2017 IoT Niche
Digital Twins
What Gartner Predicted
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Digital representations of real-world things would be used for simulation, analysis, and control. Within 3-5 years, billions of things would have digital twins.
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Prediction Accuracy
3/5
Mixed — digital twins became valuable in manufacturing, aerospace, and urban planning, but 'billions of digital twins' was overly ambitious. Strong niche technology, not universal.