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Monday 3rd October 2022 > 5-6pm GST

Let's Master the Jump into Mixed Reality!

In this session, you will get a glimpse of the mixed reality spectrum and get tips & tricks on how to get into this space. As a game developer / .NET developer, you may have already mastered the essential skills for making PC, mobile, and console games. You are probably familiar with working with programmers, designers, and 3D artists. The game changer here is what tools support your journey into AR/VR/MR. Cross-platform tools like Mixed Reality Toolkit (MRTK) make this jump a little easier. Learn how this free, Microsoft-driven, open-source project can kick start your MR exploration with an enhanced volumetric UX / UI system and pre-defined components that accelerate cross-platform development in Unity.

Speakers

Zaid Zaim, Mixed Reality Catalyst at Hololux | Microsoft MVP

Christian Glessner, Leitwolf and CEO Hololux | Microsoft MVP

Friday 7th October 2022 > 5-6pm GST

Introduction to Azure AI Services

Abstract coming soon!

Speaker

Aadrika Singh, Cloud Solution Architect, Microsoft

What you need to get started:

To get started with the Mixed Reality Toolkit, you will need:

• Visual Studio 2022

• Visual Studio Code - Code Editing. Redefined

• Visual Studio Code Azure Extensions

• Unity 2018.4 or Unity 2019.4

MRTK supports both IL2CPP and .NET scripting backends on Unity 2018.

Starting from MRTK 2.5 Unity 2018.4.13f1 or later is strongly recommended for customers using Unity 2018. Earlier versions of Unity 2018.4 are still supported but now require extra steps to set up and to upgrade to Unity 2019.

• Windows SDK 18362+

This is necessary if you are building a UWP app for WMR, HoloLens 1, or HoloLens 2. This is not necessary when building for OpenVR.

• Mixed Reality Feature Tool

Add the following components:

• Game Development with Unity
• .NET Desktop Development
• Desktop Development with C++
• Development for the Universal Windows Platform

Switch on Developer mode on your PC.

Quick start on Learning:

Start with self-Paced Courses:

Compulsory

·       Introduction to mixed reality - Training | Microsoft Docs

·       Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals: Get started with artificial intelligence - Training | Microsoft Docs

Optional

·       Introduction to the Mixed Reality Toolkit--Set Up Your Project and Use Hand Interaction - Training | Microsoft Docs

·       Get started with AI on Azure - Training | Microsoft Docs

Get started on working with the tools

Once you finish the introductions and are well aware of the Technology, learn Unity or Stereo Kit.

Hands On Unity

1.       Roll-a-Ball - Unity Learn

Unity Development for Hololens:

Unity development for HoloLens - Mixed Reality | Microsoft Docs

Or, if you would like to work with C# follow the training below:

Build Mixed Reality Apps in Native C# with StereoKit - Training | Microsoft Docs

Extra Resources you can refer to for additional information:

·       Designing for mixed reality - Training | Microsoft Docs

·       Create a language translator application with Unity and Azure Cognitive Services - Training | Microsoft Docs

·       Add Azure Cognitive Services to your mixed reality project - Training | Microsoft Docs

·       Mixed Reality Learn module overview - Mixed Reality | Microsoft Docs

·       Designing holograms - Mixed Reality | Microsoft Docs

·       Azure mixed reality cloud services overview - Mixed Reality | Microsoft Docs

·       Point cloud rendering - Azure Remote Rendering | Microsoft Docs

·       Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals: Get started with artificial intelligence - Training | Microsoft Docs

·       Get started with AI on Azure - Training | Microsoft Docs

·       Analyze text with the Language service - Training | Microsoft Docs

·       Translate text and speech - Training | Microsoft Docs

·       Create a language model with Conversational Language Understanding - Training | Microsoft Docs

·       Detect and analyze faces with the Face service - Training | Microsoft Docs

·       Detect objects in images with the Custom Vision service - Training | Microsoft Docs

Sample Repo

https://github.com/ZaidZaim/MRTK-2.7-Sample-project

Using Unity 2020.3.36f1

Unity Mixed Reality Tutorials MRTK (Project Setup) - YouTube