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Unite Berlin Keynote (and Upcoming Free Webinar)

Unity had the Unite Berlin conference and in the keynote they talked about a lot of cool things. You can see what I considered the most important bits here. Also, I’ll be doing a live webinar next Wednesday at 2PM ET. It will talk about mixed reality and HoloLens development and talk about some of […] Know someone who might like this?Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Po...

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SharePoint spaces–Mixed Reality for the Enterprise

On Monday, Microsoft had the SharePoint Conference and in the keynote they introduced SharePoint spaces. SharePoint spaces brings Mixed Reality to the enterprise. The reason why I’m talking about this is because it shows that Microsoft is planning on utilizing the immersive headsets in the enterprise and not just in the consumer market. SharePoint spaces […] Know someone who might like this?Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to...

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Awesome Five Star Unity Assets

Unity is having a crazy sell right now with many of the popular assets being 50% off. It is the May Madness Sale. There are 1,386 5 star assets on sale right now. Here is my curated list of 57 unique assets that are on sale. From scripting frameworks, to toolkits, to 3d models, to […] Know someone who might like this?Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pocket (Opens in ne...

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HoloLens European Inventor Award

Last week I saw a video from the European Inventor Award that I thought was worth sharing. One interesting bit they mentioned is… “Experts are predicting that over the next 4 years, so by 2022, that the market for mixed reality applications will grow to over 70 Billion Euros.” The opportunity here is pretty large, […] Know someone who might like this?Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Cli...

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HoloLens Character Sit Demo

This month, the members at LearnHoloLens.com learned how to have a character sit on a virtual chair and next month they will learn how to actually have the character pick a seat in the real world and sit down. This week, I’m showing off a demo of having an animated character spawn, pick a seat, […] Know someone who might like this?Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pocke...

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HoloLens 2018 – It’s 2 Years Old!

Every single week for two years, I’ve produced content around mixed reality and the majority of the content has been on the HoloLens itself. I decided to go through the archives and make a video of all the different demos, apps, and games I’ve created (or played) over the last 2 years. Also, Microsoft is […] Know someone who might like this?Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to shar...

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Mixed Reality Toolkit Reflection Extension Method

I received a question a few weeks back about getting the Curved VR Keyboard to work on the HoloLens. The error message appeared to be a reflection issue. UWP has some issues working with reflection because UWP is not managed. It is native and has a projection that allows us to write JavaScript apps or […] Know someone who might like this?Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share o...

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HoloValentine One Year Anniversary

Around this time last year, I created a HoloLens app called HoloValentine and released it to the Windows Store. Later last year, sometime in November, I updated the code to have it work on the immersive Mixed Reality (or VR) headsets. Here’s a little demo of how it works on the IHMD (Immersive Head Mounted […] Know someone who might like this?Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to sh...

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The 4 Simple Steps to Develop Your Own Mixed Reality Experiences… for Fun and Profit!

Join me Thursday, February 8th at 10AM over at LearnHoloLens.com where I’ll be talking about… The 4 Simple Steps to Develop Your Own Mixed Reality Experiences… for Fun and Profit! This webinar will cover HoloLens development as well as development for the immersive Windows Mixed Reality headsets. You will not want to miss this! See […] Know someone who might like this?Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens...

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Sneak Peek into a Live Q&A Session at LearnHoloLens.com

Every month, I answer questions from the members of LearnHoloLens.com. The questions are usually around content from the monthly master classes I teach there, but sometimes they are general mixed reality or Unity topics. I put the video on YouTube where you can watch part of one of the 18 Live Q&As. The Learn HoloLens […] Know someone who might like this?Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window...

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