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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.
For technical questions, please use Stack Overflow, and tag your questions using either hololens or windows-mixed-reality.
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Battery Replacement and Charging
Jarrod1937
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Hello, I am curious if someone from Microsoft or if anyone here has any information on charging of the Hololens and batteries. I ask because the Hololens seems to be initially targeted towards enterprise and industrial uses. In a scenario like this, especially with a 2-3 hour battery life (as quoted via the documentation), the battery handling is quite important. I suppose, if no information is out there, my and others needs would probably be that:
- The battery is easily swap-able, ideally without losing the current session.
- There needs to be a separate battery charging accessory (ideally bulk charging) for the batteries by themselves. This way, the users out in the field (so to speak) can carry precharged batteries with them and swap out as needed.
To me this doesn't seem to out of the question to ask. Even if there is no documentation on this, I am simply posting here to hopefully give Microsoft feedback as to my (and I'd assume) other's possible requirements.
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Thank you for your feedback.
Information on charging the HoloLens is here:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/12627
Hardware details are here:
https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/holographic/hardware_details.
Thank you for the details. Can you tell me the mAh associated with the battery? I'm looking at extending it via an external charger, that way I can see what size I need for a certain amount of run time. Once I get a physical Hololens I'm thinking of 3D printing a holder for it. If anyone is interested I'll release the STL files when the time comes.
@Jarrod1937 I would be interested in the holder STL files when you get them done...