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HoloLens Blueprints
HoloLens Blueprints

HoloLens Blueprints: Build immersive AR and Mixed Reality Applications

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HoloLens Blueprints

HoloLens – The Most Natural Way to Interact

Microsoft HoloLens is the most powerful MR personal computing Windows device. It allows you to place your digital content in the real physical world where it matters most to you. This is what is called a MR device, one that tries to blend the real and digital worlds seamlessly and provides new ways to visualize the world beyond the screens. The boundaries between the real and the digital world start to blur, and you can interact with the digital world very similarly to how you would interact with the real physical world.

What is it about HoloLens that makes it stand out from the other devices in this genre? It is the fact that Microsoft HoloLens is the first fully untethered, self-contained computer running on Windows 10. Yes, that's right: no hassle of wires, additional cables, or connection to a computer or additional device...

A closer look at HoloLens hardware

This self-contained, fully untethered holographic computer, the HoloLens, is a see-through combination of holographic lenses that capture data using an array of sensors and uses the power of processing units to understand the real and holographic environment around you. This hands-free device is made up of several sensors, cameras, and lenses put together in a lightweight head mounted device. It can be comfortably fitted over the head and adjusted as per your comfort.

It consists of specialized speakers, placed just above the ear position, which produce a floating surrounding sound. Everything is elegantly fitted and secured inside the HMD. The device produces data every millisecond and the power of processing units will take care of it with the ultimate design and processing powers.

To develop applications, it is essential to understand the...

Cortana on HoloLens

Cortana is your personal assistant working on your phone, PC, and Tablets running on Windows 10. The HoloLens device running on Windows 10 is no exception; it has support for Cortana.

By default, Cortana is on when you use the device for the very first time. You can start by just saying "Hey Cortana" anytime while using the HoloLens. Be it opening an App, controlling the brightness, taking a picture, or even shutting down or restarting your device, you can always use Cortana's assistance.

At the time of writing this book, Cortana on HoloLens was available in English only.

You can turn Cortana off or change its settings from Cortana's settings options.

To shut down your device, you can just say "Hey Cortana, turn off". Cortana will ask for re-confirmation, "Are you sure you want to shut down?" If you reply, "Yes....

The Mixed Reality world - HoloLens shell

HoloLens shell is the MR world that contrives the immersive experience with holograms and the real world. Whatever we see through the HoloLens appears through the HoloLens shell. At the beginning, the shell launches with the start screen, similar to the one for any system running on Windows 10.

The start screen is the first point of interaction with other holograms. To launch a holographic app, open up the Settings options for HoloLens.

HoloLens start menu

The Start menu of HoloLens consists of basic system information, including time, Wi-Fi connection status, battery status, and many more. All this information is pinned up on the front view along with all other apps, which we can navigate through. It also consists of buttons to capture photos and MR video along with options to invoke.

Holograms in reality

Till now, we have mentioned Hologram several times. It is evident that these are crucial for HoloLens and Holographic apps, but what is a Hologram?

Holograms are the virtual objects which will be made up with light and sound and blend with the real world to give us an immersive MR experience with both real and virtual worlds. In other words, a Hologram is an object like any other real-world object; the only difference is that it is made up of light rather than matter.

The technology behind making holograms is known as Holography.

The following figure represent two holographic objects placed on the top of a real-size table and gives the experience of placing a real object on a real surface:

Holograms objects in real environment

HoloLens, holograms and your real...

HoloLens interaction and application model

So far, we have learned about the HoloLens device and the holograms in the MR world. HoloLens projects holograms and blend them into the real world to give an immersive experience using both virtual and real objects. What next? Now is the time to explore how to interact with these holograms to feel them as real as your real objects are. What are the different ways to interact with them?

In this section, we will cover the different ways of interacting with the holograms and the application life cycle for holographic applications.

Interacting with holograms

There are basically five ways that you can interact with holograms and HoloLens. Using your Gaze, Gesture, and Voice and with S...

HoloLens Clicker

HoloLens Clicker is an accessory that comes along with HoloLens. It connects to the HoloLens using Bluetooth and allows a user to click and scroll with minimal hand motion. You can consider this as a replacement for Air Tap gestures where, instead of using hand gestures, you can use the Clicker. When an object is gazed, you can press the button on the Clicker, which will execute the Air Tap command for the selected object.

HoloLens Clicker

A closer look at HoloLens hardware


This self-contained, fully untethered holographic computer, the HoloLens, is a see-through combination of holographic lenses that capture data using an array of sensors and uses the power of processing units to understand the real and holographic environment around you. This hands-free device is made up of several sensors, cameras, and lenses put together in a lightweight head mounted device. It can be comfortably fitted over the head and adjusted as per your comfort.

It consists of specialized speakers, placed just above the ear position, which produce a floating surrounding sound. Everything is elegantly fitted and secured inside the HMD. The device produces data every millisecond and the power of processing units will take care of it with the ultimate design and processing powers.

To develop applications, it is essential to understand the different components of HoloLens because ultimately it is the hardware that will reflect the things that you want your...

Cortana on HoloLens


Cortana is your personal assistant working on your phone, PC, and Tablets running on Windows 10. The HoloLens device running on Windows 10 is no exception; it has support for Cortana.

By default, Cortana is on when you use the device for the very first time. You can start by just saying "Hey Cortana" anytime while using the HoloLens. Be it opening an App, controlling the brightness, taking a picture, or even shutting down or restarting your device, you can always use Cortana's assistance.

Note

At the time of writing this book, Cortana on HoloLens was available in English only.

You can turn Cortana off or change its settings from Cortana's settings options.

Note

To shut down your device, you can just say "Hey Cortana, turn off". Cortana will ask for re-confirmation, "Are you sure you want to shut down?" If you reply, "Yes.", the device will be turned off.

The Mixed Reality world - HoloLens shell


HoloLens shell is the MR world that contrives the immersive experience with holograms and the real world. Whatever we see through the HoloLens appears through the HoloLens shell. At the beginning, the shell launches with the start screen, similar to the one for any system running on Windows 10.

The start screen is the first point of interaction with other holograms. To launch a holographic app, open up the Settings options for HoloLens.

HoloLens start menu

The Start menu of HoloLens consists of basic system information, including time, Wi-Fi connection status, battery status, and many more. All this information is pinned up on the front view along with all other apps, which we can navigate through. It also consists of buttons to capture photos and MR video along with options to invoke.

Holograms in reality


Till now, we have mentioned Hologram several times. It is evident that these are crucial for HoloLens and Holographic apps, but what is a Hologram?

Holograms are the virtual objects which will be made up with light and sound and blend with the real world to give us an immersive MR experience with both real and virtual worlds. In other words, a Hologram is an object like any other real-world object; the only difference is that it is made up of light rather than matter.

Note

The technology behind making holograms is known as Holography.

The following figure represent two holographic objects placed on the top of a real-size table and gives the experience of placing a real object on a real surface:

Holograms objects in real environment

HoloLens, holograms and your real world

Holograms are physically intangible. We can't touch them; however, we can view them from a distance and from different angles. Different angles give us a different perspective of the same holographic object...

HoloLens interaction and application model


So far, we have learned about the HoloLens device and the holograms in the MR world. HoloLens projects holograms and blend them into the real world to give an immersive experience using both virtual and real objects. What next? Now is the time to explore how to interact with these holograms to feel them as real as your real objects are. What are the different ways to interact with them?

In this section, we will cover the different ways of interacting with the holograms and the application life cycle for holographic applications.

Interacting with holograms

There are basically five ways that you can interact with holograms and HoloLens. Using your Gaze, Gesture, and Voice and with Spatial Audio and Spatial Mapping. Spatial Mapping provides a detailed illustration of the real-world surfaces in the environment around HoloLens. This allows developers to understand the digitalized real environments and mix holograms into the world around you. Gaze is the...

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Key benefits

  • Bring holographic insights to existing line-of-business applications, tools, and workflows
  • Focus on developing end-to-end realistic holographic application.
  • Build interactive model scripts and test them in Unity3D and holographic emulators

Description

Do you want to create stunning applications with HoloLens? Are you a developer who is fascinated with Microsoft HoloLens and its capabilities? If so, this is the book for you. This book introduces and demystifies the HoloLens platform and shows you different ways of interaction with computers (mixed-reality). You will start your mixed-reality journey by understanding different types of digital reality. You will learn to build your first holographic app. Also, you will understand holographic application integration possibilities within Line of Business Applications using Azure. Moving ahead, you will create Integrated Solutions using IoT with HoloLens. Gradually you'll learn how to create and deploy apps on a device. You will learn to publish application to the store; if you are an enterprise developer, you will also manage and distribute applications for enterprise-enabled or domain-joined HoloLens. Finally, you will develop an end-to-end realistic holographic app, ranging from scenario identification to sketching, development, deployment, and, finally, production.

Who is this book for?

This book is targeted at developers and designers working on mixed-reality developments for complex integrated scenarios using HoloLens.

What you will learn

  • Interact with holograms using different interaction models
  • Develop your first holographic app
  • Integrate holographic applications with cloud systems
  • Visualize data feeds coming from the cloud through holograms
  • Manage the application distribution of enterprise-enabled HoloLens
  • Integrate HoloLens applications with services deployed on Azure
  • Identify and create 3D Assets and Scenes
  • Use HoloLens to explore the Internet of Things

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Table of Contents

10 Chapters
Digital Reality - Under the Hood Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
HoloLens – The Most Natural Way to Interact Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Explore HoloLens as Hologram - Scenario Identification and Sketching Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Explore HoloLens as Hologram - Developing Application and Deploying on Device Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Remote Monitoring of Smart Building(s) Using HoloLens - Scenario Identification and Sketching Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Remote Monitoring of Smart Building(s) Using HoloLens - Developing Application and Deploying on Device Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Build End-to-End Retail Solution - Scenario Identification and Sketching Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Build End-to-End Retail Scenario - Developing Application and Deploying on Device Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Possibilities Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Microsoft HoloLens in Enterprise Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
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