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iguverse - the industrial metaverse from igus
We bring sales and engineering into the virtual world
The iguverse (iguversum) is a virtual reality for sales and engineering in industry. The digital parallel universe of igus® serves as a collaboration platform and offers you new, fascinating possibilities in product development and prototype production. This will enable you to implement machines and systems faster and more efficiently in future and save time, costs and resources in the development, optimisation and maintenance of products. Immerse yourself in the virtual sales and engineering world of the iguverse, which has won two awards:
- reddot winner 2024 in the categories "Virtual Reality Installations" and "Exhibition Design Elements".
- German Brand Award 2023 Winner in the category "Brand Communication, Digital Campaign" and as "Brand Experience of the Year".
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Experience the iguverse - with these videos and your personal tour
Simplify your engineering with the iguverse and develop your machines and systems in the virtual world using digital twins. Get started with next-generation sales and engineering! The following two videos will give you an initial insight. Experience the iguverse live now and book an appointment for your tour of the metaverse from igus®.
Your advantages with the iguverse
The first customers have already joined the iguverse and are benefiting from two key advantages. Firstly, distance no longer plays a role, allowing members from all over the world to come together in a digital space, exchange ideas and work together collaboratively. Secondly, projects become clearer and more tangible from day one. The iguverse also offers you these other advantages:
Tech up
- A virtual project space that can be permanently saved and continued, which the entire project team can use spatially as the basis for their work
- More safety through reduced risk
- Repeatability
- Faster integration into production environment
- Optimised quality of systems and machines
- Good data collection and analysis
- Understanding of complex relationships and early testing
- Faster realisation of the idea to the product
Cost down
- Cost reduction through simulation
- Time saving on site
- Minimisation of downtime
- Reduced risk of planning errors
- Lowered travel expenses
- Elimination of reduction of prototyping effort
Proof
- When installing an igus e-loop on a drilling platform, important design changes ultimately meant that the product could not be installed as planned. If the construction and installation had been simulated in the iguverse, these difficulties with the mounting bracket and the cable guidance would have been recognised at an early stage and could have been solved more efficiently. The virtual world would have visualised problems and solutions immediately.
Sustainability
- Reduction in travelling and travel times and therefore CO2
- Conserves resources: no need for costly prototype production
- Improves team flexibility and adaptability
- Increase employee satisfaction
- Improve team effectiveness
Further advantages and opportunities with the Industrial metaverse from igus®
Make your product development more cost-effective, effective and sustainable. Utilise 3D data from design and marketing truly "in 3D". Discover these and many other benefits, opportunities and more in our white paper "Industrial metaverse: how all SMEs can successfully implement it".
Next-level engineering: Implement systems and machines faster and more efficiently in the future
The iguverse enables you to realise the next generation of engineering - simply, efficiently and quickly! A possible application scenario for virtual collaboration could look like this:
"As an engineer, I want to optimise our prototype production and make it more sustainable. I explore the iguverse, an engineering platform in the metaverse. With VR glasses, I enter the virtual reality of igus, work on projects digitally and network with colleagues to save time, costs and CO₂, in order to visualise problems clearly and work out solutions quickly. I find 3D models for my applications in the right machine and industry world. Together with igus experts, I develop prototypes and carry out feasibility studies. Augmented reality helps me identify design flaws at an early stage. This also saves time, travel cost and resources. Colleagues and machine users can exchange ideas in the iguverse, practise and support service technicians with repairs."
Working together today on tomorrow's vehicles and developing solutions
Joint simulation of assembly processes on digital twins
Further possible applications of the igus® metaverse
In the iguverse, customers, engineers, project managers and decision-makers will come together as avatars in the digital space. There, they use collaborative engineering to realise entire projects, from the idea to the finished product. Faster and smoother than is possible in the physical world alone.
- Plan machines, systems and vehicles.
- Find the right components quickly.
- Develop products digitally with igus® experts.
- Receive virtual support for repairs.
- Train customers or employees in the use of machines thanks to digital twins.
- Let 1:1 feasibility analyses with 3D models support you in product development.
- Identify weak points at an early stage and optimise your design - without physical prototypes, only with virtual commissioning.
- Present your company, your services or your products on our platform and save yourself the trouble of developing your own metaverse.
4 examples of collaborative engineering in the iguverse
The digital parallel universe of igus® serves as a collaboration platform and enables industrial companies to utilise virtual reality (VR) immediately. Digital twins of all products are provided in the iguverse, which engineers, sales staff and customers can install directly in virtual engineering. Users then work together on machines, systems and vehicles - much more effectively and quickly. Below we show you four of many examples of how the iguverse can help you in the real world.
1. Control robots remotely
2. Simulate assembly and installation
3. Develop products collaboratively
4. Training, remote maintenance and virtual commissioning
References about the iguverse
Thanks to the collaboration with igus®, we were able to present a virtual reality showroom of our laser welding and laser soldering portfolio at the world's leading trade fair "Schweißen und Schneiden 2023" and thus increase the immersive interaction with the customer. We were able to show interested parties to scale how our products are used in the automotive industry and discuss questions directly on the use case.
Laura Lenk
Digital Business Development, Abicor Binzel
Thanks to the digital twins of our lift systems and hydraulic garages in the iguverse, we can bring our products to life anytime, anywhere, and also show them in operation. This is hardly possible in everyday life, e.g. at trade shows whilst saving costs at the same time. Instead of investing in expensive trade show models, we can easily and flexibly integrate new 3D models in virtual reality and thus show much more even without a large stand area.
Jan Olfenbüttel
Head of Sales & Marketing, h+b technics
In addition to Siemens and Deutsche Bahn, the Cologne-based plastics specialist igus® is also experimenting with the Industrial metaverse. The resulting digital parallel universes could have a disruptive effect on sales, engineering and service, just like the introduction of assembly lines or robotics once did. I went straight into the iguverse and felt like the lead actress in James Cameron's not-yet-invented blockbuster "Avatar Industry".
Angela Struck
Freelance journalist developmentscout
We spent about an hour in the igus parallel universe, walked through cars with built-in energy chains and saw an energy chain in action on a virtual drilling platform. With our virtual hands, we were able to make the products larger and smaller and examine them in detail. igus is thus taking the first steps towards the metaverse in mechanical and plant engineering, and this has great potential for product presentations.
Dina Reit
Managing Director SK LASER, Family Entrepreneur of the Year 2022
Would you also like to gain experience with virtual reality? Optimise your own product development without having to invest in infrastructure?
We are opening up our iguverse as a collaboration platform for augmented reality (XR) to promote the development of top engineering with greater sustainability and drastically shorter development cycles. We are at your side as a development partner and will provide you with digital twins of all our products in iguversum in the future. You can use these directly in virtual engineering when you work together with your customers, partners and developers on your machines, systems and vehicles. Share resources and information and learn from each other. Use the possibilities of the virtual world to permanently improve your products with minimal manpower and quickly adapt them to the needs of your customers.
Discover our excellent iguverse
Experiment with the digital parallel universe of igus® and discover the advantages of the Industrial metaverse. Don't lose touch with the future of engineering. Test the new possibilities of virtual commissioning, digital twins and much more now - without having to bear the high costs of a VR infrastructure yourself.
Where and how will we work in the future?
Digital parallel universes not only captivate millions of fans of computer games such as Fortnite. The metaverse also has the potential to revolutionise collaboration between companies and customers. It seems as if virtual reality is outgrowing its niche existence among gamers. Is this just a brief euphoria or does virtual reality have what it takes to conquer other areas such as digital sales as a modern and customer-centred channel?
See for yourself and immerse yourself in the iguverse now! In the video we show you how to do this in 3 simple steps:
- Prepare VR glasses
- Set up VR glasses
- Navigate in the iguverse
Is that tech or can it go away?
We ask ourselves this question every day. With every new project, the benefits for you as a user are crucial. Stay up to date with the iguverse and find out what happens next. Sign up for our newsletter and be informed directly when we have exciting news for you.