Industrial Metaverse: Connotation, Features, Technologies, Applications and Challenges

• Published in: Methods and Applications for Modeling and Simulation of Complex Systems Vol. 1712; pp. 239 - 263
• Main Authors: Zheng, Zhiming, Li, Tan, Li, Bohu, Chai, Xudong, Song, Weining, Chen, Nanjiang, Zhou, Yuqi, Lin, Yanwen, Li, Runqiang
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore Springer 2022; Springer Nature Singapore
• Series: Communications in Computer and Information Science
• Subjects: Digital twin; Industrial Metaverse; Man-in-loop simulation; Metaverse; Natural interaction; NFT
• ISBN: 9789811991974; 9811991979
• ISSN: 1865-0929; 1865-0937
• DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-9198-1_19

Metaverse expands the cyberspace with more emphasis on human-in-loop interaction, value definition of digital assets and real-virtual reflection, which facilitates the organic fusion of man, machine and material in both physical industry and digital factory. The concept of Industrial Metaverse is proposed as a new man-in-loop digital twin system of the real industrial economy which is capable of man-machine natural interaction, industrial process simulation and industrial value transaction. With the comparison with Metaverse and Digital Twin, the key features of Industrial Metaverse are summarized, which are man-in-loop, real-virtual interaction, process asserts and social network. Key technologies of Industrial Metaverse are surveyed including natural interaction, industrial process simulation, industrial value transaction and large-scale information processing and transmission technologies, etc. Potential application modes of Industrial Metaverse are given at the end as well as the challenges from technology, industry and application.