Digital twinning is an increasingly popular technology being applied to improve airports, transit lines, and much more.
For example, in 2021 YVR launched an Innovation Hub that spurred a strategic collaboration with Unity, platform for creating interactive, real-time 3D content, to produce a twin to capture and present data which “has never been available before.” And this year, SNC-Lavalin is embarking on the journey of implementing digital twin technology to the Canada Line.
Victoria-based LlamaZOO has been involved in this technology as well. For example, leveraging the company’s TimberOps software, Mowachaht/Muchalaht used a digital twin of the nation’s 350,000 hectares of territory on Vancouver Island.
LlamaZOO can combine spatial data sets such as LiDAR, satellite, CAD, IoT, and GIS into one unified view and to provide visualization tools that generate insights tailored to large industrial sites and infrastructure.
The Victoria startup’s latest release is the Clarity Digital Twin software, now in beta. The solution is designed to create real-time, immersive replicas of physical assets.
Designed to work on desktops, tablets, VR headsets, and Apple’s forthcoming Vision Pro headset, ClarityDT leverages advanced computing technologies from Nvidia to analyze the diverse data sources mentioned above. The result is accurate 3D replicas of physical assets, encompassing entire geographical regions, manufacturing facilities—even mines.
“Pairing LlamaZOO’s new ClarityDT technology with Nvidia and the Apple Vision Pro headset creates an incredibly powerful visualization tool that transcends language and simplifies subject matter and domain specific knowledge – its impact is beyond compare,” believes Charles Lavigne, chief executive officer of LlamaZOO.
“Integrating this spatial technology breaks down barriers, accelerating business decisions by providing real-time shared experiences and understanding of data,” he explains.
In an industry where traditional methods still dominate around 70% of processes, ClarityDT offers a potentially transformative alternative, Lavigne posits.
By enabling businesses to visualize and collaborate on data more efficiently, he says, ClarityDT is poised to make an impact across a range of sectors, from intelligent spaces to ecological disaster management.
Through creating digital twins of high-risk areas equipped with real-time data, governments and other sectors can more effectively plan for and mitigate such incidents, LlamaZOO says.
Similarly, the production lines in manufacturing can also benefit from ClarityDT’s ability to digitize facilities, merge real-time data collection, and offer physics-based simulations for faster problem detection, according to Lavigne.
The full release of ClarityDT is slated to occur in conjunction with Apple’s Vision Pro headset launching in the first half of 2024.
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