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

Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781787281943

Length 336 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Tools

Microsoft HoloLens

Concepts

Augmented Reality

Authors (3):

Manish Sharma

Mallikarjuna Rao

Abhijit Jana

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Table of Contents (11) Chapters

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

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.

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Authors (3)

Jana

Abhijit Jana is a technology leader, strategist, solution architect, development consultant, and trusted technology advisor with 14 years of experience in the IT industry, with expertise in development, architecting, engineering, consulting, services delivery, leadership, and mentoring. He is currently associated with West Pharmaceutical Services as the director of software engineering and is responsible for building, managing, and leading the overall application development and software engineering team. Before West, he was associated with Microsoft and is a former MVP. There, he managed several complex projects and delivered solutions to enterprise customers worldwide. He has been a speaker at various technology conferences and several IITs across India.

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Rao

Mallikarjuna Rao works with Microsoft as UX Designer/3D mixed reality artist as part of Microsoft Services. He has 15 years of experience in the animation industry, with around 12 years' international exposure. He has worked as a senior 3D asset supervisor for feature films, television series, commercials, and game projects. Mallikarjuna has worked on pivotal projects for big names in the industry, such as Walt Disney Pictures, Disney Junior, Warner Bros Pictures, Yash Raj Films, and UTV Motion Pictures, which put him under the limelight at the international level. He has an in-depth knowledge of the 3D Asset production pipeline and UX design principles.

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Sharma

Tushar Sharma has a master's degree specializing in data science from the International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore. He works as a data scientist with Intel. In his previous job he used to work as a research engineer for a financial consultancy firm. His work involves handling big data at scale generated by the massive infrastructure at Intel. He engineers and delivers end to end solutions on this data using the latest machine learning tools and frameworks. He is proficient in R, Python, Spark, and mathematical aspects of machine learning among other things. Tushar has a keen interest in everything related to technology. He likes to read a wide array of books ranging from history to philosophy and beyond. He is a running enthusiast and likes to play badminton and tennis.

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