Digital twin

Experiment in the digital world, succeed in the real world

While the majority of trends influencing the evolution of digital twins relate to technology, social and political factors such as urbanization and the need for 24x7 safety and security also are key drivers.

At CGI, we help clients unlock the full potential of digital twins by staying ROI focused, finding the right use case, proving its value by quickly turning it into a solution, and scaling it, too. We also develop comprehensive digital twin architectures, including data, 3D, 4D and 5D models, 5G connectivity, visualization and control layers.

We integrate digital twins with the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, video analytics and augmented realty. Our solutions help overcome human limitations in achieving optimal asset use and maintenance, and help employees, assets, and bottom lines benefit from optimizing complex assets, environments, processes, and decisions in real time.

Creating a digital twin for a future smart city using augmented reality and precision data

To enable the world’s largest municipal relocation, the Swedish city of Kiruna needed an innovative approach. City managers established the Kiruna Sustainability Center (KSC) to develop and test new ideas for sustainable solutions.

CGI approached the KSC with a concept for using augmented reality (AR) to digitally map, document and interact with underground infrastructure (i.e., they created a digital twin). One key challenge was that AR technology had never been used outdoors before.

To test the idea, CGI invested in a proof of concept named “Hidden City” as part of a CGI program that turns innovative ideas into real-world, practical and outcome-driven solutions. With the city on board, CGI technical experts envisioned a means to virtually view and interact with the Hidden City.

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