Beginning Windows Mixed Reality Programming: For HoloLens and Mixed Reality Headsets

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Developing applications and experiences for Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 and other Windows mixed reality devices can be intriguing once you understand the complexities of creating excellent augmented reality and virtual reality experiences. This guide provides you with the tools and resources to do so in an easy-to-follow manner.
The second edition of Beginning Windows Mixed Reality Programming makes mixed reality software development straightforward and clear. You will learn how to make 3D objects and holograms, interact with them using voice commands and hand gestures, use spatial mapping and 3D spatial sound, work with toolkits like Microsoft’s Mixed Reality Toolkit and Unity’s AR Foundation and XR Platform, design intuitive user interfaces, and create fantastic mixed reality experiences. This revised edition also includes updated content for HoloLens 2 development, including tutorials for new interactions such as hand and eye tracking.

What You Will Learn

• Quickly prototype ideas for HoloLens 2 and other Windows mixed reality devices
• Get started with Unity, the preferred tool for developing 3D experiences
• Find and import 3D models for your project, or create your own
• Use spatial sound, voice commands, gestures, hand tracking, and eye tracking
• Build with Microsoft’s Mixed Reality Toolkit and other toolkits to make apps the easy way
• Publish your app on the Windows Store and make money from it

Who This Book Is For

Programmers who want to learn how to create experiences for HoloLens 2 quickly. Additionally, for developers interested in building applications for the expanding variety of virtual reality devices that support the Windows Mixed Reality platform.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09GV6FGCN
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Apress; 2nd edition (September 22, 2021)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 22, 2021
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 35586 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 346 pages