The document discusses the development of virtual and mixed reality applications using platforms like Oculus and Microsoft HoloLens. It highlights the differences between virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality, as well as providing various resources and links for developers. The author, Nick Landry, shares his contact information and additional online resources for further engagement in the field.

1. Nick Landry
Senior Technical Evangelist – Microsoft
nick.landry@microsoft.com
Blog: AgeofMobility.com
@ActiveNick | github.com/ActiveNick
From Oculus to HoloLens:
Building Virtual & Mixed
Reality Apps & Games

5. Virtual
Reality
Fully immersive
experience that
replaces your
physical world
Examples:
Oculus Rift, GearVR,
The Matrix
Augmented
Reality
Overlays digital
information about
the physical world
around you
Example:
Google Glass, HUDs,
Terminator (vision)
Mixed
Reality
Combines virtual 2D
and 3D objects/apps
and the physical world
Examples:
Microsoft HoloLens,
Star Trek Holodeck

6. Mobile Desktop Standalone
© Microsoft
© Oculus
© Samsung

13. © Volvo, Google Play Store

15. © Iris VR

16. © Microsoft

21. http://VISR-VR.com/Developer

24. dev.windows.com

38. dev.microsoft.com/windows/holographic

42. Typical HoloLens viewing distances

43. design.windows.com
https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2015/2-658

49. strongly discouraged

50. highly discouraged
if (Windows.System.Profile.AnalyticsInfo.VersionInfo.DeviceFamily == "Windows.Holographic")
{
// Enable or disable features
}

51. https://blogs.windows.com/buildingapps/2015/09/15/dynamically-detecting-
features-with-api-contracts-10-by-10/
https://channel9.msdn.com/events/Build/2015/3-733

52. https://dev.windows.com/en-us/holographic/voice_input
http://www.AgeofMobility.com/cortana

53. https://dev.windows.com/en-
US/holographic/current_limitations_for_apps_using_apis_from_the_shell

56. dev.windows.com/holographic
forums.hololens.com

57. hololens.com
https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2016/B854
https://channel9.msdn.com/coding4fun/kinect/HoloLens-Dev-Link-Round-up
https://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/AdamsGarage/Getting-
Started-with-the-HoloLens
https://channel9.msdn.com/coding4fun/kinect/Emulating-Real-Space-in-the-HoloLens-Emulator
https://channel9.msdn.com/Tags/hololens

58. https://mva.microsoft.com/en-US/training-courses/creating-virtual-and-
augmented-reality-apps-on-the-windows-platform-16141
https://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Creating-Virtual-and-Augmented-
Reality-Applications-on-Windows-Platform-en
http://visr-vr.com/Developer/
http://aka.ms/alpsvr
https://developer.oculus.com/
https://developers.google.com/cardboard/
https://webvr.info/
http://fibrum.com/sdk/
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/openvr
http://www.osvr.org/

59. https://channel9.msdn.com
/blogs/misslivirose

60. http://unity3d.com/get-unity
http://unity3d.com/learn
https://mva.microsoft.com/en-US/training-courses/building-windows-10-games-with-unity-5-12572
https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/gamedev
https://channel9.msdn.com/Series/UnityCreativeCoding
https://channel9.msdn.com/coding4fun/kinect/HoloLens-with-Unity
https://channel9.msdn.com/Tags/unity

61. https://github.com/Microsoft/GalaxyExplorer
https://github.com/misslivirose
http://aka.ms/CardboardVRDemoRepo
https://github.com/ActiveNick
https://github.com/peted70/mva-vrdemo

62. Liv Erickson
Adam Tuliper
Tobiah Zarlez
Dave Voyles
Rachel Weil
Sarah Sexton
Stacey Mulcahy
Nick Landry
Adina Shanholtz
Amanda Lange
Gavin Bauman
Katherine Harris
Daniel Egan
Jeremy Foster
Shahed Chowdhuri
*All names are hyperlinks to their respective Twitter handles

63. Thank You!
Slides are posted on SlideShare. Demos are on GitHub.
SlideShare: www.slideshare.net/ActiveNick
Blog: www.AgeofMobility.com
Twitter: @ActiveNick
Mobile Apps: www.bigbaldapps.com
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/activenick
GitHub: github.com/ActiveNick
Email: nick.landry@microsoft.com