Windmill HoloLens 2 App

Unity

Overview

A Mixed Reality app for the HoloLens 2 that I developed during my role as a Unity XR Developer at the BMS Lab of the University of Twente. This project aimed to provide a visualization of windmills that are to be built near residential areas. Through a menu interface within the app users are able to place wind turbines of varying heights and in different patterns, in order to get a feel of how the turbine would look near their home environment. Using this app, citizen acceptance of planned wind turbines could be researched.

Key Responsibilities

Planned development and client meetings and executed accordingly
Took on a prototype version of the project and imporved the organization and structure
Developed the UX flow of the application
- Users first choose a type of wind turbine (height)
- Then select single or multi placement
- For multi placement users are able to choose from 3 different placement patterns
- After placement users can adjust wind settings and/or remove turbine(s) again
Developed a wind simulation of the turbine including rotating rotor, correct audio and varying wind speeds. Users are able to turn on wind and adujst wind speed
Regularly created builds and tested with client (professor) in different conditions

Impact

The Project has been used in research
Showcased the project at the National XR Day at the BMS Lab of the University of Twente
This project is featured on the BMS Lab website
Layed a foundation for an ongoing collaboration between the BMS Lab and a dutch infrastructure visualization company