Investments in industrial AI and physical AI are fueling the demand for digital twins across industries. These virtual replicas of real-world environments are crucial for optimizing operations and training vision AI agents, autonomous vehicles, and robot fleets. With advancements in OpenUSD, developers can quickly construct digital twins at scale using rendering, neural reconstruction, and world foundation models. NVIDIA introduced new research, Omniverse libraries, Cosmos WFMs, and AI infrastructure to accelerate digital twin development at the SIGGRAPH conference. OpenUSD is a foundational ecosystem empowering developers to integrate industrial and 3D data for creating accurate digital twins. The Alliance for OpenUSD welcomed new members like Accenture, Esri, and PTC, highlighting the growth of the OpenUSD community. NVIDIA launched an OpenUSD development certification and a digital twins learning path to meet the rising demand for expertise in this field. Industry leaders like Siemens, Sight Machine, and Rockwell Automation are using Omniverse libraries and OpenUSD to build digital twin solutions for industrial and physical AI applications. Siemens’ Teamcenter Digital Reality Viewer allows engineers to collaborate on photorealistic digital twins, reducing the need for physical prototypes. Sight Machine’s Operator Agent platform provides real-time visibility into production using digital twins and AI-powered recommendations. Rockwell Automation’s Emulate3D Factory Test platform lets manufacturers simulate automation systems at scale using digital twins. EDAG’s industrial digital twin platform helps manufacturers improve project management, production layouts, and quality assurance. Amazon Devices & Services use digital twins to train robotic arms for various manufacturing processes purely based on simulation training. Vention uses NVIDIA technologies to deliver digital twin and automation solutions for intelligent manufacturing systems. To learn more about OpenUSD and develop digital twin applications, NVIDIA offers free courses as part of a digital twin learning path. NVIDIA also provides resources for deploying Omniverse Kit-based applications at scale and exploring NuRec on Isaac Sim and CARLA. Stay updated with NVIDIA Omniverse news by subscribing and joining the community on Discord, Instagram, LinkedIn, Threads, Twitter, and YouTube. Explore the Alliance for OpenUSD forum and website for more information.

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