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Destroying HoloLens through Device Portal

I recently ran into a problem recently where I accidentally switched the Control Mode to Simulation in the Device Portal. I wondered why HoloLens is no longer responding to my input and the screen is frozen. I managed to find the problem and set the Control Mode back to Default. Everything fine, but that raised a question:
What if I change the setting to Simulation and then turn the device off or disconnect my network and HoloLens does not automatically reconnect to it because something changed. In this case, I will be no longer able to access the device portal from the network and can no longer do anything with my HoloLens. Is that correct or does it reset automatically to Default mode on boot? (obviously I don't want to try it out).

I know that you can access the device portal over USB. Still, I think this would be a big flaw if you could "destroy" your HoloLens so easily this way.

Answers

  • @kvnmlr,
    In Simulation mode, the HoloLens will not respond to Spatial Input. This setting will persist across reboots, so if you lose your network connection, you will need to connect to the Device Portal via USB.

    Thanks!
    David

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