XR Platform – Workflow

Workflow

Three main roles are involved in the workflow when using the XR Platform:

The XR App Owner (you)

The XR App Developer

The XR App IT Support

The XR App owner is the product owner of the XR App

On the workflow illustration below, the XR App Owner works with an external agency for the developement of the XR App.

The XR App developer must master Unity development

Note that you can work with an internal Unity skilled person or with a specialized external agency.

On the workflow illustration below, the XR App Developer belongs to an external agency.

The XR App IT Support is part of SG Group Digital & IT

The XR App IT Support will guarantee the access to the up-to-date version of the XR framework to the external agency.

The process of using the XR-Platform consists of 8 steps:

The Owner sends the Developer its book of specification resulting of previous workshops (see section “How to?”) and usually previous exchanges with the external agency, the NDA (Non Disclosure Agreement) and the SIP (Security Insurance Plan)
The Developer returns all legal documents duly signed
The Owner contacts the IT Support to provide access to the XR framework hosted on Saint-Gobain’s GitLab
The IT Support provides the Developer with temporary read-only access to the GitLab
The Developer downloads the XR framework on his computer
The Developer develops the XR App using the XR framework and by applying state-of-the-art developing methods like Agile
By this way, he will have access to advanced features like multi-user experience, acoustic rendering, etc… and save a lot of time in development (at least 30%)
When the XR App is validated by the Owner, the source code and the App are uploaded by the Developer to a repository, e.g. One Drive
The Owner uploads the XR App on the VR headset using for example the SideQuest software utility.