10 Useful AR Applications on Microsoft HoloLens

Here are some of the applications that you need to experience if you own a HoloLens.

By Bhupendra Vasaikar Last updated Apr 24, 2019

Microsoft HoloLens is a pair of mixed reality smartglasses which is combined of virtual reality headset with transparent lenses for having augmented reality experience. It is developed and manufactured by Microsoft.

Today, we are able to experience and view real life like representation of anything virtually by holograms. From its limited uses in early stages, it has grown and spread its uses too many fields like designing, data analysis, medical imaging, standard computing, gaming and many more on the way.

Microsoft has developed many applications compatible with HoloLens for gaming, education and other purposes. Below are the best 10 applications which use HoloLens.

1. HoloTour

HoloTour application provides an immersive 3D personal tour to let you explore the beauty and history of Rome and find the hidden secrets of Machu Picchu.

The unique combination of 360-degree video, spatial sound, and holographic scenery are provided within it. With this, you will be able to experience real life like presence in the scenery.

The user can move and look around in their real world for naturally interacting with the elements in the tour. You will really believe that you are present there. A personal tour guide Melissa will be there with you throughout the tour.

The application requires Windows Mixed Reality-ready PC and immersive headset, or Microsoft HoloLens.

2. RoboRaid

RoboRaid has taken full advantage of mixed reality. It will give lifelike game experience to the users. A robot invasion AR environment is generated for RoboRaid.

Think about robot invaders breaking into your homes through walls. This application can turn your home into a unique video game experience.

There are three action packed levels. You can defend your home from robot invasion as a shooter and avoid the enemy fire using your gaze, gesture, and voice. You can blow holes through your walls using laser weapons and use X-ray power to see through the walls.

3. Insight Heart

Insight Heart is the first app developed from a planned series for the purpose of education for a medical student for the future.

A virtual companion called “ANI” guides user about the functions of the application.

Impressive visuals of infarction, arterial hypertension, and atrial fibrillation improve the educational methods and can take medical education into the next level. In this application, you can control the heart by using gestures or voice commands. A high-resolution heart hologram will be floating in front of you.

You are able to move, rotate and scale the heart and experience the heartbeat in real time. There is an option to freeze and unfreeze functions so that you can examine it in details.

4. Fragments

This is a game application and its enough to prove that HoloLens is one of the best gaming tools. The user will play the role of a detective in this application.

The user can investigate crimes based on memories by examining holographic crime scenes and gathering clues.

The clues to the murder will be displayed on the wall and will be somewhere hidden behind the sofa or coffee table.

5. Land of Dinosaurs

Land of Dinosaurs is an application which is like a portal through which we can enter a time warp to 65 million years ago. You can really go back to those ages when giant creatures existed on our earth.

This application can be used in the museum, school or other institution to enhance exhibits and to bring fresh content to visitors or students. This application can generate stories quickly and cost-effectively so that you can save time and cost on development.

6. HoloAnatomy

HoloAnatomy allows users to view complete full-size anatomical models. By this, a better understanding of the human body functions is obtained. This application is aimed for educational purpose.

This is a tour of the Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic HoloAnatomy course. The 3D models of the human body can be viewed from any angle. The virtual narrator will guide through the learning objectives.

7. HoloStudy Demo

Holostudy contains a series of geology, physics, chemistry and biology lessons. Contains a journey with virtual professors. It can help to understand the complexity of science. This application shows the full possibilities of Hololens in education.

8. The Red Pill

The Red Pill application is a little different from others. It shows you the code behind the real world objects. It connects the HoloLens to the Matrix letting you see the codes which make up structures like walls, tables, and other objects.

Spatial Mapping is used to analyze the environment around and apply Digital Rain Effect to the resulting Mesh.

This application is the winner of the HoloLens challenge.

9. Holo Property

Holo Property is a mixed reality simulation. This application makes it easier for the agents or company to show their assets to customers. The property model feature is used to show to the customers so that the agents can show sample without bringing the customer to the site.

This application has flexible controls. The agent can also show how the house will be built on a particular site and view the environment of the property more realistically.

10. HoloFlight

HoloFlight (beta) is used to visualize real flight data in 3D. A visualized flight space is generated and the user is able to walk around and explore its various parts.

Detailed flight information can be seen by gazing at airplanes. And can also hear ATC conversations along with spatial sounds. The introductory tutorial will be given at the launching time and can open the tutorial at any time by saying “show tutorial”.

Most people think that Microsoft HoloLens was designed for gaming. Other than gaming, Microsoft HoloLens is used in many other fields like education, business and many more. It opens the door for the next level of immersive experience.