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HoloLens Blueprints

You're reading from   HoloLens Blueprints Build immersive AR and Mixed Reality Applications

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787281943
Length 336 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Manish Sharma Manish Sharma
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Mallikarjuna Rao Mallikarjuna Rao
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Abhijit Jana Abhijit Jana
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Preface 1. Digital Reality - Under the Hood FREE CHAPTER 2. HoloLens – The Most Natural Way to Interact 3. Explore HoloLens as Hologram - Scenario Identification and Sketching 4. Explore HoloLens as Hologram - Developing Application and Deploying on Device 5. Remote Monitoring of Smart Building(s) Using HoloLens - Scenario Identification and Sketching 6. Remote Monitoring of Smart Building(s) Using HoloLens - Developing Application and Deploying on Device 7. Build End-to-End Retail Solution - Scenario Identification and Sketching 8. Build End-to-End Retail Scenario - Developing Application and Deploying on Device 9. Possibilities 10. Microsoft HoloLens in Enterprise

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.

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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...

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