Understanding Digital Twin Technology

With the arrival of Digital Twins, the way we view or attend exhibitions is changing to bring the construction and associated industries into the 21st Century. One such company to embrace this new technology is Northern Ireland based Solvall. At The Hardware Show in April 2022 at Citywest, Dublin, Solvall tasked Digital Media International to use their award-winning technology to create a Digital Twin of their stand at the event. Digital Media International (DMI) were recently awarded the honour of ‘Most Client Focused Digital Marketing Agency’ for Northern Ireland at the UK Enterprise Awards, sponsored by SME News, for their Digital Twin technology in creating a virtual showroom/trade counter for Ridgeway in Belfast. DMI were able to shoot their stand with their 360o camera to create a virtual twin of it that could be used as a virtual showroom, with all of the Solvall product ranges being tagged out for more information, adding video content and a calendar appointment facility for the Solvall team to meet virtually, from anywhere in the UK or Ireland. This ethos enables any company to bring their clients to meet with them in a virtual world, in which they can showcase all of their products, hold CPD events and training events. All of their products can be meta tagged to create a virtual shop scenario where the viewer can click to buy and even get their order delivered direct to site, from the comfort of their office using their tablet or mobile phone. Spaces on screens and blank spaces on walls can be utilised to host video content. The applications can be applied to a variety of scenarios such as virtual pods, property and events. With a built-in measuring tape, properties can be quantified for ease of specification for the amount of paint for a wall or ceiling or flooring or carpet needed to cover the space required. The software can also integrate

WORLDSKILLS PLASTERING AND DRYWALL COMPETITION

At the recent Worldskills Ireland 2022 competition at the RDS, the Plastering and DryWall competition area was sponsored by Gyproc. The eventual winner after three days of tough competition was James Sheehan. James (22) is from Waterford and works for Moore’s Plastering who are based in Kilkenny. He completed Phase 2 of his plastering apprenticeship in Waterford ETB, more recently his Phase 4 in Munster Technical University (MTU) and is currently waiting to be called for his Phase 6. with BIM and Revit for architectural specifications. To see the full working model created for Solvall, visit their website and request a virtual meeting with the team through their virtual stand: https://solvall.co.uk/3d-tour/ You can view Digital Media international’s portfolio of digital twins and other digital services through their website:

https://digitalmediainternational.com/360-4k-video/

For further information please contact, Jasen Upritchard, Digital Media International. T/A Digital Media NI, Tel: 0044 02891451522, Mobile; 07715815291, Email: jasen@digitalmediainternational.com,

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At the Worldskills National Final Plastering and DryWall Competition is Jason Horrex – Technical Academy Manager Gyproc, James Sheehan – Competition Winner and Tomas Reidy – Chief Examiner for Plastering & DryWall competition.