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Is it possible to attach external micro-USB sensors to Hololens USB port?

I am working on application where external sensor (like temperature sensor , pressure sensor) data is Input for Hololens application.So, instead of creating another H/W circuit and giving input to application over wifi , thinking of attaching sensor directly to Hololens USB port.

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    Hi Rj21,

    Unfortunately the Hololens only supports Bluetooth accessories. Please see this documentation for more details:

    https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/mixed-reality/hardware_accessories

    Thanks,
    Yang

  • rj21rj21
    edited November 2017

    Thanks @ISeeHolograms for your reply.
    So, I can connect sensors which is having Bluetooth attached to it ??.

  • @rj21 said:
    Thanks @ISeeHolograms for your reply.
    So, I can connect sensors which is having Bluetooth attached to it ??.

    You can only connect Bluetooth devices described in Hardware accessories as these are the only ones which have templates bth.inf for the devices.

    HoloLens software works like Windows Mobile, not desktop, even though the code exists it cannot be used and therefore cannot be expanded.

    The only extra not mentioned is Xbox Elite controller, which supports Bluetooth.

    Windows Mixed Reality Motion controllers require Bluetooth 4.0, HoloLens is Bluetooth 3.0 simulation.

  • I succesfully paired Mixed Reality controllers to HoloLens. However Nothing is detected.

    French XR/MR developer / Indie Game Developer

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