Microsoft HoloLens is the world’s first self-contained, untethered head-mounted holographic computing device for Mixed Reality (MR). Mixed reality blends 3D holographic content into your physical world, giving your holograms real-world context and scale, allowing you to interact with both digital content and the world around you. HoloLens lets you go beyond the screen, with Holograms that let you visualize and work with your digital content in relation to your real world, unlocking new insights and capabilities. This session is your introduction to building 3D Mixed Reality applications and games using C#, Visual Studio and Unity. We’ll start with a quick recap of the HoloLens device and the Universal Windows Platform (UWP), and follow with an introduction to 2D vs. 3D holographic apps. and talk about interacting with a holograms using gaze, gestures and voice. Next we’ll dive into building 3D holographic apps in Unity with C#, using the HoloToolkit for Unity, exporting our project to Visual Studio and running it on either a HoloLens device or the HoloLens Emulator. Science fiction becomes science fact, and Unity developers are at the front of this revolution. Come learn how to get started and build your journey into a world of holograms you create.

1. Developing
Mixed Reality Experiences
for Microsoft HoloLens
Nick Landry

5. Defining Mixed Reality

6. PHYSICAL REALITY DIGITAL REALITY

7. MIXED REALITY
DIGITAL REALITYPHYSICAL REALITY

8. Mixed reality spectrum
Windows Mixed Reality – Holographic headsets (see-through)
Windows Mixed Reality – Immersive headsets (occluded)
VR todayAR today
Windows Mixed Reality requires
▪ Perception/environment awareness
▪ Any mix of people, places or things
PHYSICAL
REALITY
DIGITAL
REALITY
MIXED REALITY (MR)
Mixed reality blends the physical and digital worlds to produce new environments where
physical and digital objects co-exist and can be interacted with as if all of them were real.

11. What is HoloLens?
Holograms enhance the
real world
Microsoft HoloLens is the first, fully untethered holographic computer
that redefines personal computing and empowers you in new ways.
New ways to connect,
create, and explore
A more natural way to
interact
Advanced technology
from Microsoft

18. Available today on
microsoftstore.com
Shipping to : Australia, Canada, France, Germany,
Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, United Kingdom and
United States. China coming soon.
English only
HoloLens Development Edition: $3000
HoloLens Commercial Suite: $5000
Ideal for organizations, the Commercial Suite includes
the Development Edition, enterprise features, and a
warranty.
For more information: www.hololens.com

19. Experience HoloLens
at the Microsoft NYC Flagship Store
hololensevents.com
Book your demo today!

21. windows.holographic
windows.desktop
dev.windows.com/mixed-reality

22. Games
Middleware

24. A new way to interact
Voice commandsGaze Gesture
Spatial sound World coordinatesSpatial mapping

25. Gaze

26. Gesture

27. Voice Commands

28. Spatial Mapping

29. Spatial Sound

30. World Coordinates

31. Holograms Materials Models Scripts Textures Shaders
Cursor
prefabs
Sharing
prefab
Spatial
prefabs
Utilities Shaders Tests
Gaze
Input
Gesture
Input
Voice
Input
Spatial
Anchors
Spatial
Mapping
Spatial
Sound

33. Building 2D or 3D apps for HoloLens

34. Try your app on the HoloLens emulator today
You need:
Visual Studio 2015 or 2017
64-bit Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise, or
Education with a 64-bit CPU (4+ cores)
8GB RAM
GPU (DirectX 11, WDDM 1.2 driver)
Windows 10 SDK (10.0.10586 or newer)
HoloLens Emulator (requires, Hardware-
assisted virtualization, SLAT & DEP)
A UWP app that builds for x86
Unity not needed for 2D UWP apps
dev.microsoft.com/windows/mixed-reality

35. Localize
Build apps for a global
audience. Increase your
reach by localizing in
English, French, German,
Chinese (simplified) and
Japanese.
▪ Design for localization
▪ Localize your app
▪ Localize your metadata
▪ Publish & promote your
localized app
Monetize
The Universal Windows
Platform and the Windows
Store provide a variety of ways
to make money from your
apps.
Display banner and video
interstitial ads
Use SDKs from other ad
networks in your UWP apps
Paid apps
In-app purchases and free trials
Experiment through A/B testing
Publish and promote
Customize your app’s availability with
per-market pricing, distribution and
visibility controls, and other options.
Distribution and visibility
▪ Make your app available for volume
purchases through the Windows Store for
Business
▪ Still working on it? Hide your app and use
promotional codes or direct links to have
your customers download it.
Promote:
▪ Allow customers to try your app for free
▪ Create and schedule a sale

36. Work with our teams or our agencies
Join the community
Online tools & resources
dev.windows.com/mixedreality
Download the tools
aka.ms/hololensdevtools
Follow the training
aka.ms/holographicacademy
Forums.hololens.com
Questions, discussion, and feedback
from the mixed reality development
community.
Github/microsoft
aka.ms/GalaxyExplorer
aka.ms/holotoolkitunity
aka.ms/holotoolkit
aka.ms/windowsdeviceportalwrapper
aka.ms/holographicacademygithub
aka.ms/MRcommunity
Microsoft Technology Centers
Experience HoloLens & discuss core business uses
aka.ms/iwantmr
Join MR@MS: A program tailored to your needs,
providing guidance and support from ideation to
publish.
aka.ms/MRcommunity
Technical Evangelists - Connect with one of our technical evangelists in your area.
Meetups: join one of the hundreds of meetups around the world
aka.ms/agencies
Agency partners have HoloLens
development expertise and dedicated
teams to take on application
development for clients.
mpcbdesk@microsoft.com
Our teams will work with you from envisioning,
to proof of concepts, all the way to
deployment.

37. Acer - Windows Mixed Reality
Development Edition
Microsoft HoloLens
Development Edition
Available today on microsoftstore.com
Shipping to : Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, New
Zealand, United Kingdom and United States. (pre-order available soon
for China)
English only
HoloLens Development Edition: $3000
HoloLens Commercial Suite: $5000
For more information: www.hololens.com
Sign up today on aka.ms/iwantmr
Shipping to: TBA
Languages: English, French, German, Chinese (simplified) and Japanese

39. Thank You
Nick Landry
Sr. Technical Evangelist, Microsoft
activenick@microsoft.com
slideshare.net/ActiveNick
github.com/ActiveNick
@ActiveNick