diff --git a/applications/plugins/Communication/CMakeLists.txt b/applications/plugins/Communication/CMakeLists.txt
index b5ce21444fc..f042711b8c7 100755
--- a/applications/plugins/Communication/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/applications/plugins/Communication/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ option(PLUGIN_COMMUNICATION_VRPN "Make use of the VRPN protocol" OFF)
 set(COMMUNICATION_MAJOR_VERSION 1)
 set(COMMUNICATION_MINOR_VERSION 0)
 set(COMMUNICATION_VERSION ${COMMUNICATION_MAJOR_VERSION}.${COMMUNICATION_MINOR_VERSION})
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
 
 set(HEADER_FILES
     config.h
@@ -135,4 +138,4 @@ install(TARGETS ${PROJECT_NAME}
     COMPONENT Communication_libraries
     RUNTIME DESTINATION bin
     LIBRARY DESTINATION lib
-    ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib)
+    ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib)
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diff --git a/applications/plugins/Communication/components/serverCommunicationVRPN.inl b/applications/plugins/Communication/components/serverCommunicationVRPN.inl
index f6d719ddcc6..0d0c1fb697e 100644
--- a/applications/plugins/Communication/components/serverCommunicationVRPN.inl
+++ b/applications/plugins/Communication/components/serverCommunicationVRPN.inl
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ void ServerCommunicationVRPN::createVRPNMessage(CommunicationSubscriber* subscri
 void ServerCommunicationVRPN::receiveData()
 {
     std::string address = d_address.getValueString();
-    std::vector<vrpn_BaseClass*> receivers;
+    std::vector<std::unique_ptr<vrpn_BaseClass>> receivers;
 
     std::map<std::string, CommunicationSubscriber*> subscribersMap = getSubscribers();
     if (subscribersMap.size() == 0)
@@ -236,24 +236,24 @@ void ServerCommunicationVRPN::receiveData()
         const char *device = str.c_str();
 
         //Recieving Text via VRPN
-        vrpn_Text_Receiver *vrpnText = new vrpn_Text_Receiver(device);
+        std::unique_ptr<vrpn_Text_Receiver> vrpnText =  std::make_unique<vrpn_Text_Receiver>(device);
         vrpnText->register_message_handler( (void*) this, processTextMessage );
-        receivers.push_back(vrpnText);
+        receivers.push_back(std::move(vrpnText));
 
         //Receiving Analog via VRPN
-        vrpn_Analog_Remote *vrpnAnalog = new vrpn_Analog_Remote(device);
+        std::unique_ptr<vrpn_Analog_Remote> vrpnAnalog = std::make_unique<vrpn_Analog_Remote>(device);
         vrpnAnalog->register_change_handler( (void*) this, processAnalogMessage);
-        receivers.push_back(vrpnAnalog);
+        receivers.push_back(std::move(vrpnAnalog));
 
         //Receiving Tracker via VRPN
-        // vrpn_Tracker_Remote *vrpnTracker = new vrpn_Tracker_Remote(device);
+        // std::unique_ptr<vrpn_Tracker_Remote> *vrpnTracker = std::make_unique<vrpn_Tracker_Remote>(device);
         // vrpnTracker->register_change_handler( (void*) this, processTrackerMessage);
-        // receivers.push_back(vrpnTracker);
+        // receivers.push_back(std::move(vrpnTracker));
     }
 
     while(this->m_running)
     {
-        for(auto rec : receivers )
+        for(std::unique_ptr<vrpn_BaseClass>&rec : receivers )
         {
             rec->mainloop();
         }
@@ -426,4 +426,4 @@ std::string ServerCommunicationVRPN::getArgumentType(std::string value)
 }
 }   //communication
 }   //component
-}   //sofa
+}   //sofa
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