Cluster Fully Enters Digital Twin, Physical AI, and Research Domains; Announces New 'Business Development Department' at TakeOff Tokyo 2026
Cluster Inc., operator of a major metaverse platform, has established a 'Business Development Department' to integrate digital twins, physical AI, and research. Leveraging its infrastructure for massive simultaneous connections and behavior analysis, the company will provide one-stop solutions for industrial DX in sectors like construction and manufacturing.
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Cluster Inc. (Headquarters: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and CEO: Naoto Kato; hereinafter 'Cluster') announced the establishment of its 'Business Development Department' during a session at the international startup conference 'TakeOff Tokyo 2026' held on Wednesday, April 1, 2026. This specialized organization integrates the three business areas of Digital Twin, Physical AI, and Research, providing consistent support from business conception to technical implementation and operation.
By utilizing the technological assets cultivated through its metaverse platform 'cluster'—including its massive simultaneous connection infrastructure, 3D space generation technology, and behavioral data analysis—the company will offer one-stop solutions to a wide range of industries, including construction, real estate, mobility, manufacturing, infrastructure, and facility management. These services will cover everything from problem-solving and new business development to technical development and delivery.
### Background and Challenges
In industries such as construction, manufacturing, and mobility, the movement to reproduce buildings, towns, and products in 3D data is spreading rapidly. However, the ability to actually see and use this 3D data is currently limited to experts who can handle specialized software. Building owners, site managers, and residents cannot easily interact with it.
While the adoption of digital twins is progressing, current applications often stop at 'visualizing space in 3D.' Due to large data sizes and heavy processing, it remains technically difficult for multiple people to enter, walk around, and discuss within that space simultaneously.
Consequently, unlike real spaces, these 3D-replicated digital twins of buildings and towns currently lack people. If people could enter and walk around, data on 'where people gather,' 'which paths they choose,' and 'what they stop for' would become visible. Furthermore, simultaneous entry by multiple people would enable activities that only happen when people gather, such as remote design reviews, site-replicated training, and consensus building among stakeholders.
By feeding back both this data and human activity to the physical side, it becomes possible to improve the design and operation of buildings, towns, mobility, and manufacturing.
Through our self-developed and operated platform 'cluster,' we have built an infrastructure that allows up to 100,000 people to enter the same space simultaneously, regardless of the device (PC, smartphone, VR goggles). We have also accumulated technology for capturing and analyzing data on how people behave within these spaces. By expanding these 'technology assets that connect people and space' into industrial domains, we will add the 'human' element to digital twins and build an environment where data and experiences circulate bidirectionally between the real and digital worlds.
### Features of the Business Development Department
The Business Development Department integrates three functions into one organization.
By utilizing the technological assets cultivated through its metaverse platform 'cluster'—including its massive simultaneous connection infrastructure, 3D space generation technology, and behavioral data analysis—the company will offer one-stop solutions to a wide range of industries, including construction, real estate, mobility, manufacturing, infrastructure, and facility management. These services will cover everything from problem-solving and new business development to technical development and delivery.
### Background and Challenges
In industries such as construction, manufacturing, and mobility, the movement to reproduce buildings, towns, and products in 3D data is spreading rapidly. However, the ability to actually see and use this 3D data is currently limited to experts who can handle specialized software. Building owners, site managers, and residents cannot easily interact with it.
While the adoption of digital twins is progressing, current applications often stop at 'visualizing space in 3D.' Due to large data sizes and heavy processing, it remains technically difficult for multiple people to enter, walk around, and discuss within that space simultaneously.
Consequently, unlike real spaces, these 3D-replicated digital twins of buildings and towns currently lack people. If people could enter and walk around, data on 'where people gather,' 'which paths they choose,' and 'what they stop for' would become visible. Furthermore, simultaneous entry by multiple people would enable activities that only happen when people gather, such as remote design reviews, site-replicated training, and consensus building among stakeholders.
By feeding back both this data and human activity to the physical side, it becomes possible to improve the design and operation of buildings, towns, mobility, and manufacturing.
Through our self-developed and operated platform 'cluster,' we have built an infrastructure that allows up to 100,000 people to enter the same space simultaneously, regardless of the device (PC, smartphone, VR goggles). We have also accumulated technology for capturing and analyzing data on how people behave within these spaces. By expanding these 'technology assets that connect people and space' into industrial domains, we will add the 'human' element to digital twins and build an environment where data and experiences circulate bidirectionally between the real and digital worlds.
### Features of the Business Development Department
The Business Development Department integrates three functions into one organization.