Around : augmented reality multi-platform tool in the value chain of Thales Alenia Space

For Thales Alenia Space (TAS), the innovation is one of company strategies, is for that reason they invest some resource in Augmented Reality research. Following this, the Innovation, Research and Development service (IRD) of Thales Alenia Space in Toulouse has the idea of developing a multiplatform application which allows connecting any device each other, comprising the new Augmented Reality device generation, to work simultaneously on a downloadable 3D model and displaying it in a real context by using Augmented Reality. So, this project idea was assigned as an internship project and it will be reported in this document. First, the document introduces the enterprise context, its main activities and how it is organized and structured. Then, it explains the project and the internship framework, their objective and the procedure executed to achieve the project goals following some foundation of agile software development. Second, the technologies and application’s components used in this project are subsequently detailed in order to clarify the principle of some tools performed and why they were selected for the application development. The Augmented Reality used is based on the visual feature tracking and it is performed by Vuforia plugin, the communication and synchronization between each device are handled by Unity Networking API and Unity engine allows build cross-platform applications including Hololens device. Finally, the results and the conclusion for the follow-up of this project are shown. Arguably, the results were positive; the goal of developing an application which meets the requirements was achieved and it is remarkable the potential of this application. For now, the application could be used in conference and meetings where talk about a 3D CAD model is expected, furthermore, the application could be potentially exploited during conception process if IRD continues to work on its development