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May 5, 2017
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Occluding

  • May 5, 2017
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how does Occluding work?

When I turn it on, it just makes the model invisible but blocking models behind it.  Is this how it is supposed to work?  My hope would be that if a real world object moves in front of the model, it occludes it from view.

Best answer by RyanOrwoll

Hi Brent,

Occluding is used to indicate that you physically have that model or model item and you are choosing not to render (augment) it in the HoloLens.   This is very important so that based and the line of site of the user, anything that would be behind the physical object isn't rendered as well.   Since when that particular object or part is physically there in front of the user, you're telling the Experience to not "draw" it or anything behind it.  

Ryan

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12-Amethyst
May 8, 2017

Hi Brent,

Occluding is used to indicate that you physically have that model or model item and you are choosing not to render (augment) it in the HoloLens.   This is very important so that based and the line of site of the user, anything that would be behind the physical object isn't rendered as well.   Since when that particular object or part is physically there in front of the user, you're telling the Experience to not "draw" it or anything behind it.  

Ryan

bjackson11-VisitorAuthor
1-Visitor
May 8, 2017

Ahh, that makes sense and is a cool feature now that I know how it works.

Thank you for clearing that up!