STEP 1. Live Link Face So before you do anything else, you need to go and download the Live Link Face app by Unreal Engine. Make sure your computer and phone are connected to the same wireless network. Open Live Link Face and go into the settings (cog icon top left) and … Read more
Again I am following the Microsoft tutorial, just adding in extra screen grabs to help solidify the process in my mind. For the original tutorial, look here https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/mixed-reality/develop/unreal/tutorials/unreal-uxt-ch4 Spawning Hand Interaction Actors I’m not going to tell you about the kinds of hand interactions you can do in Hololens 2 because I’m assuming … Read more
Again I am following the Microsoft tutorial, just adding in extra screen grabs to help solidify the process in my mind. For the original tutorial, look here https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/mixed-reality/develop/unreal/tutorials/unreal-uxt-ch3 Add The Session Asset To use a session, you need an ARSessionConfig data asset to work with. To create one of these go to your Content … Read more
Again I am taking instructions straight from a section in Microsoft’s Chess Tutorial. But I am just adding in a few extra pictures because I am a visual learner and this really helps me solidify what I’m doing in my head. So some people might find this quite slow and hand holdy, so sorry, maybe … Read more
Adding plugins to your project is pretty straight forward as long as you know what folders you need to copy and where to. Go to your root project folder and create a Plugins folder if there isn’t one already Unzip the zip you downloaded for the UXTools Navigate to the Plugins folder in the unzipped … Read more
YOU have everything downloaded, now what? Launch the Unreal Engine 4.26 from the Epic Games Launcher. In the Select or Create New Project Window, select Games in the New Project Category section and then hit Next Next select a Blank Template and then hit Next And in the Project Settings … Read more
I am following the microsoft Chess app tutorial as I do this – adding in screen grabs for extra information for proper nubies, so for the original instructions go to microsoft https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/mixed-reality/develop/unreal/tutorials/unreal-uxt-ch1 Before starting have the following PROGRAMS installed. Unreal Engine 4.26 or later Microsoft HoloLens 2 device configured for development or Emulator Visual Studio 2019 … Read more
Set up your HoloLens to use the Windows Device Portal Before accessing the Windows Device Portal, you need to set it up on HoloLens: 1. Put on your HoloLens device and turn on the power. 2. Do the bloom gesture to open the Start menu. 3. Go into Settings 4. Select the Update & … Read more
NowSo I needed to create a Hololens 2 App and deploy it to an actual Hololens 2 that I had with me for development, AND I needed to save a copy of the compiled app that could be copied onto a Hololens 2 that my client had in another office. It was a … Read more
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