Targeting Microsoft HoloLens

This section will help you set up your Windows PC for Windows Mixed Reality holographic development with Unity.

In addition to Android and iOS, a third important emerging target platform for augmented reality is Microsoft Mixed Reality. Microsoft uses the term "Mixed Reality" to encompass their combined strategy for augmented reality and virtual reality. These technologies do have a lot in common, and especially at the system and software architecture level, Microsoft has decided to mix these realities under one API banner. Microsoft's AR device is HoloLens, presently in Beta. And their mixed reality support specifically is often referred to as holographics.

Windows 10 brings us UWP, which provides a common platform ...

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