Outsight partners with MWC 2026 for the Airport of the Future exhibition

Paris, 14 November 2025 – Outsight, the global leader in Spatial AI technology, today announces that it will participate in the newly launched ‘Airport of the Future’ dedicated airport technology Hall at MWC in Barcelona which will take place from 2-5 March 2026.

Outsight will demonstrate a live, full-scale digital twin of the exhibition as well as a live direct connection to an international airport, showcasing how massive data analyses and management can make airports safer and more efficient.

The Airport of the Future is an immersive exhibition experience offering a glimpse into how airports and air travel will transform in the coming decades through cutting-edge technology and seamless wireless connectivity.

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Outsight – Airport of the Future’s Spatial AI Technology Partner - will create a live, full-scale motional digital twin of the exhibition.

Outsight’s 3D Spatial monitoring effortlessly monitors tens of thousands of travelers concurrently, each with their unique tracking ID, spanning the entire airport or terminal, from curb to the gate.

It accurately manages risks ranging from unauthorized access to overcrowding, both indoors and outdoors. It also enables accurate infrastructure planning by developing trend analysis and simulation with historical data that leads to better data driven decisions.

Motional Digital Twins provide a continuously updating virtual replica of the airport in 3D and in real-time.

These dynamic, interactive maps let officials visualize, measure, predict, and manage operations from a central dashboard. Through a simple web interface, airport teams can monitor passenger flows, follow alerts in real time and forecast future trends.

Proven in Complex Airport Environments

Outsight’s 3D Spatial solutions are deployed at large scale in major airports across the world, where they digitize and monitor the journeys of over 280 million passengers each year.

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Raul Bravo, President and co-founder of Outsight: “We are proud to be a partner of the newly launched Airport of the Future zone at MWC Barcelona. This will be the perfect opportunity to demonstrate how Spatial AI based on Lidar technology is transforming the next generation of airport operations and passenger experiences. As the global leader in enterprise-grade Spatial Intelligence, we’re excited to showcase how our Motional Digital Twin platform is helping drive innovation for airport security and infrastructure. ”

Visit Outsight at MWC 2026 (March 2-5, 2026): Fira de Barcelona’s Gran Via, Airport of the Future, South Entrance, with easy access from the South Entrance and Hall 2.

For more information visit: www.mwcbarcelona.com/airport-of-the-future-exhibition

About Outsight

Outsight’s Physical AI continuously digitizes the movement, behavior, and interactions of people, vehicles and robots at scale, producing real-time Spatial Intelligence built on 3D LiDAR data and enriched with other available data sources.

Operators of large, complex environments, including transportation hubs such as airports and train stations, sports and entertainment venues, road infrastructure, and industrial sites, rely on this Spatial Intelligence to enhance operations, improve visitor experiences, and strengthen safety and security.

We support customers across five continents from our offices in Paris, San Francisco, Singapore and Hong Kong, driven by the belief that accelerating the global adoption of Spatial Intelligence will lead to a smarter, safer, and more sustainable world.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the 'Airport of the Future' exhibition at MWC Barcelona?

The Airport of the Future is a dedicated airport technology hall within MWC Barcelona, launched in 2026 to showcase how airports and air travel will change over the coming decades. It focuses on emerging technologies and wireless connectivity applied to airport operations. Outsight serves as the exhibition's Spatial AI Technology Partner, providing real-time 3D insights through its SHIFT platform to demonstrate live infrastructure-based intelligence across the hall. MWC Barcelona is one of the largest mobile and connectivity trade events in the world, held annually at Fira de Barcelona's Gran Via, giving aviation technology vendors direct access to an audience of telecommunications, infrastructure, and enterprise technology decision-makers.

How does a live digital twin demo at a trade show actually work?

A live in-venue digital twin deploys LiDAR sensors across the exhibition floor during the event itself, tracking the positions and flows of attendees in real time. The processed output feeds a 3D visualization that visitors can observe updating in the moment. At the MWC 2026 Airport of the Future exhibition, Outsight's SHIFT platform powers exactly this setup, with an additional live data connection to an operational international airport so attendees can compare a controlled exhibition environment with a full-scale production deployment side by side. That pairing illustrates how the same Motional Digital Twin technology scales from a temporary venue floor to a permanent infrastructure deployment without changes to the underlying pipeline.

Why would airport operators attend a mobile and telecom conference like MWC?

Modern airport operational technology depends heavily on connectivity infrastructure: sensor networks, real-time data pipelines, and edge-to-cloud architectures all run over the same wireless and wired layers that MWC's exhibitors and attendees represent. Airport operators increasingly source operational intelligence tools, IoT platforms, and network equipment from vendors who originate in the telecom and enterprise connectivity space rather than in traditional aviation-specific channels. This convergence is exactly why Outsight is serving as the Spatial AI Technology Partner for MWC 2026's Airport of the Future exhibition, demonstrating how 3D LiDAR-based infrastructure and the SHIFT platform deliver real-time situational awareness at the scale of major international airports.

Can a Motional Digital Twin monitor outdoor curbside and indoor terminal areas from a single platform?

Yes. LiDAR sensors operate in any lighting condition and are unaffected by direct sunlight, darkness, or adverse weather, which makes them viable for outdoor curbside environments as well as indoor concourses and terminals. Outsight's Motional Digital Twin fuses data from sensors deployed across both zones into a single shared 3D point cloud, so operators can track a passenger's trajectory from the moment a vehicle drops them at the curb through security and all the way to the gate without switching between separate systems. Deployments such as Dallas Fort Worth and Paris-Charles de Gaulle demonstrate this multi-zone capability at scale, covering both landside and airside areas within one unified platform.

How does historical LiDAR data support airport infrastructure planning decisions?

A Motional Digital Twin stores trajectory and behavioral data continuously, building months of structured spatial records. Outsight's SHIFT platform allows planners to query that archive to identify recurring bottlenecks, measure how passenger volumes vary by hour, day, and season, and validate whether a proposed layout change would improve or worsen flow before any physical work begins. Because the data carries per-entity detail rather than aggregate counts, it supports scenario simulations that simple people-counting systems cannot replicate. Deployments such as Dallas Fort Worth and Paris-Charles de Gaulle illustrate how this depth of historical spatial data translates into more informed, evidence-based infrastructure decisions at large, complex airports.

What is Outsight's role at MWC 2026 and where is the booth located?

Outsight holds the title of Spatial AI Technology Partner for the Airport of the Future exhibition at MWC 2026, which runs from March 2 to 5, 2026. The stand is located in Fira de Barcelona's Gran Via complex, inside the Airport of the Future zone near the South Entrance and adjacent to Hall 2. As the designated spatial AI partner, Outsight is responsible for the live 3D tracking infrastructure that powers the exhibition's real-time digital twin demonstration, drawing on the same SHIFT platform deployed at large-scale airport environments such as Dallas Fort Worth and Paris-Charles de Gaulle.