DotNetByExample - The Next Generation

Joost van Schaik

Senior Mixed Reality Software Architect. Mixed Reality, Windows Development & Windows Insider MVP. Mixed Reality, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, HoloLens, Quest, Unity, .NET, Azure

Gotcha - changing a HoloLens app’s name as it appears on the tile

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I am currently finishing up a nice little demo app for the HoloLens but ran into a weird problem. Originally the app was called ‘Gazer’, as I only wanted to ...

Floating ‘text balloons’ for context relevant information in Xamarin Forms

11 minute read

Picking the challenge apart An Italian proverb says that a fool can ask more questions than seven wise men can answer – a modern variant could be that a desi...

Default HoloLens Toolkit occlusion script turns magenta

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After following some on-line video’s and snooping through some other’s people code I felt I had to start bottom-up to get at least a feeling for how you setu...

Generic databinding for MapIcons in Universal Windows Apps

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Preface Ever since I introduced databinding for the UWP map control (and it’s previous incarnations for Windows Phone 8.x and Windows 8.x) I have been asked ...

Keeping input fields above the keyboard in UWP apps

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Before you all think I am stark raving mad – it appears that it is actually possible to create XAML constructions that confuse the UWP renderer to such an ex...