A Holonaut’s Guide: HoloLens Development Resources

imageFor all present and future holonauts, here’s an easy list of important HoloLens resources to keep close at hand…

HoloLens Tools (Start here!)

Download HoloLens Developer Tools
Unity Technical Preview (make sure to install the UWP Runtime as well)

HoloLens Training Materials

Holographic Academy
  Holograms 101: Introduction with Device
  Holograms 101E: Introduction with Emulator
  Holograms 100: Getting Started with Unity
  Holograms 240: Sharing Holograms between Devices
  Holograms 210: Gaze
  Holograms 211: Gesture
  Holograms 212: Voice
  Holograms 220: Spatial sound
  Holograms 230: Spatial mapping

Holographic Developer Documentation
Holographic Developer Forum (Have questions? Ask them here!)

HoloLens Overview

  Connecting your PC to your HoloLens
  HoloLens Interface
  Spacial Mapping
      Spacial Mapping Design
      Spacial Mapping in Unity
      Room Scan UX
  Using the HoloLens Emulator
  Reset or Recover your HoloLens

HoloLens Apps

  Galaxy Explorer Overview & Galaxy Explorer Code
  Holographic Academy Code (from //BUILD/)
  Current Apps

HoloLens Info

  HoloLens FAQ
  Want one? Apply for Developer Edition

Videos / Tutorials

//BUILD/ 2016 HoloLens Presentations ( Many of the sessions are not online yet – here are the ones that are…)
   Designing Compelling Mixed Reality Experiences
   Building a 3D Game with Unity and Visual Studio in 30 Minutes
   HoloLens: Building UWP 2D Apps for Microsoft HoloLens
   Spatial Audio with AudioGraph in UWP
   HoloLens – Devs behind “Share your ideas”

Social Media

  @HoloLens
  HoloLens YouTube Channel

Community

  HoloSoft.Net (Latest HoloLens / AR / VR News on Facebook)
  Lance Larsen (HoloLens)
  @HoloSoftNet
  @HoloLensDevs
  @HoloLensDevelop

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