App Development for Microsoft HoloLens

Learn how to program the future. Get started developing virtual reality and augmented reality HoloLens applications for enterprise business and gaming.

Introduction

• Welcome
• Examining the HoloLens hardware
• Mixed reality scenarios
• Wearing the HoloLens
• Using the exercise files

1. Set Up Your Development Environment

• Install Unity and Visual Studio
• Install the HoloLens emulator
• Download the HoloToolkit

2. Basic Configuration and Deployment

• Configure your Unity project
• Build in Unity to Visual Studio
• Deploy to emulator
• Deploy to HoloLens

3. Basic Interaction

• Gaze 101
• Tapping 101
• Speech recognition

4. Use HoloToolKit

• The HoloToolkit
• Project configuration with HoloToolkit
• Spatial mapping for absolute beginners
• Build and deploy with the HoloToolkit
• Spatial mapping and occlusion
• Spatial understanding capabilities
• Adding a debug window
• Making holes in floors

5. Spatial Sound

• Why use spatial sound?
• Setting up the audio settings
• Implementing spatial sounds

6. Shared Experiences

• How shared holograms work
• Setting up the server
• Syncing data

7. Games and Enterprise Applications on the HoloLens

• 3D models for enterprise apps
• A simple 3D platform game
• Every room a level

Conclusion

• Understanding the development tools and remoting
• Overcoming common problems
• The future of mixed reality computing
• Next steps