A Prototype of Collaborative Augment Reality Environment for HoloLens

The interest in augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) for a variety of applications has surged in recent years. Although these technologies provide new ways to interact and understand information, often the experience is limited to a single person. To address this limitation, this paper uses the concept of spatial anchors from Microsoft using Holotoolkits that to create a collaborative AR environment for HoloLens application. The collaborative environment can work through the server in Holotoolkits running with the Unity platform. Our collaborative AR environment will be demonstrated with a disaster management application that can be shared in the HoloLens as a proof-of-concept application. The concept of our application can be implemented in a variety of use-cases to provide greater collaborative understanding including an indoor navigation system that shares user's view point in HoloLens. Ultimately, this environment will be used to visualize, explore, and understand large datasets in data-intensive science.