Industrial
Metaverse
Merging physical and virtual space
Your contact person
Michael Hernandez
Research Coordinator ARENA2036 e.V.
Action guides for getting started in the industrial metaverse
ARENA2036 is a place where the industrial future takes shape. In our real-world laboratory, companies and research institutions test how physical production and digital models can be combined to form a shared, intelligent system.
The Industrial Metaverse is creating a new kind of value creation: data from machines, sensors, and processes flows into virtual images that support decisions, simulate processes, and visualize changes before they take place in the real factory.
Our guidelines provide a structured overview of these technological fundamentals and show how they can be applied in practice. They summarize proven methods, workflows, and empirical values from the real-world laboratory, making the industrial metaverse understandable and accessible for companies of all sizes.
The individual documents explain key concepts, provide guidance, and offer step-by-step support for implementation.
Strategy and foundation
Action guidelines for getting started
Introduction, motivation, and goals: The modular toolkit for getting started in the industrial metaverse and navigating the documentation.
Concepts & maturity model
Basics of the digital twin and the 5-stage maturity model: From static CAD data to real-time-capable, kinematized twins.
Omniverse Fundamentals
The architecture explained using the Office 365 analogy: installation, licensing models, Nucleus server, and the role concept.
Infographic: Omniverse One-Pager (DE/EN)
Quick overview: A visual summary of the components on a single page.
list of requirements
A definition of the functional requirements for the architecture of industrial digital twins to achieve comprehensive metaverse readiness
Infrastructure and access
access concept
Technical details on VPN tunnels, port forwarding, and the various access scenarios for partners, administrators, and cloud instances.
Governance & Collaboration
Protection of intellectual property (IP) through the "Deep Twin" vs. "Digital Shadow" concept and strategies for cross-company collaboration.
Resource structure
Organization of the digital ecosystem: The interaction between Nucleus Server (3D data), SharePoint (documents), and GitHub (code).
World Building
Asset Workflows
Detailed guides for brownfield (scanning) and greenfield (CAD design) approaches to creating and integrating 3D assets.
Point cloud integration
Technical guideline for cleaning, optimizing, and converting .e57 and .las scan data to USD format.
3D asset creation
Step-by-step instructions for modeling, naming (convention), and exporting static objects from DCC Tool in Omniverse.
kinematization
Fundamentals for making static assets movable: Building hierarchies, joints, and physics for robotic arms and machines.
Operation and connectivity
Asset Connectivity
Implementation of bidirectional data flows using MQTT, Collectu, and TwinCAT for true "live twins" and IoT connectivity.
Operations & Backup
Strategies for long-term maintenance of the data model (lifecycle), versioning, and temporary backup procedures for workstations.
