Fraunhofer IAO brings the Industrial Metaverse to life
Many manufacturing companies are currently grappling with the following question: “How can we collaborate with partners on products, services, and innovations?” At HANNOVER MESSE 2026, researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO presented approaches to industrial collaboration in the metaverse. These approaches feature immersive visualizations, photorealistic AI avatars, and digital twins, which are already providing companies with tangible benefits.
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The focus was on the Multiviewer Collaborative Powerwall, which enables multiple users to simultaneously view and analyze three-dimensional objects from different perspectives in real time.
Another highlight was the interactive AI avatars, including the digital twin of Joseph von Fraunhofer. The photorealistic, voice-enabled avatar demonstrates how specialized and experiential knowledge can be made available and used interactively in the metaverse in the future—embedded in a highly detailed virtual reconstruction of historical rooms at the Benediktbeuern Monastery.
At the Persona Check, visitors were able to see how product and service ideas can be realistically simulated, validated, and specifically optimized using AI personas.
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