Requirements
- Windows OS
- Emulator: Windows Pro, Enterprise, or Education
- Simulator: Any Windows version
Check Windows License Type
You can check to see if you have the correct Windows License by opening Command Prompt and executing the following command:
Slmgr -dli
This will give you a prompt which will show you the Windows License in the Name field.
Instructions
Install Unity
- Use the Action to go to the Download Unity Hub page
- Press Download Unity Hub
- Follow prompts to complete the install
- Run Unity Hub
- Press Add to Add a Unity Version for install
- Select the Recommended Release version and press Next
- Uncheck the option to install Visual Studio
- Follow the remaining prompts to complete the installation
Install Visual Studio Community
- Use the Action to go to the Download Visual Studio page
- Under the Community edition, Press Free Download
- Follow prompts to begin installation
- Within Workloads, check off the following:
- Desktop development with C++
- Universal Windows Platform Development
- Within Optional, Check: USB Device Connectivity
- Game Development with Unity
- Within Optional, Uncheck: Unity Hub
- Follow the remaining prompts to complete the installation
Install HoloLens 2
Enable Hyper-V
Open an admin Powershell window and execute the following command:
DISM /Online /Enable-Feature /All /FeatureName:Microsoft-Hyper-V
Restart your machine when prompted.
Install HoloLens Emulator
The HoloLens Emulator works in conjunction with Microsoft Hyper-V. If you were unable to enable Hyper-V, skip to install HoloLens Simulator.
- Use the Action to Download HoloLens 2 Emulator
- Select Install the HoloLens 2 Emulator - to this computer and press Next
- Follow prompts to complete the installation
Install HoloLens Simulator
- Go to Windows Settings
- Open Update & Security
- Go to the For Developers tab
- Turn on Developer Mode
- Search for and Open Mixed Reality Portal
- Start Setup and follow the on-screen prompts to connect your device
Install Mixed Reality Tool
This is used to import the correct packages into a Unity Project. Create a Unity Project and then:
- Use the Action to Download Mixed Reality Features Tool
- Extract Files
- Run the executable file
- Within Mixed Reality Toolkit, check off:
- Mixed Reality Toolkit Examples
- Mixed Reality Toolkit Extensions
- Mixed Reality Toolkit Foundation
- Mixed Reality Toolkit Plan Finding
- Mixed Reality Toolkit Standard Assets
- Mixed Reality Toolkit Test Utilities
- Mixed Reality Toolkit Tools
- Within Spatial Audio, check off:
- Microsoft Spatializer
- Within Other Features, check off:
- Mixed Reality Input
- MixedReality-WebRTC
- MixedReality-WebRTC Samples
- Press Get Features