A Digital Twin Is…

IOT Solutions World Congress Panel Discussion

The Digital Twin Consortium has put forward a single, authoritative definition of the term “digital twin”  to bolster common understanding of not only the base definition but also its multiple variants and applications, in order to bring consistency to a term that used with increasing frequency but little consistency across many different industries.

This IoT Solutions World Congress panel presents the lead authors of the Digital Twin Consortium definition—including Gafcon Digital’s Sean Olcott—describing how they honed the definition, how to apply it, and why it is important to develop a consistent definition and representation of digital twins.