The Past and Future of Digital Twins at Autodesk: From Project Dasher to Autodesk Tandem and Beyond

DC I/O 2021 Keynote Paper by KEAN WALMSLEY.

Abstract

Autodesk Research began its journey to explore the future of connected Digital Twins at the end of 2009. The main driver for this effort was sustainability: helping operators improve the efficiency of buildings on a wide scale has the potential to significantly reduce humanity’s impact on the planet.

Presentation

Video Recording.

Conference Paper

Conference Paper.

Keywords

Digital Twins, Project Dasher, BMS, TANDEM.

Reference

DOI: https://doi.org/10.47330/DCIO.2021.ENAB9070

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