Posted on June 18, 2017
In case you missed it Microsoft recently acquired Simplygon and, as of the timing of BUILD 2017 it is now being offered completely free. So, no royalties or licensing fees required.The free model is for one node per license and for further nodes there is a cost (see – https://www.simplygon.com/) for further details. As I […]
Posted on May 10, 2017
Now, there are a few reasons why you might want the ability to load FBX files; maybe you want to load 3D model files dynamically or you are working on a native HoloLens app and just want a way to get 3D data in to render, animate, etc. If you are building in Unity you […]
Posted on May 4, 2017
As with any 3D project it is important when working with HoloLens to understand and streamline the content pipeline from content creation or procurement through to optimised models running inside the final app. If you are creating the assets in-house or have access to the creators and can get them to modify their process then […]
Posted on April 10, 2017
Since composing the last post: HoloLens–The Path to 60fps I have carried out some more work on HoloLens apps with an important requirement for as high quality rendering as possible but of course the goal is always to maintain 60 frames per second. This time around we were looking to render glass containers with associated […]
Posted on March 19, 2017
In mixed and virtual reality display technologies in order to not break the illusion of ‘presence’ it is critical to honour the time budget from device movement to getting the image to hit the users retina. This latency budget is known as ‘motion to photon’ latency and is often cited as having an upper bound […]
Posted on February 5, 2017
This is not specific to HoloLens but I am approaching the problem from that perspective as that is of most interest to me right now. All of the code can be found in a Github repo here. The code and concepts will apply across the board and could be useful in any situation that involves […]
Posted on November 16, 2016
This is the fourth part of a series see https://peted.azurewebsites.net/hololens-end-to-end-in-unity/ Steps to create the demo project that I used in my Future Decoded UK 2016 presentation To get set up with the HoloToolkit in Unity see https://mtaulty.com/2016/11/10/hitchiking-the-holotoolkit-unity-leg-1/ KeywordManager This is all about the KeywordManager from the HoloToolkit; this enables you to define voice commands […]
Posted on November 14, 2016
This is the third part of a series see https://peted.azurewebsites.net/hololens-end-to-end-in-unity/ Steps to create the demo project that I used in my Future Decoded UK 2016 presentation To get set up with the HoloToolkit in Unity see https://mtaulty.com/2016/11/10/hitchiking-the-holotoolkit-unity-leg-1/ Stacking the Bottles We want the bottles created in 3D Models: From Blender to HoloLens to be stacked […]
Posted on November 12, 2016
This is the second part of a series see https://peted.azurewebsites.net/hololens-end-to-end-in-unity/ Steps to create the demo project that I used in my Future Decoded UK 2016 presentation Gaze is a way to direct your attention in the HoloLens environment – think of it as a mouse cursor but it is directed by the orientation of your […]
Posted on November 11, 2016
In preparation for my session, HoloLens: The Path to Mixed Reality at Future Decoded UK 2016 (the first official HoloLens developer session in the UK) I put together a demo to illustrate a basic 3D model content creation pipeline and the six fundamentals of HoloLens development; gaze, gesture, voice, spatial mapping, spatial sound and world […]