{"id":10711,"date":"2020-10-19T16:52:14","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T14:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.laval-virtual.com\/?p=10711"},"modified":"2020-11-04T09:14:56","modified_gmt":"2020-11-04T08:14:56","slug":"shariiing-for-you-collaborative-solution-made-in-bordeaux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.laval-virtual.com\/en\/shariiing-for-you-collaborative-solution-made-in-bordeaux\/","title":{"rendered":"Shariiing for You, collaborative solution made in Bordeaux"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since 1994, Immersion has been asseterting itself as a European expert of collaborative solutions. In 26 years, this Bordeaux-based company has built up this expertise through numerous virtual and augmented reality<\/a> products and solutions. In 2020, sensing the importance of collaboration in companies, Immersion’s teams develop Shariiing for You, a remote collaborative solution to “boost teamwork”. Christophe Chartier, co-founder and president of Immersion, tells us the story and the birth of this project.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How was the Shariiing project born?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In 2014-2015, we started to sell a software that was the result of research projects on decision support in crisis management: Shariiing<\/a>. It was a new turn for Immersion<\/a>, because it’s not our core business to sell hardware or to integrate customized solutions. At first, those research projects Initially, these research projects were mainly intended for the military, special forces, fire brigade markets. It became clear that the problem these people were facing was above all the need to make decisions in complex and stressful environments, with multidisciplinary teams and crisis management strategies (pandemic, attack). This software was created to respond to these crisis issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We realised that this ambition corresponded quite well with the evolution of industry and the way of working with globalisation. So we did the test and we saw that some manufacturers were beginning to adopt Shariiing, to help them decide on Ariane 6 designs, for example, on industrial problems, etc. We thought that it might be worthwhile to turn this prototype product resulting from research into a real industrial software. Then we gradually developed Shariiing in a new version : Shariiing Advanced<\/a>. Today it is marketed with a few hundred licences. And we are really pushing Immersion’s strategy towards this software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So it was initially a solution for companies?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Yes, Shariiing Advanced is dedicated to workplaces: meeting rooms, showrooms, etc. The software mainly works on company networks. We were not on the web; it was a wish and a technical choice to meet the security challenges. When we work with clients such as Airbus, Renault, Ariane Groupe, it is out of the question to be on the web because there are risks of spreading information. All our developments are therefore stored directly at the customer’s site. But we are aware that the deployment of this type of tool must not remain confidential. Today, collaboration and working together is everyone’s business. We therefore thought of developing a web version, for a launch at the end of 2020. But when we saw what happened with the confinement, everyone who had to work daily on tools such as Zoom, Teams, Skype, we had a click about the problems of digital sovereignty. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In April, the Immersion software teams were gathered to imagine a full-web and free version of Shariiing for the beginning of June: Shariiing for You<\/a>. The idea was not at all to make the buzz. The objective was to bring value to the product and a different approach compared to all the other solutions I mentioned before. And the challenge was taken up!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few words about Shariiing for You, this new web version open to all?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In addition to seeing each other by videoconference, the product allows you to share documents and meet up to eight people; for us, this is a figure that is ideal for decision support. Up to eight documents can be shared, everyone can interact on them very easily, make ephemeral annotations. You can also connect with your phone, which is often a paying option in other solutions. All you need is the link to the invitation and join the meeting. You can thus share your camera but also make live annotations. These are simple features that can be very useful in the construction sector in particular. The most important thing is that you don’t need to install an application, the connection is made through the browser. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In short, it is a French tool, simple, clever<\/strong> and man-centred. We wanted it to be usable by everyone, and it will remain free of charge. The challenge was to contribute, at our level, to supporting the economic rebound of companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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