I’ve updated this tutorial to use the MixedReality Toolkit packages, which is a great improvement. (Nice job MRToolkit team, this was a huge step forward in usability!) I’ve also updated the tutorial to use Unity 2017.1 and the latest Visual Studio 2017. There is an incompatibility between 2017.1 and VS 2017 so make sure to update to the latest patch level that I have linked in the index. The good news is that no code changes were required. This updated version has been checked into Github. Unfortunately the HoloLens Emulator is out of date and no longer works with this tool chain.
Tutorial Index
Versions: Unity 2017.1.0p5 | MixedRealityToolkit-Unity v1.2017.1.0 | Visual Studio 2017 15.3.2
| Unity 3D Project Creation | How to create a HoloLens project in Unity 3D |
| Source Control | Configure git for HoloLens / Unity work |
| Spatial Mapping | How to spatial map a Room |
| Object Surface Observer | Set up fake spatial map data for the Unity editor |
| TagAlongs and Billboarding | Tag along instructions to the user to force text on screen |
| Spatial Understanding | Add spatial understanding to get play space detail |
| Finalizing Spatial Understanding | Complete Spatial Understanding and Input Manager |
| Object Placement and Scaling | Find valid locations for holograms in the play space |
| Hologram Management | Manage the holograms you want to place in the world |
| Cursor and Voice | Add a cursor and voice commands |
| Occlusion | Add occlusion with the real world to your scene |
| Colliders and Rigidbodys | Add Colliders and RigidBodys to your holograms |
- Download the completed app Western Town in the Windows Store!
- Completed Source code from the entire tutorial available on GitHub.
Hi, thank you for taking the time to write such an informative set if tutorials. They have allowed me to gain a much better understanding of app building for the Hologoggles,
I was wondering if you have a tutorial on how I can place the object in the location of my choice and scale & rotate much like you can with the ‘out of the box’ holograms, rather than the device deciding based on the room mapping.
Thanks again 🙂