Microsoft needed an application to showcase how their HoloLens could be used with their PowerBi suite of analytics services. I had the pleasure of working with designers at T4G Limited to create such an experience.

The purpose of this demo was to show how the HoloLens could be used together with sensors connected to PowerBI to help maintenance workers discover, locate and guide them in conducting repairs.

Challenges

There were 2 challenges that stand out the most. The first is that we didn't have a 3D designer to work with. We were limited to purchasing assets that were already designed, and most of them were geared towards video games. The other challenge was how to attach the wall cut-out to the wall so that it appeared to have depth and didn't have a black box around it. This was achieved with a custom shader.