Accenture

Together with the SAP Global Innovation team we created an experiment to invent new ways to manage integrated business planning globally with virtual reality. The concept is based on a real-world pain point in the forecasting journey for global manufacturers.

The SAP Realtime 3D Command Room provides a virtual environment that can be visited by any distributed team member. Instead of raw data in Excel and screenshots from SAP desktop applications, the environment provides a realtime 3D overview of a supply chain and the issues in integrated business planning identified by SAP systems. Teams can communicate, simulate forecasts, and see impact immediately.

I was responsible for overall design, 3D modelling, project management and product ownership. I was also part of the distributed development team and led the development sprints as scrum master.

For my first task at Accenture I managed to convince the Dutch leadership team to take the yearly all-people townhall into virtual reality. I was responsible for leading the project, directing design, overseeing development and QA, and setting up the program.

A virtual dome-shaped space was placed on the Gustav Mahlerplein right in front of the physical Accenture head office in Amsterdam. Our Netherlands Managing Director did a presentation and Q&A, we had virtual guests from Italy, and around the space realtime 3D presentations of Accenture projects were scattered for visitors to discover. 250+ concurrent visitors overheated the local Wi-Fi network and made it a success.

Besides learning the craft of XR engineering, during my time at Accenture I was also an XR evangelist. Both internally and at clients, I hosted inspiration sessions, workshops, festivals, townhalls, QBRs and other activities to promote and demonstrate the value of XR.

For conventions and events I created custom demos. The silent alarm demo shows how AR technology and real-world anchoring can help visualise possible alarm signals over long distances using mobile phones.