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Do I need to have windows 10 Pro/Education to develop hololens?
Hello guys,
I notice that the emulator needs Hyper-V, which needs windows 10 Pro/Education version. If we have the device at hand, which means the emulator is not that necessary, do we still need windows 10 Pro/Education version? May try out later but why not ask since someone may already did it.
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HoloSheep
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@PsychoTodd, if you have a physical device and do not intend to deploy to the emulator, Windows 10 Home will work. I have run the tools on a machine with Home edition and deployed directly to devices without issue, so as long as your hardware meets the other requirements I think you should be fine.
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DavidKlineMS
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Please be sure you are using the Unity 5.4 HTP release and that you have selected the Windows Store icon in Edit > Project Settings > Player > Other Settings. The Unity 5.4 beta does not contain support for HoloLens.
Thanks!
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@PsychoTodd, if you have a physical device and do not intend to deploy to the emulator, Windows 10 Home will work. I have run the tools on a machine with Home edition and deployed directly to devices without issue, so as long as your hardware meets the other requirements I think you should be fine.
Windows Holographic User Group Redmond
WinHUGR.org - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @WinHUGR
WinHUGR YouTube Channel -- live streamed meetings
@HoloSheep, Thank you for the answer but now the issue is I install the VS2015 update 2, and Unity Preview. But I haven't installed the Emulator at all (Actually I cannot install it, since it will fail in my WIn 10 home version).
However, I stucked at Unity when I need to choose the Virtual Reality SDK, there is no Microsoft Hololens in the choice. And in my Player setting I do not see the specialPerception check box.
Did this happen to you before?
@PsychoTodd,
Please be sure you are using the Unity 5.4 HTP release and that you have selected the Windows Store icon in Edit > Project Settings > Player > Other Settings. The Unity 5.4 beta does not contain support for HoloLens.
Thanks!
David
@HoloSheep @DavidKlineMS , Thanks you guys, after I installed Unity 5.4 HTP the problem is resolved. I was wrong due to that I just directly to go the Unity website and install their newest beta version, rather than the one specific designed for Hololens.