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Future Decoded 2017 Mixed Reality

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It was great to see all of the mixed reality content at this years Future Decoded event and was also fun to take part with a couple of technical ‘deep dive’ ...

HoloLens–optimising with Simplygon

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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 ...

HoloLens FBX Loading c++

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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 nati...

HoloLens Content Pipeline (remap materials)

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As with any 3D project it is important when working with HoloLens to understand and streamline the content pipeline from content creation or procurement thro...

HoloLens–The Path to 60fps (Normal Maps)

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This time around we were looking to render glass containers with associated labelling which needed to be clear and legible and the glass should look as reali...

HoloLens–The Path to 60fps

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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 movem...

HoloLens & 3D Mapping

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What I can help with though is sharing what I have learned and hopefully helping you with a starting point if like a past me you want to get up and running. ...

HoloLens Voice Commands

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This is the fourth part of a series. Steps to create the demo project that I used in my Future Decoded UK 2016 presentation. To get set up with the HoloToolk...