You're reading from Microsoft HoloLens By Example Create immersive Augmented Reality experiences

Product type Paperback

Published in Aug 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781787126268

Length 406 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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Microsoft HoloLens

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Augmented Reality

Author (1):

Joshua Newnham

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Table of Contents (10) Chapters

Preface

1. Enhancing Reality FREE CHAPTER

2. Tagging the World Using DirectX

3. Assistant Item Finder Using DirectX

4. Building Paper Trash Ball in Unity

5. Building Paper Trash Ball Using Holotoolkit in Unity

6. Interacting with Holograms Using Unity

7. Collaboration with HoloLens Using Unity

8. Developing a Multiplayer Game Using Unity

9. Deploying Your Apps to the HoloLens Device and Emulator

HoloLens emulator

The HoloLens emulator is a great intermediary for the actual device, allowing developers without a device to get involved and providing a more convenient workflow while developing.

The emulator exposes the inputs from what would normally come from the sensors to the peripherals and the virtual controls on the desktop, allowing the user to simulate gestures using a keyboard and mouse or an Xbox controller.

Deploying to the emulator

Perform the following steps to deploy your application to the emulator:

From within Visual Studio, set the Platform to x86.
Select HoloLens Emulator as the target device for debugging.
And finally, deploy by selecting Debug | Start Debugging from the...

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Authors (1)

Newnham

Joshua Newnham is a technology lead at a global design firm, Method, focusing on the intersection of design and artificial intelligence (AI), specifically in the areas of computational design and human computer interaction. Prior to this, he was a technical director at Masters of Pie, a virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) studio focused on building collaborative tools for engineers and creatives.

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