Publish Remote XR Apps with NVIDIA CloudXR

You can access AR and VR applications running on a physical PC or a Windows virtual machine wirelessly with Omnissa Workspace ONE® XR Hub™. XR Hub provides easy access to Windows based AR/VR applications on devices running XR Hub using the NVIDIA CloudXR protocol.

Prerequisites

A Workspace ONE Access environment. For more information, see Installing and Configuring Omnissa Workspace ONE Access.
(Optional) If using a virtual machine to host AR/VR applications...
1. A server that is certified to run vSphere and NVIDIA vGPU, is NVIDIA certified, and capable of hosting NVIDIA GPU cards.
2. A vSphere environment with NVIDIA License Service up and running. For more information, see NVIDIA vGPU™ Deployment Guide for Omnissa Horizon 7.5 on vSphere 6.7.
3. (Optional) A functioning Omnissa Horizon environment that is connected to your Workspace ONE Access environment. For more information, see Components and Architecture (Omnissa TechZone) and Set up Your Workspace ONE Access Environment for Horizon Integration.
4. Windows 10/11 virtual machine with 4 vCPUs, 16GB vRAM, and 16GB vGPU profile.
(Optional) If using a physical PC to host AR/VR applications...
1. Install a physical NVIDIA GPU, RTX4000 or higher.
2. Ensure the PC has enough CPU and RAM to run the AR/VR apps.
NVIDIA CloudXR Server executable (available with the XR Hub download).
Optionally, download the CloudXR SDK from NVIDIA. You must register with NVIDIA to access the CloudXR SDK. For more information, see NVIDIA CloudXR.
SteamVR Runtime - https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/features/steamvr/enterprise

Standalone AR/VR Device Setup

In order to securely access remote hosted AR/VR applications on a standalone VR device, you will need to deploy the Workspace ONE XR Hub and CloudXR Client to the device.

Ensure that Workspace ONE XR Hub is installed on the device. For more information, see Configure Workspace ONE XR Hub.
Configure XR Hub application configuration with the bundle ID of CloudXR Client. For more information, see Configure Workspace ONE XR Hub.
Install CloudXR Client for headset.

Currently, the CloudXR client is available for VIVE Focus, PICO, and Meta Quest devices.
1. Download the CloudXR Client (available from the XR Hub download portal).
2. Optionally, you can downloaded the latest CloudXR SDK from NVIDIA https://www.nvidia.com/en-gb/design-visualization/solutions/cloud-xr/ Follow the instructions in the CloudXR SDK documentation to extract/create the sample client needed for your headset.
3. Deploy the CloudXR Sample Client to your XR devices using Workspace ONE UEM. For more information, see Deploying Internal Application on Android Devices.

Windows Machine Preparation

Log in to Windows desktop.
Install the latest Windows updates.
Install DirectX Runtime.
Install Steam VR (this does not require Steam) https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/features/steamvr/enterprise.
Follow the CloudXR documentation to install CloudXR WIndows executable on your Windows host.
(Tech Preview) If using Omnissa Horizon, unzip the XRHubCloudLink.zip file to C:\Program Files\XR Hub\
Launch SteamVR.
Ensure CloudXR Addon is enabled in SteamVR.
Try launching your AR/VR application from SteamVR.
Configure the desktop to auto launch SteamVR at startup.

Configure XR Hub with CloudXR Apps

In order for remote hosted AR/VR applications to appear in the Workspace ONE XR Hub, the applications must be published using one of three methods.

Once a remote hosted AR/VR application is published correctly, the application icon appears in the Workspace ONE XR Hub application catalog for users to access.

We support publishing remote hosted AR/VR applications using SteamVR and NVIDIA CloudXR.

You can publish remote hosted AR/VR applications to Workspace ONE XR Hub in three different ways.

XR Hub Application Configuration - The manual method publishes applications to XR Hub using the Workspace ONE XR Hub application configuration.
Workspace ONE Access - publishes applications running on physical PCs or applications running on virtual machines hosted on vSphere or another cloud service.
(Tech Preview) Omnissa Horizon can publish PC based VR application entitlements to XR Hub.

Publish Remote Hosted AR/VR Applications Manually

NOTE: Manual publishing means users must restart their device or the Workspace ONE XR Hub application in order to load the new configuration.

You cannot publish Omnissa Horizon hosted CloudXR applications using this method. The manual publishing approach requires that the hosting desktop is logged in and SteamVR is running. Workspace ONE XR Hub does not log the user into the desktop automatically.

Once a remote AR/VR application is correctly added and the configuration pushed to the headset, the application appears in the Immersive Apps category in the XR Hub.

If not using Workspace ONE Access, CloudXR Applications can be configured in Workspace ONE UEM using the XR Hub application configuration.

In the Workspace ONE UEM console, navigate to Resources > Apps > Native and select the Internal tab.
Select the current version number of XR Hub (for example "23.4.0.0") in the UEM Version column. The App Details View displays.
Select the Assign button at the top right of the Details View to launch the assignment window.
Select the Assignment Name to edit the XR Hub configuration for that assignment.
Select the Application Configuration tab. Enable the Send Configuration slider to edit the XR Environment settings.
Select CONFIGURE next to the Applications settings item.
Edit the CloudXR Configuration settings.

Setting Description
Application Type Remote XR
Name Enter a name for the application, such as "Remote VR App01"
URL Enter the IP address for the machine running CloudXR, for example https://192.168.1.99

Setting	Description
Application Type	Remote XR
Name	Enter a name for the application, such as "Remote VR App01"
URL	Enter the IP address for the machine running CloudXR, for example `https://192.168.1.99`

When a user selects the application icon, Workspace ONE XR Hub launches the CloudXR client and connects to the desktop using CloudXR.

If successfully connected, the user is presented with the SteamVR menu in VR.

Publish Remote Hosted AR/VR Applications Using Workspace ONE Access

Publishing remote AR/VR applications using Workspace ONE Access is done by setting up a web link application in Workspace ONE Access and configuring the URL to point to the IP of the machine hosting the AR/VR application(s).

This approach requires that the hosting desktop is logged in and SteamVR is running. Workspace ONE XR Hub does not log the user into the desktop automatically.

Once a remote AR/VR application is correctly published using Workspace ONE Access, the application appears in the Immersive Apps category in the XR Hub.

Follow these steps to publish a remote AR/VR application to XR Hub using Workspace ONE Access.

Login to the Workspace One Access Admin Console as your tenant admin.
Navigate to Resources > Web Apps.
Select New and it will display the New SaaS Application window.
Add the CloudXR App Settings

a. Add a Name for your application.

b. Upload an Icon for your application.

c. Add the application to a category called CloudXR.

d. Select Next
Add the CloudXR Configuration Settings

a. Select Authentication Type and select Web Application Link.

b. For Target URL use the CloudXR VM/PC IP Address, for example, https://192.168.1.100.

d. Select Next
Assign Users/Groups to the CloudXR Application

a. Select Save and Assign.

b. Type the users / groups you want to assign the WebXR application to.

c. For Deployment Type Select Automatic.

d. For Entitlement Type Select Include.

e. Select Save.

Once the CloudXR category is set for an application, the application/desktop appears in ONE XR Hub under the Immersive Apps category.

Login to Workspace ONE Access as the user entitled to the CloudXR app and check that the entitlement appears in the App Portal.
When a user clicks on the application icon in XR Hub, XR Hub launches the CloudXR client and connects to the desktop using CloudXR.
If successfully connected, the user is presented with the SteamVR menu in VR.

Publish Remote Hosted PC VR Applications Using Omnissa Horizon (Tech Preview)

Using Omnissa Horizon to host remote PC VR applications delivers the benefit of "single click" access to remote PC VR applications from XR Hub on standalone VR devices.

Omnissa Horizon can automatically provision virtual desktops to host PC VR applications, provides single sign-on into those virtual desktops and automatically launches the chosen PC VR application to be streamed to XR Hub.

Publish Applications using Omnissa Horizon

To publish applications using Omnissa Horizon, you must ensure that Omnissa Horizon is connected to Workspace ONE Access. For more information about integrating the two products, see Horizon Components and Architecture Diagram and Set up Your Workspace ONE Access Environment for Horizon Integration.

Once Workspace ONE Access is integrated with Omnissa Horizon, by default, Omnissa Horizon applications and desktops appear under the Horizon Apps category in Workspace ONE XR Hub.

In order to have PC VR applications appear in the Immersive Apps category in XR Hub, PC VR applications are published as VM Hosted Applications and marked with the RemoteXR category in Workspace ONE Access.

Publishing PC VR applications using Horizon's VM Hosted Application feature will ensure that the application is automatically launched once a user is connected to the Horizon desktop from XR Hub.

XR Hub Cloud Link

A component called XR Hub Cloud Link is used to orchestrate launching PC VR applications once a user is connected from XR Hub to a Horizon VM Hosted Application. XR Hub Cloud Link needs to be copied to the virtual desktop and set as the application to be launched in the application pool settings. The PC VR executable path is configured as a parameter to XR Hub Cloud Link so that the application can be launched once a VR device is connected to the Horizon desktop via XR Hub.

Requirements:

Horizon 21.11+
HTML Access is installed and configured for Horizon Connection Server.
Workspace ONE Access Connector latest version.
XR Hub 23.04+ for your VR device.
XR Hub Cloud Link for your Omnissa Horizon desktop.

To publish a remote hosted PC VR application to XR Hub, take the following steps.

Omnissa Horizon Console

Log in to Omnissa Horizon Administration console.
Create or edit the desktop pool to host PC VR applications.

Create a desktop pool using the Windows 10 desktop image you have prepared in the previous section.

a. Set the Session Types to Application.

b. Set Automatically Logoff After Disconnect to Never.

c. Set HTML Access to Enabled.
Create an application pool with the following parameters:

a. Application Pool Type: Desktop Pool.

b. Path: C:\Program Files\XR Hub\XRHubCloudLink.exe

c. Parameter: -link -runApp --app-name "PATH TO YOUR VR APP EXE"

d. Pre-Launch: Disabled.

e. For more information, see Omnissa Horizon 7.9 Desktop Application Publishing - Feature Walk-Through.

f. Ensure users is entitled to the application pool and desktop pool.
Save the changes.

Workspace ONE Access Console

Log in to Workspace ONE Access Console as an administrator.
Sync Virtual Apps Collection - Resources > Virtual Apps Collection > Select the instance of Horizon > Sync
Go to Virtual Apps
Add the Horizon application(s) to the RemoteXR category (you might need to add this category).
Log in to Workspace ONE Access as the user entitled to the application and confirm that the entitlement appears in the App Portal.

Once the category RemoteXR is added to the application, the application/desktop appears in the Workspace ONE XR Hub app under the Immersive App category.

When a user clicks on the application icon, the virtual desktop or application is provisioned/powered on by Omnissa Horizon. The user is logged into the desktop automatically. SteamVR then starts. At that point, Workspace ONE XR Hub launches the CloudXR client and connects to the desktop using CloudXR.