Presented at FITC's Spotlight AR/VR event on Dec 2, 2017. More info at www.fitc.ca Margaryta Ostapchuk Microsoft Overview Windows Mixed Reality opens a window into the virtual world, right from Windows Desktop. This new platform enables developers to create rich, immersive experiences, using a variety of supported headsets. In this talk, you will learn about how you can get started developing for Windows Mixed Reality. Margaryta will discuss the device and platform technologies. She will walk through the emerging development trends and look at some resources that can help kick-start your development journey. Finally, Margaryta will wrap it all up with a look at the development workflow, with a device demo that will inspire you to take the leap into Windows Mixed Reality. Objective Learn more about Windows Mixed Reality and how you can leverage frameworks to create immersive experiences Target Audience General VR/AR/MR developers Assumed Audience Knowledge Some VR development experience Five Things Audience Members Will Learn What Windows Mixed Reality is and its importance Device technologies and specification Emerging trends and techniques Challenges in development and how to avoid them Development workflow

3. PHYSICAL REALITY DIGITAL REALITY

4. MIXED REALITY
DIGITAL REALITYPHYSICAL REALITY

5. 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.

6. 7xgrowth of market forecasted
through 2020
Source: IDC, Worldwide Quarterly Augmented and Virtual Reality Headset Tracker, 3Q16
196,722 1,937,954
10,252,907
22,672,192
37,674,548
54,003,645
75,972,265
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HMDs shipments to reach ~76M units by 2020 growing at 65% compound annual growth rate
These new experiences are poised for rapid growth

7. Windows Mixed Reality headsets

8. Holographic headsets

9. Immersive headsets

10. One platform. Multiple Windows devices.
Windows Mixed Reality is built into the Windows SDK that
developers already use today
The Universal Windows Platform makes it easy to build an
application that scales from HoloLens to other mixed reality
headsets.
▪ Target windows.holographic for holographic headsets
▪ Target windows.desktop for immersive headsets
Windows is the only platform unifying the mixed reality ecosystem,
providing inside-out tracking for headsets, a single platform and
standardized inputs for developers, and a consistent interface with
a single store for customers.​
Full details at dev.windows.com/mixed-reality

11. Games
Middleware
Familiar development tools

12. Demo

13. Creation & Design Training & DevelopmentAssembly & Manufacturing Communication & Understanding Entertainment & Engagement
Build great things

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

16. The HoloLens emulator allows you to test holographic apps on your PC without a
physical HoloLens

17. 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.
aka.ms/GaGithub/microsoft
laxyExplorer
aka.ms/holotoolkitunity
aka.ms/holotoolkit
aka.ms/windowsdeviceportalwrapper
aka.ms/holographicacademygithub
aka.ms/MRcommunity
Microsoft Technology Centers
Experience HoloLens & discuss core business uses
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.
Start building mixed reality apps today