As organisations seek to scale digital twins across increasingly complex operations, the challenge is often less about technology and more about connecting data, systems, and people. In this presentation at Future Digital Twin & AI USA 2026, Athicha Dhanormchitphong, Digital Realities Ecosystem Architect, and Kyle Daughtry, Digital Reality, 3D Visual Digital Twin & XR Product Manager at ExxonMobil, share how the company is building a Digital Reality Ecosystem designed to create a visual and spatial source of truth across its global operations.
The session explores ExxonMobil’s approach to integrating equipment data, engineering information, reality capture, 2D documentation, and 3D models into a connected digital environment. By establishing stronger relationships between what assets are, where they are, and how they operate, the company is enabling new ways of working that support remote planning, engineering collaboration, operational awareness, and workforce productivity.
Athicha and Kyle also outline the foundations required to support digital twin deployment at scale. From data capture and governance to storage, interoperability, delivery, and consumption, the presentation highlights the importance of open architectures and standardised approaches that allow information to move seamlessly across systems and applications. Rather than relying on a single platform, ExxonMobil’s strategy focuses on creating a flexible ecosystem capable of supporting a wide range of operational use cases.
Looking ahead, the speakers emphasise the importance of industry collaboration in advancing digital twin adoption. Through participation in initiatives such as the Open Digital Ecosystem and Digital Twin Consortium, ExxonMobil is working alongside industry partners to promote interoperability, open standards, and shared frameworks that can accelerate innovation and help unlock the full value of digital transformation across the energy sector.
Speakers
- Athicha Dhanormchitphong , Digital Realities Ecosystem Architect, ExxonMobil
- Kyle Daughtry , Digital and Extended Realities (VR/AR/3D/Digital Twin) Product Manager, ExxonMobil
