A Digital Twin is a true-to-reality, physically accurate virtual representation of a real-world physical object, process, or environment. This representation is ideally updated in real time.

Digital Twins have been applied within various domains such as:

Manufacturing and assembly

Factory production line workflows accurately simulated by virtual models.

Transportation

Smart City virtual simulations of transportation assets that are linked to real-time telemetry from physical vehicles.

Construction industry

CAD drawings and plans accurately mirror the real-time progress of physical build.

Aerospace industry

Flight telemetry data mirrored to aviation simulators.

While the concept of Digital Twins has existed for more than 20 years, the domain and scope of Digital Twin implementation continues to evolve. This has resulted in a dynamic Digital Twin concept, which can often cause confusion.