/en/tags/hololens/Recent content in Hololens on DVLUPHugoen-USWed, 06 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000/en/blog/2017.09.06-creating-3d-icons-for-your-mixed-reality-uwp-app/Wed, 06 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000/en/blog/2017.09.06-creating-3d-icons-for-your-mixed-reality-uwp-app/<p>Microsoft has opened up the ability to have a 3D app launcher to all developers in the Fall Creator&rsquo;s Update. In this blog post, I&rsquo;m going to show you how to build your own 3D app launcher from scratch (accompanying YouTube tutorial video embedded below).</p> <p>What is a 3D app launcher?</p> <h2 id="app-launchers">App Launchers</h2> <p>Up until now, you&rsquo;ve only been able to have a regular 2D tile in the Start menu and the user could place a 2D frame of your app on a surface in the Cliff House (the Mixed Reality home) or on a surface in your HoloLens mapped area. Clicking the app frame would launch the app in the same frame.</p>