Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) has announced its next aircraft will also be created in the metaverse as well as in reality.
"It's about strengthening engineering," Boeing's chief engineer, Greg Hyslop, told Reuters, adding it is "changing the way [it] works across the entire company."
"Is it worth pursuing? By all means," Teal Group analyst Richard Aboulafia said, before adding: "Will it solve all their problems? No."
Airbus has also pledged to "invent new production systems and leverage the power of data" to optimise its industrial system.
The simultaneous entry to the metaverse by both plane giants symbolises the ongoing digital revolution occurring.
Ford and Facebook have also committed to a huge investment in the metaverse in recent months.
Boeing's goal is for its next new aircraft to build and link virtual three-dimensional "digital twin" replicas of its jets.
They are backed by a "digital thread" that stitches together every piece of information about the aircraft from specs to parts and thousands of pages of certification documents.
There were many technical problems with Boeing’s 777X mini-jumbo and T-7A RedHawk military training jet, which were both developed via digital tools.
Despite this, Hyslop insists "you will get speed, you will get improved quality, better communication, and better responsiveness when issues occur."
Boeing built the first T-7A jets in simulation, following a model-based design, and was brought to market in just 36 months.
Other large aircraft companies have already invested in digital technology including aircraft parts maker Spirit AeroSystems, while many major planemakers have partnered with French software maker Dassault Systèmes.