In this thought-provoking conversation, Virginie Maillard, Head of Global Research in Simulation and Digital Twin at Siemens Digital Industry, shares her insights on the industrial metaverse. She defines the industrial metaverse as a virtual space where users can interact with digital twins, enabling real-time collaboration and decision-making for solving real-world problems. Virginie emphasizes the crucial role of digital twins as the foundation for the industrial metaverse, enabling realistic simulations, optimizations, and immersive experiences. She highlights the advantages of the industrial metaverse, including time and cost savings, accelerated innovation, improved sustainability, and enhanced operational performance. Virginie underscores Siemens' commitment to open standards and interoperability, actively contributing to initiatives like the Metaverse Standards Forum and the Alliance for OpenUSD. She also discusses the challenges of implementing open standards and the importance of diverse perspectives in addressing complex problems. Have any comments or questions?   Email the show Feedback@Buildingtheopenmetaverse.org   Want more information?    Visit our website www.buildingtheopenmetaverse.org    And make sure you follow us on Linkedin for all of our show updates    https://www.linkedin.com/company/buildingtheopenmetaverse    Building the Open Metaverse is a podcast hosted by Patrick Cozzi (Cesium) and Marc Petit that invites a broad range of technical experts to share their insights on how the community is building the metaverse together.    #BuildingTheOpenMetaversePodcast #MetaversePodcast #Metaverse