Nokia, best known for its 3310 mobile phone, is currently considering using the Metaverse for industrial purposes. From breweries to remote aircraft technicians, the company is exploring ways to use the Metaverse to support remote workers.
A Finnish multinational telecommunications company known for providing the Internet with technology and equipment has set up two labs to explore the Metaverse and the technologies that support it.
in collaboration with University of Technology SydneyNokia has been working on a 5G-connected microbrewery using Metaverse technology and augmented reality (AR).
Researchers at the Institute for Brewing Technology in Sydney are working with researchers at the University of Dortmund in Germany to perfect beer brewing in a digital twin.
In terms of development, Nokia Oceania CTO Robert Joyce says that the brewing process can now be simulated in the digital world. This technology allows you to experiment with temperature, timing, quantity and recipe variations to produce the best beer.
“They’re actually doing a joint experiment brewing beer,” said Joyce. “Change processes, temperatures, timings, amounts, recipes. […] And feed that whole brewing process back to your digital twin. ”
“Then they can actually simulate brewing in the digital twin, so they can finish the beer in the digital space.”
Similarly, Nokia is using the Metaverse to support Cessna aircraft engineers in South Australia. The company operated a virtual Cessna aircraft and used 5G-connected Microsoft HoloLens to provide voice instructions to technicians via augmented reality.
The industrial metaverse will outgrow the consumer metaverse
With the metaverse utility growing at an impressive rate, is it time to rush out and buy a headset? Not according to Nokia’s global chief strategy and technology officer, Nishant Batra.
Batra told WEF At their general meeting, the Metaverse will disrupt the industry before making a lasting impact on the consumer market.
“Ports are starting to track every container in their docks with their digital twins, no matter how deep they are buried in the stack,” he said. “Aerospace companies are building engines and fuselages in the digital world to accurately simulate how an aircraft would fly, long before they machined the first mechanical parts.”
Robert Joyce agrees with this statement, stating that the industrial metaverse will generate five times more revenue than the consumer or enterprise metaverse by next year. And he believes the consumer metaverse won’t take off until 2030, due to current awkward technology and the discomfort of using headsets.
Nokia led the mobile revolution.
The Nokia 3310 was the best-selling mobile phone of the 1990s, making Nokia one of the world’s leading telecommunications companies.
The Finnish telecommunications giant has lagged behind in the smartphone age, but is breaking new ground with its exploration in the Metaverse. Maybe that new technology will become another must-have in every household.
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