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HoloLens Beginner???s Guide

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786464729
Length 376 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface Welcome to the New World FREE CHAPTER HoloWorld I am in Control User-Friendly Interface Now That Is How It Should Sound Not So Blank Spaces The Tools of the Trade Share What You Have Got Putting It All Together Fixing Problems

Installing the HoloToolkit


Now that we have a basic understanding of prefabs out of the way, we will need to install the HoloToolkit (HTK) in our project in order to get into user input. The HTK is a collection of useful tools and examples of how to implement them. Many of the tools that have been designed for the HoloLens are in this very useful repository. The group contributing to the HTK are very active and major changes happen weekly; it is highly recommended that you keep up with the ongoing changes:

  1. First, you will need to find the HoloToolkit ZIP file that you downloaded (or download it now from https://github.com/Microsoft/HoloToolkit-Unity ) and extract it to your desktop or to a temporary directory.
  2. Open the directory that you extracted the files to and double-click on the Assets folder.
  3. Select all the files in that directory either with your mouse or using Ctrl A.
  4. Split the screen between your Unity window and your extraction directory:

Screen split between Unity window and directory...

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