The document discusses the future of mixed reality and artificial intelligence, focusing on Microsoft's HoloLens and its capabilities for capturing images and processing them using Azure's computer vision service. It provides links to resources, tools, and documentation for developers interested in mixed reality technologies. The author, Shahed Chowdhuri, is a senior technical evangelist at Microsoft and shares insights into implementation and development in this emerging field.

2. http://linkedin.com/in/shahedc
http://www.meetup.com/DC-MS-Devs
http://twitter.com/shahedC
http://WakeUpAndCode.com

3. Future of Mixed Reality and A.I.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/future-mixed-reality-artificial-intelligence-michael-thibodeau

4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aThCr0PsyuA

5. What is HoloLens?

11. Augmented Reality Mixed Reality Virtual Reality
Augments the real world with helpful information
Blends holograms with your real world
Can transport you to a virtual world
Replaces the real world

12. https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/mixed-reality/spectator_view

13. HoloLens: Dev Edition vs Commercial Suite
http://hololens.com/buy

14. Windows Mixed Reality: More Devices!
https://aka.ms/windows-mixed-reality

16. Getting Started
Tools and Documentation

17. Start Here for Guides, Docs, Community
https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/mixed-reality

18. https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/mixed-reality/install_the_tools
Install the Tools: HoloLens

19. Things to Know
• Gaze
• Gesture
• Voice
• 3D vs 2D

20. Gaze
https://developer.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/mixed-reality/gaze

21. Gestures
https://developer.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/mixed-reality/gestures

22. Voice Input
https://developer.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/mixed-reality/voice_input

23. Shahed Chowdhuri, Sr. Technical Evangelist @ Microsoft
Commercial Software Engineering

37. Shahed Chowdhuri, Sr. Technical Evangelist @ Microsoft
Commercial Software Engineering

39. Capture
Image
via
HoloLens
/// <summary>
/// Begin process of Image Capturing and send To Azure Computer Vision service.
/// </summary>
private void ExecuteImageCaptureAndAnalysis()
{
// Set the camera resolution to be the highest possible
Resolution cameraResolution = PhotoCapture.SupportedResolutions.OrderByDescending
((res) => res.width * res.height).First();
Texture2D targetTexture = new Texture2D(cameraResolution.width, cameraResolution.height);
// Begin capture process, set the image format
PhotoCapture.CreateAsync(false, delegate (PhotoCapture captureObject)
{
photoCaptureObject = captureObject;
CameraParameters c = new CameraParameters();
c.hologramOpacity = 0.0f;
c.cameraResolutionWidth = targetTexture.width;
c.cameraResolutionHeight = targetTexture.height;
c.pixelFormat = CapturePixelFormat.BGRA32;
// Capture the image from the camera and save it in the App internal folder
captureObject.StartPhotoModeAsync(c, delegate (PhotoCapture.PhotoCaptureResult result)
{
string filename = string.Format(@"CapturedImage{0}.jpg", tapsCount);
string filePath = Path.Combine(Application.persistentDataPath, filename);
VisionManager.instance.imagePath = filePath;
photoCaptureObject.TakePhotoAsync
(filePath, PhotoCaptureFileOutputFormat.JPG, OnCapturedPhotoToDisk);
});
});
}

40. Prepare & send request to Azure…

41. … receive and process response!

44. Email: shchowd@microsoft.com  Twitter: @shahedC