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DIGITAL

"twins"

It’s easy to say that digital twins are digital representations

of physical objects, but that’s an oversimplification. Digital

twins are highly complex models that use artificial

intelligence (AI) and large amounts of digital and physical

data to accurately mimic a real-world object. That object

could be a process , a person, device, or system. Digital twins

have even been built to represent and understand regions and

cities. Creating a digital twin begins with the mapping of a

physical object or space through imagery and LiDAR, down

to every minute detail
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