Build smarter, faster: Your definitive guide to industrial digital twins with Unity
Build smarter, faster: Your definitive guide to industrial digital twins with Unity
As manufacturers face growing complexity in automation, robotics, and AI-driven systems, the ability to simulate, validate, and optimize before deployment is becoming essential. That’s where industrial digital twins come in.
Unity’s new e-book, Design, simulate, deploy: Building scalable industrial digital twins with Unity, provides a practical, hands-on guide for robotics engineers, automation professionals, and OEMs ready to accelerate their digital transformation with Unity Industry.
Looking to visualize and test your machines in real time? Already building connected systems with Unity Industry? This guide shows you how to take your work further—beyond static 3D models or simple animations.
What’s inside the e-book?
This expert-authored guide outlines how Unity enables end-to-end digital twin development—from CAD import and behavior simulation to real-time PLC integration
and 3D HMI deployment. Whether you're new to Unity or scaling your existing architecture, this guide will help you:
- Understand what an industrial digital twin is (and what it’s not)
- Avoid common pitfalls like overmodeling or siloed workflows
- Connect Unity to PLCs, MES, and other industrial systems
- Simulate behavior with realistic motion and feedback loops
- Use realvirtual.io to simplify development and connect to hardware
- Build cross-platform digital twins for desktop, mobile, web, and XR
This PDF e-book is packed with detailed examples, architectural diagrams, and practical takeaways. You'll also discover how Unity’s open platform and strong ecosystem—like realvirtual.io—can shorten development time and unlock reuse across departments.
About the authors
- Thomas Strigl is CEO of realvirtual.io and has over 18 years of experience in simulation and automation software.
- Prof. Thomas Pospiech is Professor at Heilbronn University and CTO at OPTIMA pharma, with two decades of expertise in robotics and mechatronics.
