Local multi-player system in Hololens.

Question

I want to develop a multi-player system in Hololens where two people can see the same virtual space. The effect I want is simple, such as two people playing virtual chess in the same physical room. The system only needs to provide one virtual chess board for them to see.

However, all the methods I see are complicated. The host Hololens needs to create the anchors through Azure Spatial Anchors, transport the message through customized multi-player networking such as Photon, and then deploy the anchors to the client Hololens.

Is there any simple way or existing SDKs that can quickly help me to build a simple multi-player system in Hololens? Please give me some advice, thanks!

Answer 1

Hello, Welcome to Microsoft Q&A,

Currently, there isn't an easy out-of-the-box multiplayer solution on HoloLens. Implementing multiplayer games with ASA and Photon is the right direction.

ASA provides detailed documentation to get you started, please refer to Tutorial: Create a new HoloLens Unity app - Azure Spatial Anchors | Microsoft Learn. HoloLens also provides a Photon-related tutorial, which can help you get started quickly, please refer to Introduction to the Multi-user capabilities tutorials - Mixed Reality | Microsoft Learn. For more information about Photon, you can visit the Photon Engine official website.

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