Data Visualizations Using the Microsoft HoloLens

Submission Number: 8
Submission ID: 25
Submission UUID: fc6bcf34-c73c-47d4-963e-048bf63f55db
Submission URI: /form/project

Created: Fri, 08/30/2019 - 11:36
Completed: Fri, 08/30/2019 - 11:39
Changed: Thu, 05/05/2022 - 04:45

Remote IP address: 130.215.55.243
Submitted by: Scott Valcourt
Language: English

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Webform: Project
Data Visualizations Using the Microsoft HoloLens
Northeast
hololens.jpg
compiling (212), debugging (38), networking (180), os (219), software-installation (211)
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Project Leader

Scott Valcourt
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Project Personnel

Scott Valcourt
Eric Brown, Nicholas Boyd, Jacob Hawkins, Thomas Yang
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Project Information

Using a Microsoft HoloLens, this project will connect the HoloLens to another computing device to transfer data to be visualized in the HoloLens.

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This multi-phase project seeks to incorporate the Microsoft Hololens to initially demonstrate the ability to display visualizations in the HoloLens, followed by an activity to take dynamic data and visualize data that originates from a remote compute device. Eventually, connecting the HPC output to the HoloLens for real-time augmenting of the visual view of the user will take place once a suitable science driver is identified.

Project Information Subsection

Sample code to incorporate HoloLens with other computing devices
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C/C++ programming skills; familiarity with Microsoft OS platform
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University of New Hampshire
268 MAST RD
NHPTV
Durham, New Hampshire. 03824
NE-University of New Hampshire
04/11/2019
No
Already behind3Start date is flexible
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Visualization images used in the project
Paper on the use of HoloLens to visually display data for a particular domain
Coding and visualization practices
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Other ways to present information beyond the use of monitor and keyboard
Basic computation and graphing applications
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Final Report

This project has created a detailed cookbook into the installation and configuration of the framework necessary to create any Hololens application, both tethered or independent. Examples on the Internet about how to complete startup installation are old and do not take into account the changes that SDKs, software, and updated hardware (i.e. Hololens 2) have on the installation collection and steps. This project completed a sample application to support a user completing day-to-day tasks which includes comparing medication images to actual medications, supporting the aging-in-place environment of a user.
Nursing and other Health and Human Services disciplines see the wide potential for using Hololens technology to support users and caregivers with hands-free tools and computation to support daily service delivery. Additionally, using hands-free tools such as the Hololens can put instructors and support materials into the field of view of the wearer and provide augmented information as required such as checklists, patient information, and consultative support through the use of onboard cameras and audio.
The use of Hololens technology allows computing power to migrate into the field and support the users in a hands-free environment, a critical goal in maintaining a sterile environment such as one like COVID-19.
The coding depth and environment necessary to expand application development using tools like the Hololens will prepare research computing personnel to apply this technology to new applications as the requirements emerge.
No. The Hololens environment runs in existing infrastructure environments as designed.
Security has not been implemented into this project, so ensuring that HIPAA and other compliance is maintained will be a key future work assigned to this project.
There is an emerging growth of need for wearable computing that supports augmented reality and offers users remote computing power while maintaining hands-free operation. Applying this hardware/software environment to new problems waiting to be solved is an opportunity for future commercialization.
Using technology to solve problems, such as hands-free computing engagement, is likely to impact society, especially in the post-COVID-19 world.
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This project implemented a sample application that could be used by home-bound users who need assistance in managing their daily routines with activities, monitoring, and medications. Future project expansion will investigate the coding of new applications to support hands-free computing in environments where sterilization in necessary.