Add a new dimension to your apps with mixed reality.

Whether you are building experiences for HoloLens, VR, PC or mobile, find continually updated documentation, open source tools, sample applications, and resources to support the design, development, and distribution of your mixed reality applications.

What is Mixed Reality?
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Build your way

Wherever your mixed reality projects will be deployed—head-mounted displays to web or mobile games—Microsoft can help get you there, no matter the device, language, or environment.

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Development tools

Toolkits and code samples to augment your development projects.

Shared UX building blocks

Accelerate cross-platform 3D development and prototyping with building blocks for spatial interaction and UI, foundational components, and more.

Rapid prototyping

The most comprehensive VR toolset for rapid spatial prototyping. Design immersive 3D interfaces, spaces, and experiences that can be exported and used across your projects.

Microsoft Maquette Beta

Low-code, high productivity

Build low code apps with prebuilt components that enable mixed reality experiences.

Mixed Reality in Power Apps

Mixed reality cloud services

Enhance mixed reality development with cloud compute power, anchoring, and rendering services for spatial prototyping, design, and multi-user collaboration.

Work at real-world scale

Reduce development hassles with services that make mapping, sharing, and persistent 3D content a snap.

Azure Spatial Anchors

Keep 3D content in place

Automatically align and anchor 3D content to objects in the physical world without markers or manual adjustments.

Azure Object Anchors

Offload compute to the cloud

Render even the most complex models in the cloud and stream them in real time to interact and collaborate with 3D content in amazing detail.

Azure Remote Rendering

Create collaborative mixed reality experiences

Enable presence and shared experiences from anywhere—on any device—through mixed reality applications.

Microsoft Mesh (coming soon)

Featured work to explore and sample

The making of the Ford GT40 experience

Find out how Mixed Reality Toolkit (MRTK) for Unreal helped create a HoloLens 2 experience of the Ford GT40, the legendary race car that beat Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

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The making of Kippy’s Escape

Use the Mixed Reality Toolkit (MRTK) and sample code to explore how to create a fun and challenging game that demonstrates the Unreal Engine’s powerful HoloLens 2 support, as well as the HoloLens 2’s capabilities.

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The making of Designing Holograms

Take a deep dive into mixed reality behaviors, tips, and recommendations to help you create engaging 3D designs and HoloLens apps of your own.

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More natural interactions in the HoloLens Playground

From catching a virtual hummingbird to playing a virtual piano, the HoloLens Playground enables you to build more natural interactions into your holograms.

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The easy way to explore MRTK: Surfaces

Get accustomed to the Mixed Reality Toolkit (MRTK)'s input system and building for HoloLens 2.

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Make virtual connections with the Microsoft Mesh App

Interact as if you’re face-to-face even when you’re not. The Microsoft Mesh App delivers 3D content that makes collaboration natural.

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Discover more ideas

Find inspiration in our samples and featured apps.

Connect with mixed reality community

Enhance mixed reality development with cloud compute power, anchoring, and rendering services for spatial prototyping, design, and multi-user collaboration.