Chinese enterprises and overseas enterprises.
Under the wave of digital transformation in China, the industrial metaverse has emerged to realize the interaction and integration of the physical world and the information world, and enterprises in data standardization, digital talent training, core technology, data security and other related fields will usher in golden development opportunities.
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Insight into industrial metaverse industry development capabilities
Technical architecture: With the support of policy planning, the technical architecture chain of the industrial metaverse is logically divided into five major sections: basic layer, technology layer, capability layer, terminal layer, and application layer. Among them, the core technology layer involves the integration and innovation of multiple types of technology groups and integrates them in the platform to achieve deep empowerment in industry-related fields.
Critical path: The rise of the industrial metaverse involves the integration and innovation of multiple types of technology groups, and the key technologies to realize the industrial metaverse include digital twin technology, virtual engine technology, artificial intelligence technology, Internet of Things technology, blockchain technology, human-computer interaction technology, and intelligent network technology.
1. Digital twins
Digital twin modeling is the establishment of a virtual digital model of a physical object that can evolve in real time by receiving data from the physical object. Modeling, simulation, and the digital thread based on data fusion are the three core technologies of digital twins.
2. Virtual Engine
Virtual Engine is a set of software development tools to help developers achieve real-time interaction, designed to help developers achieve efficient development of real-time 3D. Virtual engines are widely used in automotive, construction, urban and other industrial fields, and the industrial metaverse may become the future blue ocean market of virtual engines.
3. Pan-artificial intelligence
The continuous expansion of AI algorithms and AI technology capabilities is accelerating the rapid deployment of "AI+Industrial Metaverse", and the application of AI in the industrial metaverse continues to deepen. AI technology transforms industrial production methods and decision-making modes, achieves the role of efficiency and quality improvement, and promotes the rapid landing of industrial AI+.
4. Internet of Things
The Internet of Things is the underlying companion technology of the industrial metaverse, which lays the foundation for the realization of the connection of all things and the symbiosis of virtual and real in the industrial metaverse through the network interconnection, data interconnection and system interoperability of industrial resources. The application of IoT in the industrial field will evolve from simple scenario applications to deep applications.
5. Intelligent Interaction (XR)
The 3D visualization effect of XR (AR, VR, MR) technology can accelerate the integration with geometric design and simulation in industrial scenes. Intelligent interaction technology is expected to continue to empower the digital twin application effect of the industrial metaverse and realize simulation digitalization in various application scenarios.
6. Intelligent interaction (digital holography)
Digital holographic technology can highly restore the three-dimensional characteristics of objects, use computer technology, optical imaging technology and holographic technology to explore the industry ceiling, and empower the industrial metaverse industry. Digital holographic technology is indispensable in the field of industrial manufacturing, and is deeply used in measurement systems in manufacturing.
7. Smart Network
Intelligent network is the lowest infrastructure of the industrial metaverse, providing powerful computing power and network infrastructure based on cloud computing, edge computing, 5G/6G networks, and big data technologies to provide real-time, smooth and immersive experiences for industrial metaverse users.
8. Blockchain
Blockchain is the core underlying technology for decentralization and industrial value realization of the industrial metaverse digital economy ecosystem, and core blockchain technologies such as distributed ledgers, consensus mechanisms, and smart contracts can ensure the fairness, openness and transparency of the industrial metaverse economic system.
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Industrial metaverse industrial application practice
Business scenarios: Based on the continuous development of digital twins, the breadth of virtual scenarios, product life cycle length, refinement, and simulation that the industrial metaverse can cover are also increasing, covering the entire life cycle of products from R&D design, manufacturing, operation and maintenance management, to sales and service stages.
Functional applications: The functional applications of the industrial metaverse are realized with the support of infrastructure, including digital twins, cloud rendering, virtual and real interaction, big data visualization, industrial Internet and other related technologies, tools and platforms. Based on these technologies, tools and platforms, products, services or production process data in the physical world can be synchronized to the virtual space, and the models and data in the virtual world can interact with the corresponding real physical objects, and the realization of this series of processes includes the output of 3D modeling, remote virtual control, industrial simulation simulation, real-time monitoring and operation and maintenance, digital factory display and other functions.
Industry applications: China's industrial metaverse as a whole is in the early stages of development, and is continuously penetrating into application scenarios in multiple industries for intelligent empowerment, and has been applied to varying degrees in urban management, transportation, automotive, construction, manufacturing, energy and other industries.
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