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HoloLens Blueprints

By : Abhijit Jana, Manish Sharma, Mallikarjuna Rao
Book Image

HoloLens Blueprints

By: Abhijit Jana, Manish Sharma, Mallikarjuna Rao

Overview of this book

Do you want to create stunning applications with HoloLens? Are you a developer who is fascinated with Microsoft HoloLens and its capabilities? If so, this is the book for you. This book introduces and demystifies the HoloLens platform and shows you different ways of interaction with computers (mixed-reality). You will start your mixed-reality journey by understanding different types of digital reality. You will learn to build your first holographic app. Also, you will understand holographic application integration possibilities within Line of Business Applications using Azure. Moving ahead, you will create Integrated Solutions using IoT with HoloLens. Gradually you'll learn how to create and deploy apps on a device. You will learn to publish application to the store; if you are an enterprise developer, you will also manage and distribute applications for enterprise-enabled or domain-joined HoloLens. Finally, you will develop an end-to-end realistic holographic app, ranging from scenario identification to sketching, development, deployment, and, finally, production.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Title Page
Credits
About the Authors
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewer
Disclaimer
Customer Feedback
www.PacktPub.com
Dedication
Preface
7
Build End-to-End Retail Solution - Scenario Identification and Sketching

A closer look at HoloLens hardware


This self-contained, fully untethered holographic computer, the HoloLens, is a see-through combination of holographic lenses that capture data using an array of sensors and uses the power of processing units to understand the real and holographic environment around you. This hands-free device is made up of several sensors, cameras, and lenses put together in a lightweight head mounted device. It can be comfortably fitted over the head and adjusted as per your comfort.

It consists of specialized speakers, placed just above the ear position, which produce a floating surrounding sound. Everything is elegantly fitted and secured inside the HMD. The device produces data every millisecond and the power of processing units will take care of it with the ultimate design and processing powers.

To develop applications, it is essential to understand the different components of HoloLens because ultimately it is the hardware that will reflect the things that you want your...