Siemens has unveiled collaborations with Sony, Microsoft and Amazon Web Services as part of a series of announcements at this year’s CES tech show in Las Vegas. The German manufacturer will partner Sony to introduce new solutions for its industrial metaverse platform, while it also revealed plans to work with Microsoft to bring AI co-pilots […]
Siemens has unveiled collaborations with Sony, Microsoft and Amazon Web Services as part of a series of announcements at this year’s CES tech show in Las Vegas.
The German manufacturer will partner Sony to introduce new solutions for its industrial metaverse platform, while it also revealed plans to work with Microsoft to bring AI co-pilots to the workplace.
In his keynote speech, Siemens CEO Roland Busch said: “We envision the industrial metaverse as a virtual world that is nearly indistinguishable from reality, enabling people — along with AI — to collaborate in real-time to address real-world challenges.”
Its partnership with tech giant Sony will see a combination of its current industrial metaverse software with Sony’s new spatial content creation system, alongside the XR head-mounted display and controllers for an “intuitive interaction with 3D objects”.
With this, designers and engineers will be able to create and explore design product concepts in a realistic digital environment.
“By combining our technologies and Siemens expertise in engineering, we are excited to enable more immersive engineering that redefines the daily workflow of designers and engineers,” said Sony’s executive deputy president and officer in charge of technology and incubation, Yoshinori Matsumoto.
“Siemens is making the industrial metaverse more accessible so that our customers can use it to solve their real-world problems faster, more sustainably, and with greater efficiency,” added Cedrik Neike, CEO of Siemens Digital Industries.
“We will make it available to companies of all sizes, so that everybody can turn their big ideas into world-changing innovations.”
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Siemens also announced that it is strengthening its partnership with AWS so that businesses of “all sizes” can build and scale gen AI applications.
And, it is collaborating with Microsoft to bring an AI chatbot to its “Siemens Xcelerator”, which is a digital business platform to aims to support digital transformation.
The chatbot will act as a co-pilot for digital developers.
“Together with Microsoft, our shared vision is to empower customers with the adoption of generative AI,” CEO Busch noted in his speech. “This has the potential to revolutionise the way companies design, develop, manufacture, and operate.”
It aims to help “accelerate” code development, “increase innovation, and tackle skilled labour shortages”.
It is also hoped that the AI Copilot will enhance the efficiency of the design process through instant access to virtual simulations of prototypes and design concepts.
