The Digital Twin

Ecosystem
(with a heavy skew to reality modelling)

Compiled by Don MacIsaac (RPEQ)

PLATFORMS
“True-to-life 3D digital models of your physical assets, with all the
tools you need to manage, annotate and share information, so you
can make quick yet fully-informed decisions based on data.”
 “A leader in asset digitisation. Our vision is to bring your most valuable
assets to life in the digital world. With just a few clicks, Airscope clients can
access high-resolution, 3D digital replicas of large infrastructure.”
“inSite™ is a powerful new platform for presenting drone data, with a focus on
asset inspection and complete 3D site capture. All data is accessible securely in
the cloud or from your own internal servers using just a standard web browser.”
“Unlock the power of your building and infrastructure data. Willow
empowers asset owners and operators to make proactive, data-led
decisions in real time through the power of WillowTwin”
“Pointerra's cloud-deployed technology and Al-driven algorithms bring a new standard of
speed, smarts, scale and on-demand access to the long-standing problem of being able
to rapidly convert massive 3D point clouds and datasets into analytics and insights that
provide definitive answers using digital twins to manage the physical world.”
“Asseti is designed to consume complexity to serve insights to make asset management and
network management easier and better – automating the tedious administrative work and
meticulous trend recognition through our big data AI/ML assisted solution.”
 “iHawk - designed to be the overarching cloud-based, IoT-enabled
visualization interface that facilitates evidence-based decision making in
major CAPEX projects and live assets.”
 “Complete Reality Capture
Interior and exterior visual data – any
altitude, any angle, all in one platform.”

360 Pano Drone Photogrammetry

“A data management and AI
analytics platform for
transforming geovisual asset
inspection data into actionable
insights.

Optelos transforms geovisual

inspection data into actionable
insights to help Enterprises
reduce inspection costs,
increase asset quality, and
improve workgroup
collaboration”
“We gather all legacy data from any number of disparate sources – from P&IDs
or spreadsheets to paper reports – and consolidate it all into one digital,
visually contextualized database, where any data for any asset is immediately
accessible anywhere, anytime."
“Cognite Remote makes the vision of unmanned platforms and installations a
reality. Cognite Remote provides the best way to locate, navigate, and
understand contextualized data from multiple sources, helping your engineers
understand what to fix and when to fix it."
 “AVEVA Engage combines market-leading 3D visualization with a seamlessly
connected view of project and asset information, delivering a highly efficient and
effective decision support capability for capital projects and operations
environments.”

See also:
“OnSight is an information management solution that provides valuable insights into the
condition of your plant assets. It creates an intelligent 3D plant model that acts as a
‘digital twin’ and single point of truth using secure, open standards, and can be
accessed anywhere, anytime.”
“JP Interactive Viewer, a cloud-based software platform, allows you to
manage projects and assets remotely and collaboratively in a 3D virtual
environment. Our software integrates Point Clouds with BIM models and 360
panoramic views.”
 “A step change in asset management. GDi provides clients with access to a web-based
visual platform. Through this technology, we build a digital walkthrough of the asset to view
the 360° HD photography. This enhances operational and engineering functionality whilst
delivering material cost benefits to our clients.”
 “The industry's most
advanced 3D digital twin
platform based on data
captured from any source,
anywhere, any time.

Import any form of point

cloud data into our unified
3D digital twin platform -
including terrestrial and
hand-held LiDAR
scanners, drone
photogrammetry, robots,
and custom-built reality
capture systems.”

Note: Cupix is also the

underlying tech used by other
platforms (e.g. Visual Plan).
“Visual Plan improves operational
efficiency, capturing and compiling
your 360° photos, documentation,
video, LiDAR, BIM and more into
one data visualization hub your
entire team can fit in their pocket.”
 “A complete digital model with 3D model, P&ID, LaserScan,
UniversalPlantViewer drawings documents, data – all linked together and simple
accessible for every stakeholder, everywhere on all devices.”
“RedEye Digital Twin enables you to digitally explore live data from your assets, see
asset condition and issues in context, and detect patterns which can guide specific field
work or test scenarios. 3D models provide more actionable intelligence and can improve
predictive power over time, better supporting desired safety and performance outcomes.”
“Across the entire life cycle of a field, FieldTwin creates and maintains
a digital copy of an oil and gas company’s physical assets, which
enables producers to maximize asset performance and value.”
“A cloud-based digital twin platform. Start digital and stay digital. Transform rich data
into business intelligence. Accessible and contextual data = ready-to-go operations.”
“Access and edit a single view of truth – aggregate and visualize data from
multiple sources using open formats. Turn simple P&ID documents into
intelligent data sources. Create intelligent 3D models of brownfield plants
with photography.”
 “Prevu3D provides a state-of-the-art software solution, leveraging the benefits
of 3D scanning technologies by delivering an intuitive yet powerful solution
that helps engineers, stakeholders, and project managers improve their
practices and collaboration in multiple industry verticals.”
● Explore your space
● Measure and Document
● Cut & Reorganise
● Share and Export
“Build interactive web
maps with ArcGIS
Online, Esri's web-based
mapping software.
Interact with data, zoom
in, and search on the
map. Use smart,
data-driven mapping
styles and intuitive
analysis tools to gain
location intelligence.
Work effectively across
your organization by
collaboratively building
and using maps.”
“TwinWorX integrates facility telemetry data into a 3D Digital Twin that enables you to Monitor,
Visualize, Control and Optimize assets.”
“A custom visual for Power BI that uniquely and innovatively connects the world of BIM
with Power Bi’s Business Intelligence tools. This integration allows the visualization of
a BIM file in a Power BI report. With Vcad it is possible to import a model and connect
it to external data sources, enabling advanced analysis and the creation of reports and
dashboards that can be easily distributed and shared with many users.”
“Reflect-IoD is a
cloud-based and secure
Digital Twin Platform that
enables data-centric
collaboration for building
and infrastructure
operations and
maintenance. The platform
integrates natively 1D to
3D, point cloud,
geographical information,
and IoT data while offering
value-added services to
improve operations.”
“Create digital twins in minutes or deploy complex features for a fraction of the cost. 3D
geo-spatial visualizations of data and a data model for use by specialist AI-predictive simulations.”
“TowerSee lets you digitise Telco tower assets in a cloud environment and apply AI
Audit Engine services to your data, turning this data into useful information.”
Photogrammetry
“Agisoft Metashape is a stand-alone
software product that performs
photogrammetric processing of
digital images and generates 3D
spatial data to be used in GIS
applications, cultural heritage
documentation, and visual effects
production as well as for indirect
measurements of objects of various
scales.”
 “3DF ZEPHYR is the photogrammetry software solution by 3Dflow to
automatically reconstruct 3D models from photos: deal with any 3D
reconstruction and scanning challenge.No matter what camera sensor,
drone or laser scanner device you are going to use.”
“A photogrammetry software solution. Create virtual reality scenes,
textured 3D meshes, orthographic projections, geo-referenced maps and
much more from images and/or laser scans completely automatically.”
“Cloud-based reality modelling (photos and point clouds)”
Note: used as the photogrammetry solution on the backend of some
platforms (e.g. Trendspek).
Example: City Model - Zurich
“Import laser scans and
photographs with ReCap Pro to
deliver a point cloud or mesh in
support of BIM (Building
Information Modelling) processes
and collaborate across teams with
real-world data to support a wide
range of use cases in architecture,
engineering and construction.”
Cloud / IoT
“Azure Digital Twins is an Internet of Things (IoT) platform that enables you to
create a digital representation of real-world things, places, business
processes, and people.”
“AWS IoT TwinMaker makes it easier for developers to create digital twins of real-world
systems such as buildings, factories, industrial equipment, and production lines. With the
ability to use existing data from multiple sources, create virtual representations of any
physical environment, and combine existing 3D models with real-world data.”
BIM / CAD
“Access design and engineering data in the cloud with the
Forge platform. Whether you want to automate processes,
connect teams and workflows, or visualize your data – you
can now create those applications and so much more
using Forge APIs.”
“The Bentley iTwin platform provides the foundation for building digital twin
solutions. Accelerate application development to solve data integration,
visualization, change tracking, security, and other challenges. Whether you
want to generate revenue, standardize digital data formats for clients,
implement or deploy solutions in your organization, this is the platform for you.”
Realtime 3D
“With a link to the original BIM models, Unity Reflect Review enables
you to collaborate in real-time. Bring Revit, BIM 360, Navisworks,
SketchUp, and Rhino projects into real-time 3D for multiuser
collaboration and annotations on any device, anywhere.”
“With Unreal Engine,
you can create compex
digital twins, and use
them to visualize your
assets, processes, and
workflow like never
before—in real time.”

Example: Adelaide City

 “Create accurate and stunning 3D
virtual worlds: Digital twins are
essential to impactful digital
transformation. The Cesium platform
makes it easy to combine your 3D
data with our global 3D terrain,
buildings, and imagery, and to stream
to apps that facilitate collaboration.
Create dashboards that provide
in-context 3D geospatial visualization
informed by metadata and real-time
data feeds, simulate and analyze
spatial change over time, and create
immersive experiences.”

Example: NSW Digital Twin , QLD Digital Twin See also: TerriaJS
Point Cloud
“Potree is a free open-source
WebGL based point cloud
renderer for large point
clouds.”
“PointCab Origins is your Swiss army knife when it comes to the
evaluation of point cloud data – working with all laser scanners and
compatible with all CAD and BIM systems.”
“The conversion of point cloud data into easy-to-use
segmented 3D mesh models”
“Bridging the Gap between Reality Capture and Digital Twins: Cintoo Cloud
is a cloud-based Reality Data management and collaboration platform. By
transforming large point cloud data into 3D meshes, the data is now
shareable, collaborative, and distributable with clients, contractors and your
own teams.”
“A point cloud visualization and animation software for the reality capture
industry. We help our users to efficiently engage with massive datasets,
easily combine deliverables, and effectively showcase their services.”
Computer Vision
“Unleash live is an A.I. video analytics enterprise solution provider. We take vision
from any camera and combine it with computer vision to deliver actionable data in
real-time so that your organization has immediate insights to drive down costs,
improve productivity, increase accuracy, and improve safety.”
“T2D2 is a self-learning software platform that detects and classifies visible damage to
structures and materials. T2D2 applies the latest advances in AI – specifically, deep learning
for computer vision – to detect and localize damage by analyzing inspection images.”
 “An analytics platform that gives you the power to visualize your data and
gather valuable analytics in a secure, scalable and shareable environment.
Machine Learning and a powerful AI Engine provides help in finding defects
and features of interest in the inspection process.”
Simulation / Analysis
“By connecting online information on the weather forecast, we can
detect how different weather conditions can affect the movement of
trees near power lines and thus identify current and future risks.”
 “A cloud based enterprise platform making the most complex analysis,
design and application accessible at every level of the infrastructure
industry. Our platform delivers a true digital twin, performing complex
engineering-grade analysis automatically and at a whole-of-network scale.”
 “The world’s most advanced engineering simulation software. Enabling enormous
opportunity across the full asset lifecycle. Optimize designs, run condition-based
monitoring, predictive maintenance programs, and safely extend asset life.”

Example: Shell’s Bonga FPSO

Engineering Consultants
“At Wood, we are utilizing this
technology virtually in every step
of the asset lifecycle – from
immersive technology in the
design phase, to informing the
supply chain in the operations
phase. We are applying digital
twins to simulate ‘what-if’ to
‘what-will’ scenarios to ultimately
raise asset productivity, reliability
and performance, empowering our
clients to gather real-time data
from sensors to know the exact
state and condition, no matter the
location.”

Partner:
“The CAD model has been
converted into AVEVA’s Engage
platform, a 3D visualization model
with associated data and
documents. This ensures that both
the hook up project team and
increasingly the operations team
can visualise the asset in real-time,
check data and documents, and
see maintainable tags on the asset
in their own surroundings.”
Partner:

Example: BP - Clair Ridge development

Partner:
“Digital AECOM is connecting physical assets to dynamic digital models enabling
improved insights that support better decisions, leading to better outcomes in the
physical world.”
 “A powerful “digital canvas” that allows users to interact with rich built
environment or infrastructure design visualisations in real time, including
virtual reality. siteLab® allows quicker, smarter, and more cost-effective
design decision-making.”
“Optimal Reality is Deloitte’s digital twin capability based on simulation techniques
pioneered in Formula One racing. We help organisations run millions of
permutations on a digital replica of their network to drive optimal decision making
within seconds.”
Smart Cities
Example: Wellington Digital Twin (Using Twinmotion [Unreal])
Example: Shanghai Digital Twin (Using Twinmotion [Unreal])
 “Aerometrex is a geospatial tech company with a focus on providing
data-driven insights for a range of business applications. The
company has over 40 years of experience in areas such as aerial
imagery and mapping, 3D modelling and airborne LiDAR. The
company’s MetroMap gives users easy access to high-quality 2D
imagery, 3D reality mesh models and LiDAR-derived products.”

“...integrate entire cities into ultra-realistic,

Example: City Model - Pau, France (Using Twinmotion [Unreal])
real-time, and immersive solutions.”
 “We are the specialist supplier of 3D city models for planning to the
industry. Our 3D City models library consists of ready-made CAD models
structured in 500 x 500 meters tiles. Sites can be captured to order.”

Example: City Model - London

Drones
“Autonomous Drones for Inspection: No more white-knuckle
piloting to get the data you need. Fly up close to structures and
automate data capture. That means less time training and
more productive flights - coming home with better data, and
less risk, every time.”
“DJI Terra - Make the World
Your Digital Asset: Capture,
analyze and visualize your
environment with DJI Terra –
an easy to use mapping
software developed to help
industry professionals
transform real-world scenarios
into digital assets.”
“Leveraging its experience with Percepto Sparrow, the most deployed
drone-in-a-box solution on the market, the company introduced Percepto AIM
(Autonomous Inspection and Monitoring), the first end-to-end autonomous
inspection and monitoring platform. Percepto AIM empowers the remote
operation center of the future to assess risk, minimize downtime, drive
efficiency, increase safety and reduce operational costs.”
“Site Scan for ArcGIS is the
end-to-end cloud-based drone
mapping software. Stay
up-to-date with accurate
imagery, using repeatable flight
plans that ensure high-quality
data capture when flying your
drones. Securely process
imagery in a scalable cloud
environment to create
high-quality 2D and 3D
imagery.”
SLAM
“Through our solutions we automate the collection and analysis of data in
challenging GPS-denied environments, delivering revolutionary efficiency, safety
and operational insights to underground mining and other industries. Our core areas
of expertise are drone autonomy, SLAM-based LiDAR mapping and data analytics.”
“NavVis enables service providers and enterprises to capture and share the
built environment as photorealistic digital twins. Our SLAM-based mobile
mapping systems generate high-quality data with survey-grade accuracy at
speed and scale.”
 “The platform allows the convergence and visualisation of almost any
geospatial or reality capture data or file format for improved collaboration
and decision making. AI-driven photogrammetry and point cloud meshing
of terrestrial and aerial data enables a geo “supermesh”, essentially
creating the visual foundation for any Smart Digital Reality.”

Storage. Visualization. Collaboration.

360 Panoramas
“The world's leading spatial data platform. Take your buildings online
with Matterport to design, build, promote, and manage your most
valuable asset at your fingertips.”
“krpano is a small and very flexible high-performance software for showing all
kind of panoramic images on the web. It can be used for very detailed
high-resolution images, for interactive virtual tours, custom designed
user-interfaces and many things more.”