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Kevin O'Donovan

Technology Evangelist at A Bit of This and That

Nice, France

Technology Evangelist, "Bridging the gap" between the hype & reality around #EnergyTransition Technologies | Got a few #digitaltwin's off in the #Metaverse | Co-Chair #VRARA #IndustrialMetaverse & Digital Twin Committee

Kevin is the founder of the boutique technology consultancy company, A Bit of This & That ... focused on the intersection of the IT and Energy Industries, delivering innovative technology consultations, sales advisory, speaker & social media influencer services.

Being a bit of a storyteller, he has been evangelizing how new technologies can transform the way we do things through-out his career. Kevin has a proven track record of 'bridging the gap' between the capabilities a new technology can bring and the practicalities of bringing that technology to market.

He has held senior leadership Technical Sales & Sales Management roles at Compaq, HP and most recently at Intel, where he was Intel’s Worldwide Sales Director for the Energy Industry.

email : Kevin@Kevin-ODonovan.com

Available For: Advising, Consulting, Influencing, Speaking
Travels From: Nice, France
Speaking Topics: Energy Transition Technologies, The Industrial Metaverse, Bringing Energy Tech to market

Speaking Fee $5,000 (In-Person)

Kevin O'Donovan Points
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Entrepreneur 10
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Featured Videos

The Industrial Metaverse ...
November 25, 2022
A chat with Cedrik Neike ... Xcelerator & the Industrial Metaverse ...
November 25, 2022
The Energy Metaverse ... from Enlit Europe November 2021
November 25, 2022

Featured Topics

Energy Transition Technologies

The pace of technological innovation in the Digital world is not slowing down. It’s hard to keep up these days. With technologies like AI, Web 3.0, Autonomous ‘everything’, Voice Assistants, Chat bots, 3D Model/Digital Twin of ‘everything’, Mixed Reality, the Metaverse, Cyrptoeconomics to name but a few.

However given all the hype, the concept of technology fatigue and the growing mis-trust in technology is on the rise …

So what does this all mean for our Energy Transition into the 2020’s?

The Energy Metaverse

So what's this 'Industrial Metaverse' all about? ... and what value will it bring to us in the Energy Industry?

Now I am convinced we're already building the Energy Metaverse, And while many of the building blocks, the technologies and the platforms we'll need for the Metaverse are not coming from the Energy Industry, what the Energy Industry is doing today with Digital Twins, especially what I'd call 'dynamic' Digital twins is key. These real-time digital twins, enabled by real world IIoT / AI, these provide the foundation we need in order to create a virtual world that really is a true digital representation of our existing Energy world.

I honestly see the Metaverse as the next iteration of the '#Digitalization' of all sorts of Industries and how it will enhance how we will work and collaborate remotely in the coming years...

So what will be the potential implications for your business? ...

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Media Experience: Almost 3 decades ...
Last Media Interview: 12/31/1969

Areas of Expertise

AI 30.08
AR/VR 32.41
Blockchain 33.01
Digital Disruption
Digital Transformation 30.28
Digital Twins 100
Emerging Technology 30.05
Future of Work 30.24
Innovation 30.59
IoT 30.11
Leadership
Metaverse 90.43
NFT
Renewable Energy 65.21
Sales
Startups
Sustainability 32.21
Mobility
Marketing 30.03
Management 30.15

Industry Experience

High Tech & Electronics
Oil & Gas
Professional Services
Utilities

Publications

13 Article/Blogs
The 'Industrial Metaverse'​, 10 statements to 'mull​ over'​ ...
The Energy Metaverse
October 09, 2022
It was back over a year ago I started talking to folks about how the Metaverse could play out across Industry, especially in the Energy Industry. Not a week goes by today where we do not see multiple 'Industrial Metaverse' related announcements. It was a hot topic during NVIDIA's recent #GTC22 and last week off at #VRARA's immerse Summit Europe, it was great to hear from the likes of Unity, Magic Leap, Lenovo & many others on how they see this playing out across various Industries.

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Tags: AR/VR, Digital Twins, Metaverse

Takeaways from #Gastech 2022
LinkedIn
September 25, 2022
For full transparency, dmgevents engaged me in a paid #GasTechInfluencer role for the event. They allow me free reign to cover what I personally find interesting and all of the 'points of view' are my own. It's me being me.

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Tags: AI, Innovation, Digital Twins

From the 'ABBAverse'​ to the #IndustrialMetaverse ...
LinkedIn
September 18, 2022
12 months ago I was asked to deliver an Inspire Talk during Enlit Europe 2021. When I said I have just the topic, it's the 'Energy Metaverse', I did get a few puzzled looks. Roll forward to today and while some of the Metaverse hype has thankfully gone away, the hype around the #IndustrialMetaverse is picking up.

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Tags: Innovation, Digital Twins, Metaverse

#SiemensXcelerator ... My personal takeaways from the launch
LinkedIn
July 07, 2022
Now just in case you have not heard about it , Siemens Xcelerator is all about accelerating Digital Transformation, Faster, easier and at scale. It's an open digital business platform, with three elements;

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Tags: Innovation, Digital Twins, Metaverse

Off at CERAWeek Agora 2022
LinkedIn
March 21, 2022
I was over in Houston for #CERAWeek, attending Innovation Agora the 2nd week of March. Now given the tragic situation that was and still in playing out in Ukraine, in the grand scheme of things, it’s a bit trivial to be getting excited by new technology.

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Tags: Innovation, Digital Twins, Metaverse

No, you don't need a Meta/Facebook account for the Energy Metaverse ...
LinkedIn
February 03, 2022
Well thanks to everyone for all messages and chats over the past few weeks re "The Energy Metaverse". The response to my Enlit Inspire session and newsletter was a lot more that I had ever expected. So it certainly looks likes it's a topic that intrigues many of ye, as it does me.

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Tags: Emerging Technology, Digital Twins, Metaverse

"The Energy Metaverse"​ ...
LinkedIn
December 20, 2021
My goal was to share what I see the Metaverse is all about, the characteristics of a Metaverse, the tools & technologies that are needed, the emerging platform etc. And crucially based on what we've been doing in the Energy Industry for years, why I am convinced we're already building the Energy Metaverse.

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Tags: Marketing, Digital Twins, Metaverse

Energy Industry Clubhouse Clubs Ver 3
LinkedIn
March 12, 2021
As of 17:00CET on Friday 23rd April, the following are a list of Clubhouse Clubs that I am aware of related to the Energy Industry, 65 of them ... and I am sure I am still missing a few.

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Tags: Sustainability, Climate Change, Renewable Energy

Taking a holistic approach to Vegetation Management ...
linkedin
March 13, 2019
Thanks to IBM Industries, I had the opportunity to spend time with the IBM Energy team at DistribuTECH 2019. As part of my engagement, I recorded a number of vblogs with a few of their experts and I’ve authored this blog to share my key takeway. So while this content is sponsored by IBM, the views expressed here are my own and do not reflect the views of IBM.

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Tags: Analytics, AI

What to expect from Blockchain in Energy ? The typical questions I get asked ...
linkedin
January 25, 2019
I am a big believer in #Blockchain being a technology that’s here to stay. 18 months ago, if you read all the hype headlines, then blockchain was going to revolutionize the energy industry, everything would be tokenized, peer-to-peer energy markets would be a reality, it’s going to be way simpler and cheaper to develop, deploy and maintain, etc etc …

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Tags: Blockchain, Digital Transformation, Renewable Energy

Energy Executive Roundtable at Commercial UAV Expo Europe 2019
LinkedIn
January 23, 2019
After last years highly successful #Energy Exec Roundtable, we’re doing it again.

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Tags: Analytics, AI, Renewable Energy

Innovation in #Energy ... with Tom Raftery on his Innovation Evangelist podcast.
linkedin
January 20, 2019
I had the opportunity to chat with a good friend, Tom Raftery for an episode of his new Innovation Evangelist podcast.

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Tags: Analytics, Innovation, Renewable Energy

Talking Utilites with Ben Lind ...
linkedin
January 20, 2019
We talked about what trends are currently sweeping the industry, how to avoid common mistakes when embarking on a journey of digital transformation and we went into some detail about how exciting the future could be for blockchain within the energy realm.

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Tags: Blockchain, Digital Transformation, Innovation

2 Author Newsletters
3 years later ... still off in the Energy Metaverse.
Linkedln
February 23, 2024
It's coming up on three years since I started talking about the Energy Metaverse. And as I get ready to head off to #DISTRIBUTECH24, I belive this is more relevant today than ever.

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Tags: Digital Twins, Metaverse, Renewable Energy

Digital Twins: Enabling the Energy Transition, Faster & More Sustainable
The Energy Metaverse
July 09, 2023
Now we had a number of calls & emails in the run up to the session, and we knew well in advance our biggest problem was we only had 59 minutes, It's a BIG topic and as you can imagine, we all have a lot of insights and thoughts to share.

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Tags: Digital Twins, Metaverse, Renewable Energy

1 Citation
The emerging industrial Metaverse
MIT Technology Review
March 30, 2023
“The #industrialmetaverse is simply the consequence of our next phase of #digitalization ... Do not ignore it as just the latest hype ... You need to have a plan...."

That's my quote used in the Conclusion section of the report. As I've been saying for a few years now, the Industrial Metaverse is being built bit by bit already today ... so don't dismiss this ... go and check out what is being done today, what's planned ... and then decide what it means for your company ...

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Tags: Digital Transformation, Digital Twins, Metaverse

1 Executive
OneTwenty1
OneTwenty1
April 03, 2023
We are a global team of seasoned professionals and fractional executives working at the intersection of emerging technologies and go-to-market.

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Tags: Digital Twins, Metaverse, Renewable Energy

2 Keynotes
The Energy Metaverse ... we're building it already ...
Kevin O'Donovan
December 20, 2021
Long before the word '#Metaverse' made the news following the Facebook rebranding, I'd proposed to deliver a session titled "The Energy Metaverse" on the Inspire Stage during #EnlitEurope...

And thanks to the Enlit team, here's the recording of the session, deliver on the 1st December 2021.

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Tags: AR/VR, Digital Twins, Metaverse

The Energy Metaverse
Enlit Europe - Inspire Stage
December 20, 2021
A few months before the word 'Metaverse' made the mainstream news thanks to the Facebook rebranding, I had proposed to the Enlit team to deliver a session on "The Energy Metaverse".
So on the 1st December last in Milan on the Inspire Stage during #EnlitEurope, I got my opportunity ...
My goal was to share what I see the Metaverse is all about, the characteristics of a Metaverse, the tools & technologies that are needed, the emerging platform etc. And crucially based on what we've been doing in the Energy Industry for years, why I am convinced we're already building the Energy Metaverse.

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Tags: Digital Twins, Future of Work, Metaverse

5 Media Interviews
Off at #EnlitEurope ... a chat with Tristan de Cande from Analog Devices.
YouTube
December 05, 2022
Class S Power Quality Measurement ... why we need Class S, the challenge that needs to be met and the solution from Analog Devices...

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Tags: Digital Transformation, Digital Twins, Metaverse

Off at #EnlitEurope ... a chat with Conor Power from Analog Devices.
YouTube
December 01, 2022
“Since 2009, we've been providing a battery management system … We’re on our 7th generation of battery management systems now, we keep really investing in this …”

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Tags: Digital Transformation, Management, Metaverse

A chat with Cedrik Neike at #Transform2022 ...
Kevin O'Donovan
July 15, 2022
"That's exactly why we have Xcelerator ... we want to bring to the OT world, a bit of flexibility, speed and capability to interoperate ..."

I caught up with Cedrik Neike, CEO Digital Industries, Member of the Managing Board Siemens AG at #Transform2022 in Manchester ...

I got to ask him about;
- What he means by saying the "world runs on OT" ...
- How Siemens Xcelerator fits into all this ...
- And of course, had to ask him about the #IndustrialMetaverse ...

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Tags: Digital Transformation, Digital Twins, Metaverse

Siemens and NVIDIA enable Industrial Metaverse ...
Kevin O'Donovan
June 30, 2022
"We’re building the computational stack, the AI & the real-time simulation technologies ... Siemens lives at the intersection of IT & OT, they have the industrial expertise, the skills & the assets ...

What Siemens do is the perfect complement to what we are doing ... No better partner for us to deliver the #IndustrialMetaverse to the world ..."

This was Rev’s response to me when I asked him what the Siemens and NVIDIA announcement on enabling the #IndustrialMetaverse was all about ...

Rev Lebaredian is Vice President, #Omniverse and Simulation Technologies at #NVIDIA. We met up during the #SiemensXcelerator launch in Munich.

I went on to ask Rev about high-fidelity #digitaltwin's, how they ‘train’ their #AI’s via a ‘lived experience’ in #Omniverse, where a Digital Twin has to match the real world as close as possible ... all in real-time ... or in super real-time ...

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Tags: Digital Transformation, Digital Twins, Metaverse

Off at ADIPEC 2021, my key takeaways - Interviewed by ADIPEC TV
ADIPEC Official on YouTube
November 18, 2021
Off at ASIPEC 2021, my key takeaways - Interviewed by ADIPEC TV

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Tags: Digital Twins, IoT, Metaverse

1 Miscellaneous
Welcome to the #ETTechChat Lounge in AltspaceVR ...
Kevin O'Donovan
August 25, 2022
Let’s meet up in the #Metaverse ….

As the holidays come to a close, time to try something new

I've created the #ETTechChat Lounge in AltspaceVR so as to try out some of the #VR immersive capabilities that we all hear about these days. Folks can come in to mingle, have a chat, you can play games with other people as there’s a shoot the hoops game, there’s a Beanbag game, you could even have a virtual snowball fight. And if you’re totally bored, you can chat to the dog.

I've also set up a stage area so we can try out running presentations in front of a live audience or having a panel of people in a VR environment, again with a live audience. And there's a Studio where we're looking at maybe recording a few #podcasts in a #VR environment. Lets see, the possibilities are endless...

So if you are interested to try this out together, contact me here via LinkedIn and I'll be in touch.

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Tags: Emerging Technology, Future of Work, Metaverse

1 Profile
Off with Siemens Smart Infrastrcuture at The Smarter E 2022 ...
Kevin O'Donovan
May 30, 2022
The Smarter E 2022 was one huge event. 65,000+ visitors, 4 parallel 'events', numerous side events, 12 halls of the Munich Messe full ... it was big. And I had the opportunity to be there with Siemens Smart Infrastructure the entire week.

So what was it like at the event? Well hopefully this article gives you an idea of the event and what I offer to clients covering an event ...

For transparency, Siemens engaged me in a #SiemensInfluencer paid role for the event.

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Tags: Digital Transformation, Mobility, Renewable Energy

2 Speaking Engagements
The Industrial Metaverse
Enlit Europe
November 30, 2022
At #EnlitEurope last year, I had an Inspire session calling out that we were building the “#Energy #Metaverse” already … many folks thought I was mad

Well fast forward to today and we have multiple companies putting a big focus on the “#IndustrialMetaverse”. As the Energy Industry is closely tied to all things Industrial, well you can expect the pace of adoption of #Metaverse enabling technologies to accelerate, with #DigitalTwin technology being the key enabler. It’s time to buckle up, we’re just getting started...

So if you are joining us in #Frankfurt, I hope to see ye at the #Inspire stage on the 30th Nov at 11:15 ...

Ye can then decide for yourselves if I am mad or ...

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Tags: Digital Transformation, Digital Twins, Metaverse

The Energy Industry 'water cooler'
LinkedIn
September 09, 2022
Join us at our 'virtual' water cooler for a LIVE disucssion on some of the latest news & tech across the Energy Industry

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Tags: Innovation, Renewable Energy

58 Videos
A chat with Thorsten Heller ... Greenbird / GE Vernova Grid Software
Youtube
March 21, 2024
From a technology point of view, it's really cool because we are using modern principles. We're using quite innovative strategy like data federation, data virtualization, to build the data foundation that orchestrates the grid.

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Tags: Digital Twins, Metaverse, Renewable Energy

A chat with Brandon Spencer, President ABB Energy Industries
Youtube
March 14, 2024
"We have to focus on what we can control. And one of my new messages here is we're not after perfection, we're after progress ... and so I think that's a really important thing for us to focus on."

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Tags: Digital Twins, Metaverse, Renewable Energy

A chat with Gary Lawrence Global Power & Grid Segment President, Schneider Electric
Kevin O'Donovan
March 07, 2024
"We need to remove the silent machine, we need to get rid of the "Pilotitis", and we need to deploy more digital twins..."

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Tags: Digital Twins, Metaverse

A chat with Dominique Meyer, Founder and CEO at Looq
Kevin O'Donovan
March 06, 2024
"Looq AI is a 3D reality capture technology that brings survey-grade 3D data to engineering companies for them to digitize their physical assets to be able to do engineering work on it.

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Tags: Digital Twins, Metaverse

Lets create a resilient energy future with AI ... with Biren Gandhi, IBM Consulting
Kevin O'Donovan
March 06, 2024
"I think the digital twin as a concept, which we've been hearing for years now, but now with AI we already see, now the time has come, or that inflection point has come, where we can actually leverage the digital twin and make it reality ... what we've been talking for years."

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Tags: Digital Twins, Metaverse

#IBMatDTECH ... "AI is going to be a key focus at #DISTRIBUTECH24" ... with Casey Werth
Youtube
February 22, 2024
I caught up with Casey Werth, GM, Energy Industry at IBM to get his thoughts on what we can expect at DISTRIBUTECH 2024.

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Tags: Digital Twins, Metaverse, Renewable Energy

IBM Partners on Supply Chain Carbon Footprint Tracking for the Auto Industry
YouTube
January 26, 2024

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Tags: Digital Twins, Metaverse, Renewable Energy

So what's the value of the #IndustrialMetaverse? Peter Koerte, CTO & CSO from @Siemens at #CES2024
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January 18, 2024

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Tags: Renewable Energy, Digital Twins, Metaverse

Siemens bringing the Industrial Metaverse to #CES2024 - Cedrik Neike on stage ...
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January 18, 2024

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Tags: Renewable Energy, Digital Twins, Metaverse

Siemens bringing the Industrial Metaverse to #CES2024 - Roland Busch on stage ...
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January 18, 2024

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Siemens bringing the Industrial Metaverse to #CES2024 - a chat with Peter Koerte, Siemens AG
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January 18, 2024

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The 'art of the possible' when it comes to #MixedReality ... #LEGO #BrickTales
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January 16, 2024

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Tags: Renewable Energy, Digital Twins, Metaverse

Not your 'average' #eV ... The @caterpillarinc R1700 XE battery electric LHD - at #CES2024
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January 14, 2024

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Tags: Renewable Energy, Digital Twins, Metaverse

Siemens bringing the Industrial Metaverse to #CES2024 - a chat with Lynette Jackson, @Siemens AG
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January 13, 2024

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Tags: Renewable Energy, Digital Twins, Metaverse

The Industrial Metaverse : "That's the world we're creating now." - Barbara Humpton CEO @Siemens USA
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January 13, 2024

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Tags: Renewable Energy, Digital Twins, Metaverse

Trying out the ‎@senseglove4021 Nova 2 at #CES2024 ... #Immersive #VR #IndustrialMetaverse
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January 13, 2024

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Trying out @VarjoTechnologies‎ new XR-4, 'seeing is believing' #VR #industrialMetaverse #CES2024
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January 13, 2024

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Tags: Renewable Energy, Digital Twins, Metaverse

Meet Marakoï ... the coolest #Robot at #CES2024... #Robotics @enchantedtools
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January 13, 2024

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Trying out Haptx Gloves at #CES2024 ... #Immersive #VR #IndustrialMetaverse
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January 13, 2024

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Seen on the #LasVegas strip tonight... #CES2024 Siemens #TransformTheEveryDay, Vegas style ..#SIEx
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January 11, 2024

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Tags: Renewable Energy, Digital Twins, Metaverse

Siemens bringing the Industrial Metaverse to #CES2024 - a chat with Barbara Humpton, CEO Siemens USA
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January 09, 2024

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Tags: Renewable Energy, Digital Twins, Metaverse

Meet Unitree Robotics H1 and B2 ... VERY #impressive #technology ... #CES2024   
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January 09, 2024

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Tags: Renewable Energy, Digital Twins, Metaverse

IBM: Thoughts on the Energy Transition. The Evolution of the Distribution Grid - Jos Roling
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October 16, 2023

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Tags: Sustainability, Renewable Energy

IBM: Thoughts on the Energy Transition. Turn your sustainability ambition into action Rebekah Eggers
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October 09, 2023

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IBM: Thoughts on the Energy Transition - "Generative AI in Utilities today" - Bryan Sacks
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October 05, 2023

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The emergent Industrial Metaverse
Thinkers360
March 31, 2023

“The #industrialmetaverse is simply the consequence of our next phase of #digitalization ... Do not ignore it as just the latest hype ... You need to have a plan...."

That's my quote used in the Conclusion section of the report. As I've been saying for a few years now, the Industrial Metaverse is being built bit by bit already today ... so don't dismiss this ... go and check out what is being done today, what's planned ... and then decide what it means for your company ...

The 24 page Report is available via https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/03/29/1070355/the-emergent-industrial-metaverse/

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Tags: Digital Twins, Future of Work, Metaverse

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