Overview
- Teaches how to get started with Unity, the preferred tool for animating 3D objects
- Explores where to find 3D models for your project
- Shares secrets to making an amazing user experience via Microsoft HoloLens and Windows mixed reality headsets
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Getting Started
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Building Holographic Experiences
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Growing as a Holographic Developer
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About this book
Beginning Windows Mixed Reality Programming clearly explains all the nuances of mixed reality software development. You'll learn how to create 3D objects and holograms, interact with holograms using voice commands and hand gestures, use spatial mapping and 3D spatial sound, build with Microsoft's HoloToolkit, create intuitive user interfaces, and make truly awe-inspiring mixed reality experiences. Start building the holographic future today!
What You Will Learn
- Prototype ideas quickly
- Get started with Unity, the preferred tool for animating 3D objects.
- Explore where to find 3D models for your project, or make your own!
- Use spatial sound, voice commands, and gestures
- Build with the HoloToolkit to make apps the easy way
- Publish to the Windows Store and make money from your app
Who This Book Is For
Programmers with little or no graphics or mixed reality experience
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Sean Ong is an author, engineer, entrepreneur, and tech influencer who has written on topics ranging from renewable energy to augmented reality. Sean’s love for virtual and augmented reality began at the age of five when he first tried the View-Master toy. Later, at the age of 14, he coded his first virtual home tour. Sean was among the first people to own a HoloLens, and has developed numerous experiences for the new platform since its release. Sean is President of the Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Association's Seattle Chapter and is well known in tech circles for his informative tutorials and articles that have helped over seven million people. He resides in Seattle, WA with his wife and three kids and enjoys pushing the boundaries of technology.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Beginning Windows Mixed Reality Programming
Book Subtitle: For HoloLens and Mixed Reality Headsets
Authors: Sean Ong
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-2769-5
Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA
eBook Packages: Professional and Applied Computing, Apress Access Books, Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Copyright Information: Sean Ong 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4842-2769-5Published: 25 July 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVI, 222
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 185 illustrations in colour
Topics: Microsoft and .NET, Computer Graphics