Opportunities:Challenges: 
  • Customer interaction: personal conversations in virtual worlds with interactive tools and animated product presentations  
  • Sustainable use of resources: 36% of the companies questioned see real added value in saving energy and costs through less business trips and physical input  
  • Greater employee loyalty and motivation: 44% of companies believe that interactive learning and training opportunities improve collaboration within the company  
  • Social networking and exchange: joint virtual networking with individual feature opportunities for a more personal exchange  

 

  • 76% of companies see the issue of data protection and cyberattacks as the biggest challenge of the metaverse  
    • Solution: selecting a GDPR-compliant and secure platform, more sensitive handling and training for protection and risk awareness, choosing a suitable server location  
  •  52% of companies see a lack of know-how as an obstacle  
    • Solution: Promote the use of digital media and use self-service tools or no-code platforms that are easy to use without programming knowledge  
  • 44% perceive uncertainties regarding regulations and laws in digital spaces as problematic  
    • Solution: Countries and associations such as the EU are already working on laws and guidelines for the digital space. For example, the Digital Markets Act is intended to combat market dominance on digital platforms.[2] 
Opportunities:Challenges: 
  • Customer interaction: personal conversations in virtual worlds with interactive tools and animated product presentations  
  • Sustainable use of resources: 36% of the companies questioned see real added value in saving energy and costs through less business trips and physical input  
  • Greater employee loyalty and motivation: 44% of companies believe that interactive learning and training opportunities improve collaboration within the company  
  • Social networking and exchange: joint virtual networking with individual feature opportunities for a more personal exchange  

 

  • 76% of companies see the issue of data protection and cyberattacks as the biggest challenge of the metaverse  
    • Solution: selecting a GDPR-compliant and secure platform, more sensitive handling and training for protection and risk awareness, choosing a suitable server location  
  •  52% of companies see a lack of know-how as an obstacle  
    • Solution: Promote the use of digital media and use self-service tools or no-code platforms that are easy to use without programming knowledge  
  • 44% perceive uncertainties regarding regulations and laws in digital spaces as problematic  
    • Solution: Countries and associations such as the EU are already working on laws and guidelines for the digital space. For example, the Digital Markets Act is intended to combat market dominance on digital platforms.[2] 

Supported CAD Formats

Format
Version
Extensions
Autodesk DWF
Any
DWF, DWFX
Autodesk Inventor
Up to 2020
IPT, IAM
CATIA V4
Up to 4.2.5
MODEL, SESSION, DLV, EXP
CATIA V5
R18 to R29
cgr, CATPart, CATProcess, CATProduct
CATIA V6 / 3DExperience
Up to V5-6 R2019 (R29)
3DXML
Creo - Pro/E
Pro/Engineer 19.0 to Creo 6.0
ASM, NEU, PRT, XAS, XPR
IFC
IFC2x Editions 2, 3 and 4
IFC, IFCZIP
IGES
5.1, 5.2, 5.3
IGS, IGES
JT
8.1 to 10.7
 
NX - Unigraphics
V11.0 to NX 12.0, and 1847
PRT
PLMXML
 
 
Solid Edge
V19 - 20, ST - ST10, 2019
ASM, PAR, PWD, PSM
SolidWorks 4
From 97 up to 2019
SLDASM, SLDPRT
STEP
AP 203 E1/E2, AP 214, AP 242
STP, STEP, STPZ
STEP/XML
Any
STPX, STPXZ