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         Industrial Metaverse Battlefield
         Those who have been following the Metaverse 
         since the phrase was coined by science fiction 
         writer, Neal Stephenson, have realised early on 
         that the Industrial Metaverse will be the most 
         competitive battlefield for industries in the 
         future. 
         The reason is simply that the value of the 
         Metaverse is in lockstep with the "real world"           By Wilhelm Swart, Chief Operational 
         value it can contribute. Now it is true that the 
         Metaverse will take on a multitude of forms,              Technologies (OT) Officer - 4Sight
         ranging from entertainment to gaming to social 
         media, etc. 
         But the place where digital dreams will collide             The Industrial Metaverse will be the most 
         with physical reality is in the Industrial              competitive battlefield for industries in the future.  
         Metaverse. It is here that digital twin technology 
         will not only be used for fun but also to create 
         giant digital  twins of the real world.
         Industrial Metaverse Battlefield
         Digital worlds based on real-time data will allow corporations to have multiple iterations and 
         simulations of themselves. Lessons learned and breakthroughs discovered in the Industrial 
         Metaverse will provide feedback into reality, enabling companies to change real-world parameters 
         to optimise everything!
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   Optimise Everything
   Digital worlds based on real-time data will allow corporations to have multiple iterations 
   and simulations of themselves.  Lessons learned and breakthroughs discovered in the 
   Industrial Metaverse will provide feedback into reality, enabling companies to change 
   real-world parameters to optimise everything!
   Digital Twins and the Industrial Metaverse
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   companies whose assets are managed by companies who can combine past technical 
   expertise with digital twins that exist in the Metaverse.
   - Mining companies don't need equipment to dig holes in the ground, they simply need 
   holes in the ground.
   - Mining companies don't need ore on a conveyor belt, but precious metals that are 
   ready to be sold.
   - Mining companies don't need refineries managed through experience and trial and 
   error, but by the future experience obtained from digital twins.
   Envisioning technologies that can reveal multiple futures based on constant real-time 
   information and past data are the new digital gold.
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         and will be created through large scale collaborations by multiple stakeholders. Some will be purely 
     People and employees participate with their real identities as digital avatars, in digital 
         speculative with anonymous digital avatars, and others will be based in reality. 
     twins that reflect the whole life cycle process of physical equipment through the map-
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