Slides used during the session "Lessons learned building #Hololens 3D apps from a 2D app developer" for the Canada Technology Triangle .NET User Group

1. Bruno Capuano
@elbruno
#Hololens

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Bruno Capuano
Innovation Manager
@elbruno
http://www.elbruno.com

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Bruno Capuano
Innovation Manager
@elbruno
http://www.elbruno.com

4. Virtual Reality
A computer’s simulated
version of reality

5. Virtual Reality
A computer’s simulated
version of reality
Augmented Reality
Data notifications tied to the
real world

6. Virtual Reality
A computer’s simulated
version of reality
Augmented Reality
Mixed Reality
Your real and digital worlds
integrated, enhanced with
holograms

8. 8
Gaze

9. 9
Gestures

10. 10
Voice

11. 11
Sound

12. Spatial Mapping

13. Demo
 Device overview
 Hololens Windows
Application
 Developer Portal

14. Hololens
App Development

15. https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/holographic/app_views_on_hololens
App Views: Holographic vs 2D

16. 2D Apps = UWP

17. Demo
 Create UWP
 Visual Studio and
deploy to a Device
 Test on Laptop and
Device

18. Lessons learned
 Not all the UWP features are available on
Hololens
 2D Apps are a great solution for many
scenarios

19. 3D Apps, how to start
Hololens

20. What is it?
 View 3D holograms
 One holographic
app at a time
 Lock to real world
Holographic View

21. Start Here for Guides, Docs, Community

22.  Visual Studio 2017 &
Updates
 Game Development with Unity
Option will install Unity 5.X
 Any VS2017 version will work,
Community, Professional or
Enterprise
 Hololens Emulator
(optional)
 Run as a local Virtual Machine on
Hyper-V
 I prefer test in Unity 3D
Install the Tools

23. HoloToolkit: Open Source on GitHub

24.  Input
 Sharing
 Spatial Mapping
 Spatial Understanding
 Spatial Sound
 Utilities
 Build
Main Features

25. Demo
 First holographic App
with Unity &
HoloToolkit

26. Demo
 First holographic App
with Unity &
HoloToolkit
 Add an interactions
with a hologram

27. Demo
 First holographic App
with Unity &
HoloToolkit
 Add an interactions
with a hologram
 Add scripting

28. Lessons learned
 Unity code is kind of “Magic” for a 2D dev
 Some of the official demo are great NEVER
DO THIS classic C# samples
 HoloToolkit is a must have
 Deep into HoloToolkit-Unity assets
 You’ll use a lot of #if UNITY_EDITOR

29. UrhoSharp, thanks to Xamarin !
Hololens

30. Demo
 Hello World with
UrhoSharp
 Voice Commands
demo
 Sample demo app with
Integration
 Cognitive Services
 Azure Blob
 Microsoft Flow

31. Q&A

32.  My Posts
 English, https://elbruno.com/category/hololens+englishpost
 URHOSharp, https://elbruno.com/category/hololens+URHO/
 Hololens Official resources
 Hololens Developers, https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-hololens/en-ca/developers
 Holographic Academy, https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/mixed-reality/academy
 Install the tools, https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/mixed-reality/install_the_tools
 HoloToolkit Unity, https://github.com/Microsoft/HoloToolkit-Unity
 Other
 Urho Samples, https://github.com/xamarin/urho-samples
 From Zero to Holograms,
https://github.com/Microsoft/TechnicalCommunityContent/tree/master/Mixed%20Reality/HoloL
ens/Session%202%20-%20Hands%20On
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