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Creating Custom Holograms
Hello, I am a student studying Animation, focusing on computer graphics. I have a wide variety of models I have constructed as part of my studies and for other projects. I would like to know if it is possible to add my models to the Holograms app that comes with Hololens. I am aware of the FBX viewer app but from what I can tell it won't let me place permanent holograms within a share reality space in the same way the Holograms app can.
So, is there a way I can load custom models (either in .obj, .fbx or .ma formats) into the holograms app for placing in a shared reality space?
If this is not possible, I plan to design a Unity project that is capable of doing this, but I am not sure if it is possible for these holograms to persist in the same way that they do when using the Hologram app.
Thanks for any help or pointers.
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Hey Tyro,
I don't think that you can place your custom models in the 'shell' world with the holograms app, but you could easily create a Unity application that does this. You will be able to do persistence, but you won't be able to have your custom holograms in the shell. To learn about the APIs for persistence, go here.hth,
Patrick
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Hey Tyro,
I don't think that you can place your custom models in the 'shell' world with the holograms app, but you could easily create a Unity application that does this. You will be able to do persistence, but you won't be able to have your custom holograms in the shell. To learn about the APIs for persistence, go here.
hth,
Patrick
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Ok thank you for that information, persistence across multiple uses of the app is definitely a step in the direction of what I was hoping for. I suppose if I can somehow figure a way to have my app continue running in the background while the user engages in other tasks it will get close to what I was imagining. That link is also very helpful, thank you. It answers my questions, and I'll begin working on a unity app with persistence that can access and leverage a library of custom models.
But this also leads me to another question-
Do you have any idea if the "shell" world as you called it will be opened for custom interactions? It seems like a virtual space desktop and as such I would really enjoy the ability to create tools and assets for users to modify their "shell" world in more ways than is currently available.
I'm not sure what the future plans are for sharing the 'shell' (or desktop, or whatever we're going to call it now).
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What if I want to open multiple apps to place multiple items over the physical world?