Aramco unveils 4IR Centre
01 April 2019
Saudi Aramco has unveiled its Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) Centre, where technological and digital innovation is transforming the way in which the company runs its operations.
A remodelled and vastly expanded office wing has been converted into the 4IR Centre at Aramco’s premises in Dhahran.
Some 2,500 sq m of office space was remodelled in the construction process. The facility features 279 sq m of video walls, with a total of more than 109 million pixels pitch that split into multiple clusters and zones.
Visitors are welcomed by a “V-receptionist” hologram that provides safety instructions and gives an overview of the centre. At the heart of the centre is the futuristic circular bright space of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Hub, which is ringed by a massive concave video screen on which over 20 operational solutions are displayed. It is one of the biggest screens of its kind in the world.
Next to the AI Hub is the “VR Zone,” which is used to develop, prototype, and train for augmented and virtual reality, among other capabilities. This hub can be used to visualise plant assets and to get a live sense of the plant experience from a simulation booth.
The centre also has the capability demonstrating operational use cases of air, ground, and underwater robots through the “UAV Space”.
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