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UBIK HoloLens Client Basics

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The HoloLens App uses the first profile that was found where IsDefault is set to true. If none is found, it will connect to the Demo server automatically.


Commands

The HoloLens App can be controlled with voice commands and gestures. In most cases, except for the "Assign POI" and "Refresh POI" voice commands, a POI can refer to any type of placeable object. In the HoloLens app, this means regular content objects, documents, or tasks.

Command Purpose
Create POI Creates a new POI at the spot the user is currently gazing at
Assign POI Switches the currently focused POI into dictation mode and listens for text input. The text is searched against the data model.
Move POI Puts the POI in movement mode. This can also be triggered by AirTapping the POI
Place POI Places the POI that is currently being moved
Delete POI Removes a POI from the virtual world
Reset world Removes all placed POIs and documents from the virtual world
Refresh POI Reloads the UBIK object behind the POI
Show documents Displays a list of documents associated to the POI. The documents can be picked (AirTap) and placed like regular POIs
Hide documents Hides the document list
Show Tasks Displays a list of tasks associated to the POI. The tasks can be picked (AirTap) and placed like regular POIs.
Hide Tasks Hides the task list
Next When documents are shown, brings the next document to the front of the list
Previous When documents are shown, brings the previous document to the front of the list
Save objects Saves the location of each POI and document to the server (if available)
Load objects Restores are previously saved POIs and documents to their previous location by retrieving them from the server (if available)

POIs

POIs are the HoloLens representations of UBIK content objects. To place these POIs in the world, you only need to do the 2 following things:

  1. Use "Create POI" voice command to create a new empty POI
  2. Use "Assign POI" voice command, followed by dictating the name of the content object you are looking for

If the assigned name of the POI can be found, the app will assign it to the empty POI, and start loading the object's properties, documents, and tasks.

Documents

Documents are children of POIs, but are treated similarly to POIs. All voice commands which are available for documents are detailed above. If a POI has document children, the user may view the expanded list (carousel) of document previews by using "Show Documents". The carousel can be navigated using "Next" and "Previous", or by tapping on the individual previews. The documents can then be placed anywhere in the world by tapping the centered preview, and tapping again to release the document (while it loads).