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When will HoloLens Emulator be more functional?
With the HoloLens devices being in very short supply it has become very important that the HoloLens Emulator be fully functional. We are looking at 3-9 months, wave 2-4, before we can get a physical device, so we need the HoloLens emulator to be fully functional so we can test out the environment and applications that come with the device, specifically Skype. The following features are not currently there and wondering when they will be added.
- Ability to install and run applications from the App store. If difficult, can a VM be provided that has all of the app store applications preinstalled or provide a way to install them?
- Ability to connect to emulator from the companion app so we can make videos of the experience.
- Ability to route the PC's camera and other peripherals directly to the emulator. It would be nice to use the Kinect to scan a room and then simulate some of the capabilities of the HoloLens.
- Ability to run the emulator outside of Visual Studio and also provide a much larger field of view.
This has become more critical, given the timeframe for getting a device is so long. Thanks for your response and consideration.
- Ed
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neerajwadhwa
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@EdAM, Thank you for your feedback.
Currently your requests are not supported by the emulator.
The emulator is almost like a live preview without the device.
You might consider recording the emulator experience using a recording tool on your PC.Will surely share this feedback with the feature team.
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Here's how to run the emulator independently of VS:(edited)
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft XDE\10.0.11082.0\XDE.exe" /name "HoloLens Emulator 10.0.11082.1039." /displayName "HoloLens Emulator 10.0.11082.1039" /vhd "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Emulation\HoloLens\10.0.11082.1039\flash.vhd" /video "1268x720" /memsize 2048 /language 409 /creatediffdisk "C:\Users\AppData\Local\Microsoft\XDE\10.0.11082.1039\dd.1268x720.2048.vhd" /fastShutdown /sku HDE
Resolution thing is not going to change. It wont run at anything other than 1268x720 even if you edit the xml.
UX Designer @ Anki
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@EdAM, Thank you for your feedback.
Currently your requests are not supported by the emulator.
The emulator is almost like a live preview without the device.
You might consider recording the emulator experience using a recording tool on your PC.
Will surely share this feedback with the feature team.
Any feedback from the feature team on these requests?