Digital twins of retail spaces are a simple and cost-effective way to stay on top of maintenance issues and train employees on new processes. Matterport digital tags, known as Mattertags, are used to label equipment within the 3D space to document repairs, upkeep requests and training information.

Matterport not only delivers an accurate 3D visual representation of stores but the data behind it. Employees have easy and intuitive access to information that would have been impossible to find buried inside emails and spreadsheets, including accurate measurements of the entire store and dimensions of the aisles, equipment and anything else within it. Digital twins of stores can be used to plan merchandising, seasonal and promotional rollouts, too.

Employees also benefit from 3D walkthroughs of the stores they will be working in. New or visiting employees can gain access to a store from their own computer to quickly understand the flow of the space without the need for an in-person walkthrough. Helping new employees learn their way around means they can hit the ground running when they start, effectively minimising the time required to train new recruits on-site.

Acquiring, constructing, remodelling and rebranding retail sites are tasks that require accurate physical details and measurements to enable effective collaboration with architectural firms and third-party contractors. Matterport captures the data needed for more precise bids without time-consuming site visits and helps to accelerate decision-making. Designers can generate accurate point cloud data directly from a Matterport 3D digital twin to quickly create CAD, Revit or SketchUp models. 3D design templates can be easily replicated for other stores.