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The Mixed Reality Forums here are no longer being used or maintained.
There are a few other places we would like to direct you to for support, both from Microsoft and from the community.
The first way we want to connect with you is our mixed reality developer program, which you can sign up for at https://aka.ms/IWantMR.
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If you want to join in discussions, please do so in the HoloDevelopers Slack, which you can join by going to https://aka.ms/holodevelopers, or in our Microsoft Tech Communities forums at https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/mixed-reality/ct-p/MicrosoftMixedReality.
And always feel free to hit us up on Twitter @MxdRealityDev.
Which computer is best to start developing applications for HoloLens?
So, I am graduate student and I am at the point where I will be starting my development work soon.
I would like to know what computer systems people are using for application development
or
which would you recommend to be the best that will efficiently run
- VS 2015
- Unity 5.5
- Vuforia 6.1
- HoloLens Emulator (must support Hyper-V for the Emulator installation to succeed)
(Basically satisfy all the requirements)
Not worrying about the budget, but I want best in the market.
Suggestions please.
Thank you,
Arjun
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Well, I don't think you actually need much to be honest. One of our devs switches between a surface and his old mac (running parallels). Its not like developing for VR since the device handles all of the cpu/gpu. Plus it runs similar to mobile specs.
All that said, if it were me I'd focus on getting as much RAM as you can and would also get a decent sized hard drive to store all of your projects. The rest you can get away with about anything. Though I'd also get as beefy of a graphics card as you can (more so because I like to play Overwatch
but you could try to justify it if you wanted to run the hololens in remote... but again, not necessary).
Good luck!
Taqtile
Thank you so much Mark.
But a Mac doesn't support Visual Studio, so how does your developer use it for developing apps for HoloLens?
I have a Lenovo T460s with core i7 and 24GB RAM and 500GB SSD. It is working fine. This machine is a dedicated a dev machine, no productivity apps (Office etc.) on it.
Hello,
The most difficult to run is the Emulator. It needs 8GO of RAM. I have 16GO of RAM, a core I7 and for the graphic card a GTX 1080. All the programs run great.
And of course you need a lot of free space (more than 500GO if you have a lot of projetcs would be great).
Good luck!
@chiddaan He runs parallels but the hardware is fine.
Taqtile
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/dell-xps-13-3-touch-screen-laptop-intel-core-i7-16gb-512gb-m-2-solid-state-drive-silver/4912200.p?skuId=4912200
Should this be perfect?
Dell just announced some new alienwares today. May want to compare:
http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/productdetails/alienware-13-laptop/dkcwe03h
Taqtile
I bought the Dell XPS 9550-13333SLV Signature Edition Laptop from the Microsoft Store since my previous laptop just refused to run the Emulator. And its been great so far. I wanted a laptop with touchscreen - that was partly why it is so expensive.
https://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/productID.333101300