The resulting system is one that 51World calls a “benchmark for smart applications in rail transit hub stations”—but they haven’t stopped there. In the future, the Wuyi Square Station system will be equipped with a number of additional functions such as energy consumption monitoring and additional tools for passenger service and emergency management.
Other digital twin projects
51World is also known for developing a digital twin of Shanghai, China’s most populous city. Other projects include a smart city / digital twin of Tongling in China’s Anhui Province.The company is dedicated to using digital twins in as many ways as possible to improve China’s infrastructure. For example, they recently developed a digital twin system for waterways called Three Smart Lakes under the direction of the Fuxian Lake Administration of Yuxi City. For this project, 51World replicated a total of nearly 3,000 square kilometers of Fuxian Lake, Xingyun Lake, and Qilu Lake along with surrounding watersheds, and built a set of ecological supervision systems to facilitate management and decision-making for these vital resources.
51World also created a digital twin of Mawan Port, a busy shipping hub where thousands of containers come and go every week, to improve logistics and operation efficiency. For this digital twin, 51World recreated nearly one million square meters of the port area and 100,000+ shipping containers, then set up the system to drive real-world updates through IoT and a robust API interface. To manage a container, the port management authority can input just a few attributes—location, size, owner, and so forth—and a 3D object appears in the scene that matches its real-world component exactly, down to the color and logo on the container.
To learn more about 51World’s digital twins projects, check out the company’s YouTube channel.
Unreal Engine is a major component in each of these systems, helping 51World to create and innovate in the digital twins space.
Source: Unreal Engine Blog