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Microsoft HoloLens Development

Information on using UE to develop for the Microsoft HoloLens.

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HMDs
- HoloLens Emulator
HoloLens Prerequisites
Getting Started
How-Tos
Mixed Reality Toolkit for Unreal

Unreal Engine (UE) supports Microsoft HoloLens head-mounted displays (HMDs) as a platform for your projects. This section of the docs covers how to configure your project for HoloLens devices and other useful information.

HMDs

Developers are now able to begin creating for the HoloLens 2. You have access to APIs for the platform's unique features, such as streaming and native deployment, finger tracking, gesture recognition, meshing, voice input, spatial anchor pinning, and more. You can build an AR game or an enterprise application.

HoloLens Emulator

Microsoft provides an emulator for developing and testing apps without a physical HoloLens device. For more, see the Microsoft documentation on the HoloLens Emulator.

HoloLens Prerequisites

Before beginning to develop with the HoloLens devices:

Install the necessary tools on your machine. See Microsoft's documentation for the tools required.
Enable Developer Mode on your HoloLens device. See Microsoft's documentation for more.

Getting Started

Setting Up a New AR Project

Learn how to set up a new AR project from a blank template.

HoloLens Viewer Template

Describes how to get started with the HoloLens Viewer Template.

HoloLens Device Quick Start

Instructions for configuring and running the HoloLens Device with Unreal Engine 4.

HoloLens 2 Emulator Quick Start

Instructions for configuring and running the HoloLens 2 Emulator with Unreal Engine 4.

HoloLens Streaming Quick Start

Instructions for configuring and running HoloLens Streaming with Unreal Engine 4.

How-Tos

Packaging an App for the HoloLens 2 4.23

Mixed Reality Toolkit for Unreal

The Mixed Reality Toolkit for Unreal is a set of plugins, samples, and documentation for quickly creating immersive Unreal apps for the HoloLens 2. One component of this toolkit is UX Tools for Unreal, which provides code, blueprints, and assets for common immersive UX interactions. To see how to add the UX Tools for Unreal to your project, follow Microsoft's tutorial on creating a simple chess app for HoloLens 2.