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More famous for its 3310 mobile phone, Nokia is now exploring the use of the metaverse for industrial purposes. From beer breweries to aircraft technicians in remote areas, the company is looking for ways to utilize the metaverse to support workers in distant locations.<\/p>\n
The Finnish multinational telecommunications firm, known for delivering the internet with its technology and equipment, has set up two labs to examine the metaverse and the technologies that support it.<\/p>\n
In collaboration with the University of Technology Sydney<\/a>, Nokia has been working on a 5G-connected microbrewery using metaverse technology and augmented reality (AR)<\/a>.<\/p>\n Researchers from the brewery tech lab in Sydney have been working with their counterparts at Dortmund University in Germany to perfect beer brewing in a digital twin.<\/p>\n Speaking of the development, Robert Joyce, CTO of Nokia Oceania said they can now simulate the brewing process in the digital world. The technology enables them to experiment with changes in temperature, timing, volume, and recipes to produce the best beer.<\/p>\n \u201cThey actually do joint experiments where they brew beer,\u201d said Joyce. \u201cThey change the process, the temperature, the timings, the volumes, the recipes [\u2026] and they feed back all of that brewing process into the digital twin<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThen they can actually simulate brewing in the digital twin so they can perfect the beer in the digital space.\u201d<\/p>\n Similarly, Nokia has used the metaverse to help Cessna aircraft technicians in South Australia. The company worked with a virtual Cessna aircraft and used a 5G-connected Microsoft HoloLens to provide audio instructions to technicians via augmented reality.<\/p>\n With metaverse utility growing at an impressive rate, is it time to rush out and buy a headset? Not according to Nokia\u2019s global chief strategy and technology officer, Nishant Batra.<\/p>\n Batra told the WEF<\/a> at their general meeting the metaverse will disrupt industries before it has any lasting impact on the consumer market.<\/p>\n \u201cPorts have begun using digital twins to track every container on their docks, no matter how deeply they are buried in stacks,\u201d he said. \u201cAerospace companies are building engines and fuselages in the digital world to simulate exactly how an aircraft will fly \u2013 long before they tool its first mechanical part.\u201d<\/p>\nIndustrial Metaverse Will Grow Before Consumer Metaverse<\/h2>\n