With skepticism that the metaverse will “change everything” growing as Meta strives to produce a viable immersive virtual reality, there’s a new “next big thing” waiting in the wings: the industrial metaverse.

In this first article in a new PYMNTS series on this emerging use of private metaverses, we’ll look at how companies are adopting “digital twins” of their factories and facilities and the various use cases for enterprise VR and corporate second lives.

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So what is an industrial metaverse and how will it be used?

There are a couple of basic types of the industrial metaverse, starting with collaborative spaces where designers from across the country or the world can collaborate on a single…