In future, both work and play will shift to an immersive virtual world, now referred to as the metaverse. It symbolises the dawn of a digital revolution occuring globally.

Boeing factory of the future will have immersive 3-D engineering supplemented by robots. Mechanics will be across the globe by linking HoloLens headsets made by Microsoft. The aim is to improve quality and safety of the aircraft and to assert its engineering capability. The estimated investment is to be $ 15 billion. It wants to put behind its structural flaws affecting its 787 Dreamliner.

Boeing, the US company, is in competition with the European Airbus. It seeks to invent new production systems and leverage the power of data to optimise its industrial system. Instead of incremental advances, it opts for the systemic overhaul.