DataMesh Director Gets a Major Upgrade: The New “Storyline”

As the flagship product of the FactVerse platform, DataMesh Director has been widely used in industries like manufacturing and operations & maintenance. This powerful tool, a PPT-like 3D MR instruction creator for training and guidance, has proven to be invaluable for employee training and product presentations.

Now, DataMesh Director is getting a major upgrade with some exciting new features! The most noteworthy addition is the all-new “Storyline” tool in DataMesh Studio, designed to simplify the creation of complex, large-scale scenarios and further boost efficiency. Additionally, the new version brings several optimizations to model preprocessing and viewer experience.

Many companies are already using DataMesh Director to achieve no-code development of XR training materials, leveraging intuitive 3D guidance to enhance training efficiency and reduce costs. However, when it comes to large exhibition projects or complex operational instructions, creating and managing multiple scenes and their transitions can become cumbersome. That’s where Storyline steps in.

The Storyline tool is specifically designed to help creators organize and manage large, branching scenarios by visually mapping out the entire flow. This makes it much easier to visualize, edit, and collaborate on complex scenarios, saving valuable time and reducing the risk of errors.

What is the “Storyline” Feature?

Storyline is a new scenario editing tool that provides a visual outline editor, helping users map out and manage the logical relationships between different chapters of the scenarios. Here’s how it works:

Storyline Editing Canvas
  • Story Nodes: Each story node is like a directory entry that links to a specific chapter of the scenario, representing the content that will be presented at that stage.
  • Connections: These link nodes together in a defined sequence, showing the flow of the story.
  • Transition Points: These mark the conditions that trigger different paths in the scenario. With Storyline, users can easily set and adjust these triggers to create a branching narrative.
Configuring Story Nodes

By placing and connecting these nodes on the canvas, users can quickly organize and adjust the sequence of their content, making large-scale scenario creation much more convenient.

Benefits of Using Storyline

Streamlined Team Collaboration: Storyline makes it easy for teams to work on different sections of a project simultaneously. For example, a complex operational guidance scenario that would usually take hours to create can now be divided into smaller scenarios, with team members working in parallel and then connecting via Storyline. The final content may be finished within an hour.

Clear Plot Flow & Easy Adjustments: As training content evolves—due to product updates, safety protocol changes, new tools, or other changes—Storyline makes it easy to locate and modify specific chapters without having to sift through entire scenes. Since modifications are contained to individual scenarios, making changes has minimal impact on the overall content.

Increased Reusability: For recurring scenes, such as “Correct Answer” or “Incorrect Answer” scenes in a safety test scenario, users can now easily link them to different nodes instead of recreating them each time. Similarly, for scenes that are similar but require slight adjustments—like showcasing server information in different cabinets—users can simply duplicate the original cabinet scenario, update the server details, and generate a new version. These updated scenarios can then be seamlessly connected through Storyline, eliminating the need to re-edit every individual scene. This dramatically reduces the time and effort spent on content creation.

Typical Use Cases of Storyline

Given its strengths, Storyline is particularly effective for managing scenarios with multiple scenes, branching paths, and complex transitions. Here are some typical use cases:

Large-Scale Exhibitions: Create independent scenarios for different areas or exhibits, then use Storyline to plan a smooth “tour path” for visitors, ensuring a coherent and engaging experience.

Complex Operational Guidance: Break down complicated processes into smaller, manageable parts, allowing multiple team members to work concurrently, and then use Storyline to link these parts together, significantly saving time.

Training and Assessment: Use Storyline to plan the exam outline and bind corresponding question scenarios to achieve efficient test organization.

More Enhancements in DataMesh Director 7.2

In addition to the Storyline feature, the latest version of DataMesh Director brings several improvements to the user experience:

Material Editing Panel Upgrade: The updated DataMesh Importer makes it easier than ever to adjust model materials like transparency, metalness, and color, streamlining your workflow.

Model Usability Algorithm Upgrade: DataMesh Importer 7.2 adds model usability display for Apple Vision Pro and Quest 3, allowing users to view how models perform on these devices, offering better insights into their performance.

Anchor Positioning: To address the issue of some devices being unable to scan for positioning, DataMesh One 7.2 introduces Anchor Positioning, where users can use a virtual positioning code to anchor a specific location and orientation in the real world, enabling precise real-world mapping without the need for printed positioning QR codes.

Try Out Storyline Today!

DataMesh Director 7.2 is now available on supported app stores. Existing DataMesh SaaS subscribers can upgrade their applications directly. For product trials, subscriptions, and collaborations, please contact us via email at service@datamesh.com.

The Storyline feature is currently in the trial phase, and we invite interested customers to apply for a trial. Experience the new tool firsthand and share your feedback with us. If you’re interested, get in touch with our team to request a trial!

For more information, the DataMesh Director 7.2 User Manual is available online. Visit our Help & Support – Knowledge Base – User Manuals section on the DataMesh website to explore the latest updates.

Collaboration Between JTC & DataMesh: Advancing Construction Efficiency with Digital Twin and Mixed Reality

In May 2023, JTC successfully introduced DataMesh Director, a digital twin platform by DataMesh, to empower frontline personnel through the integration of Building Information Modelling (BIM) data with mixed reality (MR) technology on construction sites. This project aims to enhance efficiency by improving the visualisation and understanding of complex processes.

Discover how DataMesh Director was used to elevate construction sequences in this video

Project Overview

The collaboration between DataMesh and JTC led to the implementation of DataMesh Director, enabling the rapid creation of 3D construction processes. The platform uses digital twin and MR technology to turn BIM/CIM models into practical, real-time applications on construction sites, allowing workers to better visualise their tasks, understand project requirements, and improve overall workflow.

Figure 1: Confirming the construction sequence of the reinforced inclined beam using MR technology at the Pan Island Expressway construction site

Empowering Frontline Workers with Mixed Reality

A key benefit of using MR technology on construction sites is its ability to help frontline workers visualise tasks in both virtual and physical spaces. This is especially important in Singapore, where many construction workers come from countries like Bangladesh and face language barriers. MR technology empowers these workers to:

  • Visualise Complex Processes: Workers can gain a clearer understanding of the construction sequence and their specific roles by viewing 3D models and simulations directly at the site.
  • Improve Communication: MR technology overcomes language barriers, enabling workers to follow instructions effectively and understand project requirements from management.
  • Enhance Safety: Safety guidelines are presented in real-time, ensuring workers stay in safe zones and avoid risks, such as the lifting of beams.

Through the integration of DataMesh Director and MR technology, this project has set a new standard for improving productivity, communication, and safety on construction sites.

Figure 2: DataMesh Director construction sequence

Key Benefits of Using DataMesh Director for Construction Sequences

  • Enhanced Visualisation: With 3D visualisations of construction sequences, workers can follow complex instructions more easily, improving task execution accuracy and reducing errors.
  • Improved Communication: The platform effectively bridges language gaps, enabling workers to understand instructions and safety protocols, regardless of their native language.
  • Increased Efficiency: With a clear visual representation of the construction sequence, workers can perform tasks more efficiently, reducing the time spent on interpreting complex plans and avoiding rework.
  • Enhanced Safety: Real-time safety guidelines ensure that workers stay in safe zones and avoid dangerous situations, minimising the risk of accidents.
  • Real-Time Problem Solving: The integration of IoT data allows for real-time monitoring and adjustments. If any issues arise during the construction sequence, they can be identified and addressed immediately, reducing downtime and preventing costly rework.

By providing clear, interactive, and real-time visualisation of construction sequences, DataMesh Director has proven effective in enhancing the construction process on numerous customer projects across the Asia Pacific region.

DataMesh Director Capabilities: Facilitating the Digitalisation of Construction Workflows

DataMesh Director enables users to create 3D digital twin content easily through a user-friendly drag-and-drop interface—similar to creating a PowerPoint presentation. The platform allows users to quickly leverage existing 3D assets, like CAD/BIM files, to build digital twins, improving the speed and efficiency of construction workflows. Key features include:

  • Ease of Creating Digital Twins: Quickly develop 3D digital twin content using existing assets, streamlining the content creation process.
  • IoT Data Binding: Seamlessly integrates with IoT devices for real-time data visualisation.
  • Remote Collaboration: Supports collaborative work environments, enabling multiple users to work together regardless of location.
  • Cross-Platform Content Publishing: One-click publishing makes it easy to share content across various platforms.
  • AI Support: Integrates FactVerse AI (FAI), a generative AI tool, for the effortless creation of multi-language scenarios based on enterprise digital twin data.
  • Mixed Reality Ready: Deploys to AR/MR-capable devices like iPhones, iPads, Apple Vision Pro, Meta Quest 3, and compatible Android devices with a single click.

This powerful platform enables the creation of job SOPs, support guides, 3D product manuals, and real-time equipment monitoring, significantly enhancing the efficiency and experience of frontline workers. Beyond construction, DataMesh Director is also valuable for aftersales support, marketing, exhibitions, training, and more.

Accelerating Industrial Metaverse: FactVerse Updates August 2024

The future of the industrial metaverse is arriving faster than ever! DataMesh has rolled out significant updates to its FactVerse platform, introducing valuable enhancements and optimizing performance for frontline business scenarios. These updates help enterprises integrate digital twin technology into their operations more efficiently, driving progress toward intelligent manufacturing, smart maintenance, and sustainable development.

Let’s explore the latest developments across the FactVerse product suite.

Designer: Efficient Creation of Large-Scale Digital Twin Scenes

FactVerse Designer now enables the efficient creation of large-scale digital twin scenes, particularly for scenarios like data centers and equipment management, significantly reducing development time. Users can export digital twin template data, make bulk modifications in Excel, and import it back into Designer to update digital twin content with just one click.

Additionally, the new scene recording feature allows users to document the scene’s operations and review the digital twin’s status and data changes during playback. This helps in comparing different operational strategies for optimized decision-making. The newly added object locking feature prevents accidental changes, while the enriched behavior tree node library, optimized loading process, and one-click multi-language translation further enhance the efficiency of scene creation and content development.

Batch Creation of Digital Twins

Director: Upgraded Training Mode and One-Click Multi-Language Translation

The current version of DataMesh Director is fully integrated with the former DataMesh Learn solution, introducing a training mode and features like one-click multi-language scenario generation. As a leading no-code 3D and XR content creation platform, Director simplifies equipment operation training, saving time and costs.

The upgraded training mode offers full-cycle management, personalized course customization, and progress tracking, making training management more convenient and efficient. With FactVerse AI (FAI), users can translate scenarios with one click, making them globally applicable, thus preventing resource waste and meeting the multi-language needs of multinational enterprises.

The latest version also improves the application experience on Apple Vision Pro and Meta Quest 3, enhancing interactivity and visual effects.

One-Click Multi-Language Scenario Creation

Inspector: Mixed Reality Inspection and Equipment Business Logic Support

The gateway to the industrial metaverse, DataMesh Inspector, is now updated to version 1.2. This update allows for the rapid creation of digital twins for daily maintenance equipment using FactVerse templates and importing standardized equipment business logic and detailed component information, significantly reducing content creation time.

This updated version supports importing and exporting relationship structures based on Brick Schema, enabling maintenance engineers to intuitively view equipment systems’ connections, hierarchical structures, and operational statuses in a mixed reality environment. This reduces troubleshooting difficulty, improves efficiency, and enhances compliance with green building standards, safeguarding cross-border operational compliance for enterprises.

Intuitive Viewing of Equipment Business Logic Relationships in Mixed Reality

Simulator: More Flexible and Immersive Training Experience

DataMesh Simulator 2.2 is now fully integrated with DataMesh Learn, offering a one-stop training solution based on digital twin technology, suitable for industries such as heavy machinery, mining, special vehicles, and aircraft manufacturing, as well as educational institutions.

Learn’s training group management and personalized learning path features increase the flexibility and efficiency of the learning process, providing multi-dimensional, systematic learning management for instructors. The upgraded environmental simulation now includes various weather and environmental conditions, further helping trainees improve practical skills through more practice opportunities.

Weather Module Supports Various Environmental Conditions

FactVerse SDK: Enhanced Performance and Developer Support

FactVerse SDK has been upgraded to version 7.0, now compatible with the FactVerse platform and Director 7.0. The new version features an updated rendering engine to URP, improving rendering efficiency and effects, and supporting cross-platform applications. New examples of binding digital twin attributes allow developers to monitor real-time changes in digital twin properties, facilitating customized feature development. The overall SDK import process has also been optimized, enabling developers to quickly start creating digital twin applications, thus enhancing work efficiency.

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Hands-On Lab: Chinese, English, and Japanese Editions Launched

The FactVerse Hands-On Lab has been fully revamped, now supporting courses in Chinese, English, and Japanese. The lab’s three sites respectively offer a wealth of learning resources covering the latest industrial business scenarios, designed to help global users quickly learn, practice, and master digital twin content creation skills. These new learning resources are aligned with users’ long-term development needs, ensuring that learners can apply their acquired knowledge and skills to real-world tasks as quickly as possible.

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Hands-On Lab Offers Extensive Practice Courses

FactVerse’s core product design philosophy focuses on enterprise motivation principles, continuously addressing users’ latest business needs and industry trends while integrating cutting-edge technologies such as XR, spatial computing, and AI into digital twin solutions. Through these innovative capabilities, FactVerse helps enterprises accelerate their digital twin transformation and achieve ESG and sustainable development goals.

Inspector 1.2 Released: Uncover Hidden Building and Facility Information for Smart Management with Mixed Reality

Imagine an operations engineer seeing through walls and floors, viewing hidden pipes, wiring, and structural components—all using just a tablet or smartphone. This isn’t science fiction; it’s the reality enabled by DataMesh Inspector.

DataMesh Inspector is an innovative mixed reality and digital twin-based inspection tool designed to transform building and facility maintenance. The application allows engineers to overlay large BIM models and real-time IoT data directly onto physical sites using mobile devices, giving them “X-ray-like” vision to view building structures and facility relationships—significantly enhancing maintenance efficiency and accuracy.

Hidden structures and behind-the-wall (ceiling) information accessible through mixed reality

DataMesh Inspector 1.2 is now available. Click here to download and experience it.

Key Features of Inspector 1.2:

  • Quick Scene Creation: FactVerse’s templates and user-friendly interface enable rapid creation of digital twins and business logic for equipment newly added. Creating digital scenes has never been easier, saving significant time.
  • Dynamic Loading: Cloud-based dynamic processing and loading technology supports real-time loading of massive building and facility data across mobile devices, based on user movements. No need to worry about device performance with large data volumes.
  • Mixed Reality Integration: Users can overlay BIM models and IoT data, such as temperature, humidity, and energy consumption, onto the real world. This provides intuitive views of internal structures, equipment locations, and operational statuses, streamlining troubleshooting.
  • Information & Relationships Inspection: Standardized semantic descriptions of device relationships help users easily understand system connections, hierarchical structures, pipeline routes, and the impact of faults, ensuring fast and accurate fault localization.
  • Standards Compliance: FactVerse supports the Brick Schema for importing and exporting relationship structures, ensuring high compliance with green building standards in regions like Singapore.
  • Multi-Device Support: Inspector is compatible with tablets and smartphones, meeting various scenario needs.

Additionally, experience and knowledge can be transformed into 3D content and projected into mixed reality scenes, allowing maintenance engineers—even those with limited expertise—to quickly grasp equipment information, such as operational statuses and maintenance procedures, enabling rapid and accurate decision-making.

Tap on devices to view real-time operational data

How Inspector Assists in Fault Troubleshooting:

  1. A maintenance engineer receives an order or system alert (which can be directly pushed through Inspector).
  2. Upon arriving at the site, the engineer launches Inspector and scans the location code to immediately project the MR scene onto the fault area.
  3. In MR mode, the engineer views digital twins and real-time operational data of the equipment and facilities, performing an initial fault assessment.
  4. The engineer checks the business logic connections, control ranges, and impact scopes of the facilities, pinpointing key issues.
Business logic relationships between devices are clear in MR, aiding on-site diagnostics
  1. The engineer consults maintenance documentation within Inspector to further analyze and confirm the fault, then fills out the maintenance work order.
  2. The engineer uploads the data, fault causes, and other information collected on-site to the system via Inspector, completing the entire process from fault reporting to MR-assisted inspection, troubleshooting, and subsequent repair.

Use Case: Air Conditioning Troubleshooting in an Office Building

Problem Discovery:
The property management team of an office building received a tenant complaint about a lack of cool air from an air conditioning vent. Maintenance engineer Mr. Wang was dispatched to investigate.

On-Site MR Inspection:
Upon arrival, Wang launched Inspector to locate potential fault points with mixed reality, checking the FCU controller and air conditioning distribution box above the ceiling. These components are typically difficult to inspect directly, but with Inspector’s MR mode, Wang could clearly identify their actual positions and statuses.

Fault Localization in MR Mode:

  • Wang tapped on the digital twins of the faulty equipment to view real-time data and quickly identified an abnormal temperature at the vent.
  • By further examining the device information and its relationships with other equipment, he realized that the vent was downstream of a fan coil unit (FCU) controlled by an FCU controller.
  • Wang checked the current operational data of the FCU controller and the fan coil unit in the MR scene, and noticed that FCU controller appeared to be functioning correctly, but the fan coil unit showed abnormal cooling capacity, leading Wang to suspect an issue with the fan coil unit.
  • Further inspection revealed a circuit breaker issue with the fan coil unit, preventing the FCU controller from controlling it, thus identifying the root cause of the fault.

Document-Aided Analysis:
To confirm the problem, Wang accessed relevant technical documents directly within Inspector and obtained the standard repair procedure for such issues.

Work Order Submission:
Finally, Wang recorded the fault details and suggested solutions in the work order and uploaded it to the system, completing the fault diagnosis in significantly less time than traditional methods, ensuring a smooth repair process.


In this case, and many others, DataMesh Inspector helps maintenance engineers efficiently locate fault causes and assess their impact, allowing them to develop targeted repair plans—reducing the time required for fault diagnosis and resolution, accelerating the repair process, and enhancing overall building and facility availability. Ultimately, this improves tenant and owner satisfaction with the building.

Inspector is evolving to further solidify its role as a crucial entry point into the FactVerse industrial metaverse platform. With its constantly expanding application scenarios, Inspector delivers long-term value for building and facility maintenance management and on-site data insights, driving the construction and building industry towards digitalization and intelligence.

Learn more about DataMesh Inspector here.

DataMesh FactVerse Updates Released for Industrial Digital Twin Innovation

DataMesh, a high-tech innovator focused on Digital Twin, has made significant updates to its FactVerse industrial metaverse platform, aimed at enhancing its suite of applications and services. These enhancements across the entire FactVerse ecosystem deliver better performance and experience for enterprise users in constructing digital twin scenarios, fostering symbiotic virtual and real environments, and seamlessly integrating with business applications.

FactVerse Designer

FactVerse Designer 1.1 brings a user experience more tailored to common business environments and introduces standard business workflows. New features include adjustable scene playback speed and support for recording scene runs under different configurations, providing comprehensive equipment operation details for decision-making. Integrated with FactVerse Data Fusion Services, it offers practical assistance and value to frontline personnel in fields like production simulation in factories. Additionally, the reengineered intuitive interface and drag-and-drop experience provide better overall performance stability and user experience.

A scenario being played at an accelerated speed
Recording a scene

FactVerse Data Fusion Services (DFS)

The FactVerse Data Fusion Services have been publicly released. DFS serves as a fusion engine connecting and processing data from various industrial systems, playing a critical role in creating and managing digital twin scenarios on the FactVerse platform. It establishes digital twin mapping standards based on traditional data acquisition interfaces and data warehouses, breaking down barriers between data acquisition platforms, simulation platforms, and analysis platforms. DFS addresses two major challenges in the application of digital twins: efficient and stable integration of various types of enterprise business system data and rapid standardization of enterprise business data processing, meeting the rendering and computing needs of XR interactions and the application of digital twins. DFS is currently offered both cloud-hosted and on-premises deployment.

DataMesh Director

DataMesh Director 6.2.0’s artistic effects and user experience of interacting with scenarios are optimized, with new selection options for rendering environment. DataMesh One has been compatible with Apple Vision Pro, Meta Quest 3, Lenovo ThinkReality VRX, and A3. Users can download the respective glasses version applications from the app store of each platform and easily design training content using DataMesh Studio, publishing it to XR headsets and tablets across platforms for an enhanced experience in business scenarios such as training.

Rendering effects are optimized
Using DataMesh One on Apple Vision Pro
Using DataMesh One on Apple Vision Pro
Using DataMesh One on Apple Vision Pro
Using DataMesh One on Apple Vision Pro

DataMesh Inspector

DataMesh Inspector 1.1.2 UX optimization, particularly improves the display efficiency of large spatial scenes with optimization from BIM model layers level, enabling frontline personnel such as construction teams and supervisors to efficiently carry out operations such as mixed reality (MR) content comparison with CAD drawings and 3D model-to-real-space alignment.

Dynamic loading of large spatial scenes

FactVerse AI

Starting from April, the FactVerse AI International Edition has been using the latest GPT-4-Turbo as the backend for large language models. Users enjoy enhanced conversational/text generation capabilities for their private knowledge bases within the FactVerse platform, without any additional action required.

FactVerse Express

The FactVerse Express Apple Vision OS 1.0 version is available. Users can quickly experience the features of FactVerse Apps such as DataMesh Director, Checklist, and more provided in the Apple Vision Pro without downloading these Apps. The initial experiences cover scenarios such as automotive production lines, aviation engines, coffee machines, and shield machines.

FactVerse Platform Support Updates

The FactVerse platform has undergone various optimizations focusing on functional logic and interactions, introducing better interaction in batch upload, unified digital twin operations, optimized user management, and layout optimization for various module pages, improving the user experience in managing digital twin resources. In terms of IoT connectivity, FactVerse now offers Brick Schema-based relational structure import and export, further enhancing compliance with Singapore’s building green standard specifications.

What is Brick?

Brick is an open-source project aimed at providing standardized semantic descriptions of the physical, logical, and virtual assets within buildings, as well as the relationships between them. Brick includes an extensible dictionary containing terms and concepts found within and around buildings, a set of relationships for linking and combining these concepts, and a flexible data model that allows seamless integration with existing tools and databases. Leveraging powerful semantic web technologies, Brick enables consistent descriptions of various specialized and custom features, assets, and subsystems throughout entire building complexes.

Using Brick as a typical description for buildings enables the following functionalities:

  • Brick reduces the costs associated with deploying analytics, energy-saving measures, and intelligent controls within buildings.
  • Brick facilitates integrated descriptions of numerous subsystems found in modern buildings, such as HVAC, lighting, fire protection, and security, across various vendors.
  • Brick streamlines the development process of intelligent analysis and control applications.
  • Brick diminishes dependence on proprietary, non-standard, and unstructured labels specific to building management systems.
Dynamic loading of large scale scenes

FactVerse SDK

DataMesh FactVerse SDK has evolved into version 6.2, enabling developers to easily adopt and integrate more digital twin capabilities of the FactVerse into their own applications/software. The current version includes FactVerse platform general operations, resource library, scenario playback of DataMesh Director, digital twin body invocation, etc.

FactVerse Hands-on-Lab

Furthermore, FactVerse Hands-on-Lab, open to users and content creators, has recently released a series of efficient learning resources to help users quickly obtain skills in using frontline products of FactVerse, including proficiently acquiring digital twin content creation skills.

FactVerse is committed to providing users with simple and user-friendly digital twin products and solutions with instant ROI. The platform’s great flexibility and scalability, combined with different data sources and capabilities such as artificial intelligence and machine learning, empower enterprises to innovate through industrial digital twins, accelerating business transformation, and ensuring frontline personnel benefit from digitization.

DataMesh Contributes to Success of SMART MANUFACTURING SUMMIT

As the inaugural event of “Global Industrie,” one of Europe’s largest industrial trade fairs, held in Japan, the SMART MANUFACTURING SUMMIT is currently ongoing from today until the 15th at the Aichi Sky Expo in Aichi Prefecture. Aichi Prefecture Government, in collaboration with KDDI and DataMesh, has jointly created an immersive digital industrial landscape based on MR technology, integrating the concept of Industry 5.0 into the summit experience to promote the development of the next-generation industrial revolution and strengthen innovation exchange between Japan and Europe.

The summit aims to drive the development of Industry 5.0 and enhance innovation exchange between Japan and Europe. At the summit, a variety of interactive digital scenes deployed based on the DataMesh digital twin platform provide an engaging experience for participants. From introducing the cultural history and industrial evolution of Aichi Prefecture to guiding attendees through virtual routes between booths using avatars, and showcasing various 3D industrial machinery such as die-casting machines, large-scale industrial printers, and laser equipment through MR, DataMesh’s applications significantly enhance product displays and overall participant engagement. Additionally, DataMesh FactVerse, an industrial metaverse platform was also applied in virtual factory demonstrations, showcasing data-driven smart manufacturing scenarios in the Industry 5.0 era.

Industry 5.0 complements and enhances Industry 4.0, bringing value in several aspects:

  • More humane working environments: Industry 5.0 emphasizes human-machine collaboration, freeing humans from tedious, repetitive tasks to focus on more creative and valuable work, enhancing work experience and satisfaction.
  • Sustainable development: Industry 5.0 focuses on environmental protection and sustainable resource utilization, achieving the unity of economic and social benefits through the development of circular economy, reducing energy consumption, and waste emissions.
  • Enhanced enterprise resilience: Industry 5.0 helps enterprises improve their ability to respond to emergencies, enhance the resilience of supply chains and production systems, and address various risks and challenges.
  • Personalized customization: Industry 5.0 can meet consumer demand for personalized products through human-machine collaboration and intelligent technology, realizing flexible production and customized services.
  • Attracting and retaining talents: Industry 5.0 provides a more challenging and creative work environment, attracting and retaining high-quality talents, enhancing enterprise competitiveness.

Industry 5.0 provides a genuine opportunity for the manufacturing industry to re-industrialize production in a smart and responsible manner. As one of the leaders in technology innovation in manufacturing, construction, and other fields, DataMesh has long collaborated with leading enterprises and organizations such as Aichi Prefecture Government, KDDI, etc., dedicated to providing cutting-edge digital twin and mixed reality expertise and experience globally, rapidly building flexible, data-driven digital twin scenarios, and helping enterprises meet ecological and green development requirements.

Through the democratization of digital twin and XR technology, DataMesh has helped enterprises optimize operational efficiency, reduce costs, and improve efficiency in fields such as manufacturing, AEC (Architectural Engineering and Construction), and facility equipment maintenance, significantly enhancing the capabilities of frontline workers and addressing social challenges such as declining birth rates and aging populations. DataMesh Director is widely deployed in Japanese manufacturing and construction fields, enabling frontline workers to easily create digital twin content and improve work efficiency, promote team communication and collaboration, and enhance the speed and quality of professional training. Furthermore, DataMesh Director plays an important role in after-sales services, providing high-quality after-sales services remotely through XR technology, breaking geographical constraints, and improving the employment environment.

The SMART MANUFACTURING SUMMIT, organized by GL events and co-sponsored by Aichi Prefecture Government, has attracted participation from hundreds of companies from 40+ countries worldwide and is expected to host over 15,000 attendees.

DataMesh is proud to have contributed to this event and welcomes industry professionals to visit Booth SD-02 in D-Hall to experience the Aichi Digital Island showcase and engage in interactive discussions with us. Committed to constant innovation and the Democratization of Digital Twin, DataMesh continuously provides advanced digital transformation solutions to address increasingly complex challenges and drive revolutionary innovation in manufacturing and beyond.

FactVerse Express Opens for Global Creators to Innovate in XR Amid Spatial Computing Trend

Today, DataMesh unveils its cutting-edge spatial computing innovation – FactVerse Express, a powerful and user-friendly content creation tool designed for global users to effortlessly and joyfully immerse themselves in the world of XR.

Incorporating the core advantages of the enterprise-level Digital Twin and XR content creation tool – DataMesh Director, FactVerse Express also includes a 3D asset library, providing abundant resources to inspire users of all skill levels to easily craft unique XR content using an intuitive interface, tapping into their creativity to the fullest.

FactVerse Express is compatible with Apple Vision Pro, ready to empower users across platforms with an exceptional spatial computing experience upon the imminent availability of Apple Vision Pro, in addition to its existing support for various devices, including Meta Quest 3, iPhone, and iPad.

The key strengths of FactVerse Express lie in its industry-leading cross-platform compatibility and user-friendly design. Whether you’re a professional user or a beginner entering the XR field, getting started with the tool to create content is quick and easy.

Moreover, FactVerse Express is more than just for individual creators, making XR more accessible and is an ideal choice for enterprise users looking to optimize operations and efficiency. The professional version – DataMesh Director – has been widely adopted in various business scenarios, such as education and training, operational guidance, remote collaboration & monitoring, maintenance & inspections, effectively improving productivity for hundreds of customers across continents.

FactVerse Express is currently available on the Apple App Store for free download and use without registration.

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With the surging interest in spatial computing thanks to the advent of Apple Vision Pro, we are proud to be among the first movers, now opening a disruptive new spatial content creation platform powered by FactVerse Express for existing and new users to explore the fun and creativity in XR, especially when the Apple Vision Pro arrives at their door!

For any inquiries about Express or enterprise-level digital twins and the industrial metaverse, please feel free to reach out at service@datamesh.com.

DataMesh Reshapes Tower Crane Training Experience with Simulator 2.1

Today, DataMesh Simulator 2.1 is released, introducing simulation-based training and assessment tailored for tower crane operations. This innovative motion simulation platform focuses on providing trainees with an authentic learning experience while operating tower cranes, through upgraded operational scenarios that faithfully replicate real equipment models, construction environments, and operational procedures.

1:1 Digital Twin of Construction Environment

Construction machinery models, including tower cranes and others within the Simulator, are meticulously crafted to mirror selected reference machines in appearance, movement, status, and characteristics.

Models undergo meticulous treatments in color, material, texture, lighting, and background to achieve a heightened sense of realism.

Real-time rendering of tower cranes and collaborating construction machinery models ensures seamless immersion in the virtual environment without visual or auditory delays, fostering an unparalleled sense of participation for users.

Rigorous collision detection, interference verification, and motion synchronization ensure the authenticity and integrity of the tower crane and other construction machinery models involved.

Authentic Operational Procedure Replication

Operational procedures are designed based on insights from experienced tower crane operators, integrating text, voice, signal commands, dynamic UI elements, and instructional videos at each training step. The crane hook offers multiple operational perspectives, including front and rear views, external views, and cabin views, enhance the training experience.

The system interface provides real-time monitoring of machine parameters, such as wind speed, rotation angle, lifting weight, trolley position, and hook distance from the ground.

The comprehensive curriculum resources bridge the gap between training and real-world operations, allowing trainees to familiarize themselves with common terminology and signal gestures used in actual construction scenarios. This immersive training approach facilitates practical application and offers tangible hands-on training benefits.

Immersive Learning Experience

Integrated with the DataMesh Learn system, the Simulator platform streamlines the management, sharing, storage, and analysis of various mechanical equipment simulation training materials and assessment results. Instructors can autonomously customize and distribute training and assessment tasks to enhance teaching effectiveness, making it the preferred choice for engineering machinery professionals. The tower crane simulator comprises the DataMesh Simulator system software and hardware platforms, offering features such as course play, operational training, assessment, personnel management, and learning management. Hardware options include six degrees of freedom motion platforms, three degrees of freedom motion platforms, and a basic non-motion platform, catering to diverse user needs.

DataMesh Simulator revolutionizes industrial training by providing an immersive and lifelike learning environment that significantly improves trainee engagement and learning outcomes. By enabling trainees to understand equipment operations safely and effectively, it mitigates safety risks and boosts training efficiency. For purchasing inquiries or further product information, please contact service@datamesh.com.

Learn more about the DataMesh Simulator platform by watching this video:

An education and training tool utilizing MR and Digital Twins to improve engineer skills to ensure expressway safety

The expressway network of Japan has been constantly expanded since the 1960s and its total road length is currently over 10,000km. On the other hand, more than half of the expressway network has been used for over 30 years and aging of structures such as road surfaces, bridges, and tunnels has emerged as a social issue. The dwindling number of expressway maintenance and management engineers in line with the decline in the productive population is also one of the significant challenges.

Given the circumstances, Nexco-East Engineering operating about 4,000km of all the expressways in Japan developed a training app for ETC equipment and tunnel emergency facilities using MR and digital twin technologies, which is implemented in its training center “Technical Training Center (TTC)” located in Takasaki, Gunma. The app serves as an efficient education and training tool to equip every engineer with necessary knowledge and skills to develop quality engineers.

Initiated MR tool development toward improvement and standardization of trainees’ levels of understanding

Since about 10 years ago, the NEXCO EAST group has projected the aging of expressways and maintenance and management labor shortage and promoted the Smart Maintenance Highway (SMH) project to match the existing expressway maintenance and management technologies that the group has acquired with ICT technologies. Through the project, operational DX has been advanced with proactive application of digital capacities to the field operations, e.g. conversion of paper-based drawing preparation into tablet-based tasks and analysis and utilization of accumulated data with Microsoft PowerBI. Assigned with the project, Mr. Tetsuo Hideshima, the Managing Director and General Planning Manager of Nexco-East Engineering said with regard to the project policies,

“We at Nexco-East Engineering ensure that drivers can safely use expressways by providing inspections and troubleshooting all day, all year. For continuous maintenance and management of expressways, it is critical to conduct thorough inspections and diagnoses without overlooking any tiny changes in facilities and structures. To that end, streamlining and labor saving based on ICTs are imperative.”

The company also opened TTC in 2012 as a training facility to enhance performance of expressway inspection engineers. For practical training, TTC offers a training environment equipped with real power receiving and distribution equipment, ETC (automatic toll payment system) equipment, and component samples that are exactly the same as those used on expressways.


With regard to the roles of TTC, Mr. Masayuki Namiki, the General Manager of TTC said, “At TTC, over 1,000 of our engineers participate in training programs every year. They go through training to enhance skills based on the internal skill check system to become experts of expressway inspection and maintenance, called ‘highway doctors.'”

Meanwhile, highway structures and facilities have become more and more complex along with the technological advancement and, despite the hands-on learning with such training materials, levels of understanding of the mechanisms and internal structures varied among trainees. This hindered standardization of trainees’ technical levels, constituting an issue for TTC.

The issue was particularly conspicuous in education on ETC equipment. “ETC equipment is composed of multiple devices and how ETC equipment operates was explained with extensive materials such as paper-based radio communication and control signal flow charts, PowerPoint slides, and chalk talks of instructors and then tested with actual ETC devices,” said Mr. Yoshitaka Nakamura, the Manager, Facilities Construction Work Division, Facilities Construction Work Department of Nexco-East Engineering.

“However, it requires considerable time to gain understanding of associations among the training materials. Also, radio communication and control signal flows are impossible to see, so we had to rely on trainees’ imaginations. This resulted in gaps in understanding.”

In response, the company focused attention on the MR (mixed reality) and digital twin technologies. Then a project to develop an “MR for ETC equipment training” was launched out of an idea of combining a 3D model of ETC equipment as well as infrared sensors, radio communication, and data communication routes (which are invisible in reality) with the ETC practice lanes to foster better intuitive understanding.

Endeavor to develop training materials that are easy-to-use for every trainee with no example available as a model

It was DataMesh that contracted with Nexco-East Engineering for its extensive achievements and experiences in the field of digital twins and XR. Mr. Kensho Kashimada, the Director, Marketing and Sales of DataMesh Japan Co., Ltd. looked back, “At that time, there had been no similar attempts at least in Japan. The point was how we could build up MR materials that are easy-to-understand for every trainee while there was no correct answer about what the outcome should be like.”

The first step they took to that end was employment the agile development approach based on a quick PDCA cycles, rather than waterfall-model development that relies on detailed specifications from the beginning. “We carefully proceeded with the development through repeated hearing sessions with the project leading department and TTC instructors who would actually use the tool in practice,” said Mr. Kashimada.
They also received the same courses that TTC actually provides to trainees to gain knowledge of ETC equipment mechanisms and applied it to the system.

“By receiving lectures with oral explanations and 2D materials, we witnessed how difficult it is to understand the ETC mechanisms firsthand. We could also appreciate the potential value of the tool we were trying to create. So I think it was a very valuable process,” said Mr. Kashimada.

Thus, after the development period of about six months, accurate 3D models of ETC devices were made and the MR for ETC equipment training using 3D animation superimposed on ETC equipment that is visible via a tablet device or Microsoft MR device “HoloLens 2” was completed.

“Normally, accuracy of SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping) in positioning of MR superimposition depends on hardware performance. However, for this MR for ETC equipment training, SLAM features of DataMesh’s proprietary digital twin platform (FactVerse) were used to make SLAM accuracy levels of multiple devices uniform,” explained Mr. Kashimada. Ingenuities are made to realize superimposition of massive 3D data without dependence on device performance by using a technology to load necessary portions of data only.


Mr. Kashimada said those features provides trainees immersive experiences in the MR world without stressful events such as misalignment or freezing of 3D animation.

Mr. Namiki said, “It was really a tremendous work to explain invisible things verbally. But now data and radio waves are visible and this increased the level of understanding dramatically.”


Once getting used to the operational feeling of HoloLens 2, trainees can adjust the position just by reading a QR code on the display without taking any complex procedure. It was reported that instructors could acquire basic operation methods only through a one-day lecture provided by DataMesh.

The MR for ETC equipment training, which is well recognized by field operators, too, has been further improved based on feedback from instructors. Currently, additional features such as repeated playback of individual work steps and animation speed adjustment for in-depth explanation make the tool even more effective.

MR for tunnel emergency facilities training making full use of HoloLens 2 characteristics

Out of its confidence in the success of MR for ETC equipment training, Nexco-East Engineering promptly commenced next training MR development, which is the “MR for tunnel emergency facilities training.”

“The internal structure of automatic water sprinkler system for tunnel emergencies cannot be seen from the outside, so we superimposed a CG simulation of the internal water flow and developed training materials for visualizing internals and operating status,” said Mr. Nakamura.

Mr. Namiki said, “In the past, we presented pipe samples from real equipment and illustrations to teach their structures and operations, but we couldn’t actually let water through them to demonstrate the mechanism. Also, explanations somewhat varied among instructors. As with ETC equipment, the gap in levels of understanding among trainees was recognized as an issue.”

As a measure to resolve the issue, DataMesh reproduced the equipment movements from an onset of vehicle fire to watering and visualized the internal structures based on its know-how acquired through development of the MR for ETC equipment training.
Furthermore, a feature to adjust transparency of 3D animation of water flowing inside the pipe was added give trainees freedom to observe how water flows and stops inside. Implementation of realistic 3D effects of fire also give realistic experiences to enhance understanding.

Finally, quality of this MR for tunnel emergency facilities training is surprisingly high and precise even to experienced engineers including Mr. Hideshima. “From water flow and the valve opening mechanism to things going on behind pipes are all comprehensible at a glance. I sensed the poser of MR anew,” said Mr. Hideshima.

As the MR for tunnel emergency facilities training is equipped with the “pseudo reproduction feature” to learn points to check in the event of any malfunction and restoration methods, the MR system has a possibility to be applied to a future remote maintenance system.


Plus, linking tablets and other devices has enabled remote training, creating an environment where a greater number of trainees can take part.

Above all, the MR for tunnel emergency facilities training fully taps HoloLens 2 potential compared with the MR for ETC equipment training.
In fact, for training using the MR for ETC equipment training with outdoor ETC equipment, tablets are mainly used as output devices because visibility of HoloLens 2 can be deteriorated depending on sunlight intensity. On the other hand, tunnel emergency facilities are indoor equipment and not subject to sunlight. This is where HoloLens 2 comes in.

Mr. Namiki said, “While a tablet needs to be held with both hands, HoloLens 2 is a head-mounted display, which sets both hands free. So trainees can touch devices while going through MR training. It also allows individual trainees to rewind, pause, and adjust the transparency level, giving an advantage in tailoring training sessions to individual levels of understanding.”

Toward even more effective ICTs through professional collaborations

After realizing the quality training tools by using the digital twin and MR technologies, Nexco-East Engineering has a plan to further promote use of ICTs to address the issues of facilities aging and labor shortage, which are expected to be further accelerated.

Exploring possibilities of ICT usages in various scenes, Mr. Nakamura said, “We have an ambition to expand our use of ICTs beyond TTC hands-on training to online training, OJT training, establishment of hands-on safety education system to improve field safety management skills, and remote maintenance, etc.”

With a view to establishment of a system for effective use of ICTs, Mr. Namiki struggling in the field of training said, “In recent years, equipment and facilities have become more and more sophisticated and suffered less failures. It may appear to be a good thing, but on the other side of the coin, most engineers in the future could be inexperienced in failure responses. We would like to establish a system to support engineers with the power of ICTs rather than relying on experienced engineers when the time comes.”

On the other hand, Mr. Hideshima is hopeful about professional partnerships. He said, “Although we have excellent expertise in expressway technologies, we admit we cannot fully catch up with ever-improving ICT seeds and technological innovations. In that regard, we are really hopeful about continuation of partnerships with ICT professionals such as DataMesh and Microsoft Japan.”

Based on ideal partnerships in which expressway professionals and ICT professionals work together to resolve issues and mutually give valuable input to technologies and knowledge, Nexco-East Engineering will continue maintaining and advancing safety on expressways, one of the essentials of our modern lives.

“From water flow and the valve opening mechanism to things going on behind pipes are all comprehensible at a glance. I sensed the poser of MR anew,”

— Mr. Tetsuo Hideshima, Managing Director and Chief of Planning Headquarters, Nexco-East Engineering

“While a tablet needs to be held with both hands, HoloLens 2 is a head-mounted display, which sets both hands free. So trainees can touch devices while going through MR training. It also allows individual trainees to rewind, pause, and adjust the transparency level, giving an advantage in tailoring training sessions to individual levels of understanding,”

— Mr. Masayuki Namiki, General Manager, Technical Training Center Manager, Nexco-East Engineering

“We have an ambition to expand our use of ICTs beyond TTC hands-on training to online training, OJT training, establishment of hands-on safety education system to improve field safety management skills, and remote maintenance, etc.”

— Mr. Yoshitaka Nakamura, Manager, Facilities Construction Work Division, Facilities, Construction Work Department, Nexco-East Engineering

“At that time, there had been no similar attempts at least in Japan. The point was how we could build up MR materials that are easy-to-understand for every trainee while there was no correct answer about what the outcome should be like.”

— Mr. Kensho Kashimada, Director, Marketing and Sales, DataMesh Japan Co., Ltd.

This customer story was originally published by Microsoft here.

DataMesh recognized as a finalist of Mixed Reality 2020 Microsoft Partner of the Year

Seattle, WA, USA— July 13, 2020 — DataMesh today announced it has been named a finalist of Mixed Reality 2020 Microsoft Partner of the Year Award. The company was honored among a global field of top Microsoft partners for demonstrating excellence in innovation and implementation of customer solutions based on Microsoft technology.

This award is a recognition of the contribution DataMesh Director made in remote customer support during Covid-19 pandemic.

The Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards recognize Microsoft partners that have developed and delivered exceptional Microsoft-based solutions during the past year. Awards were classified in several categories, with honorees chosen from a set of more than 3,300 submitted nominations from more than 100 countries worldwide. DataMesh was recognized for providing outstanding solutions and services of Mixed Reality in China and Japan.

“It is an honor to recognize the winners and finalists of the 2020 Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards,” said Gavriella Schuster, corporate vice president, One Commercial Partner, Microsoft. “These partners go above and beyond, delivering timely solutions that solve the complex challenges that businesses around the world face – from communicating and collaborating virtually to helping customers realize their full potential with Azure cloud services, and beyond. I am proud to honor and congratulate each winner and finalist.”