How to start with PC app to load, render 3D model and display on Hololens 2

[DamianDD]

Hi All,

I was doing some applications for Hololens in Unity and Unreal. I stuck in moment were I would like to be able to load very detailed STL models into hololens and display them. Currently I have to load them manually to Unity/Unreal, render models, compile app and install on hololens.

I was thinking maybe about doing local windows App and load to it STL, render it and transfer to hololens over for example Remote Player.

I know there is Azure Rendering service but cost of it for longer time is to large and I would like to make something like that ob local powerfull PC.

Any suggestions how can I start with this ?

[#2]

Hololens 2 has some hardware limitations so we've documented these requirements https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/mixed-reality/distribute/creating-3d-models-for-use-in-the-...

If your STL model is way complex than that, and our tool https://github.com/microsoft/glTF-Toolkit can't help, then you should take a look at Holographic Remoting Player https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/mixed-reality/develop/native/holographic-remoting-player. our sample https://github.com/microsoft/MixedReality-HolographicRemoting-Samples is a good start.

You might also review Azure Remote Rendering. This service uses the computing power of Azure to render even the most complex models in the cloud and streams them in real time to your  

[#3]

You can also use an online rendering platform to make the process of texture rendering faster. It will save you time and money because you will have the possibility to work on your project more.
I recommend using this render farm for blender to get the result up to 1000 times faster than your own PC would be able to render. And you will no longer have to compromise between time and quality of the final work. You can just use those external servers to make rendering easier and faster for you. You will even be saving money on electricity bills because your PC will no longer have to work that hard.