Digital twins: The final frontier of VR?

It wasn’t that long ago that the widespread use of digital twins simply put, digital replicas of physical counterparts seemed like an out-of-reach goal. Providing the real-time analytics and machine learning necessary to track and monitor equipment simply was not cost-effective. But the internet of things changed all that. Now, Gartner listed digital twins as one of its Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2017, while IDC predicts a 30% improvement in critical process cycle times in 2018 for companies using them. Those are two promising signs.