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Bouvet Development Kit (BDK) is a light-weight alternative to MRTK that simplifies and optimizes the development process of applications and reduces build times and compile times when developing for the HoloLens 2.
Fast facts about BDK:
- It is built for Unity 2020.3.x.
- It only works for HoloLens 2.
- It has a lightweight hand-tracking implementation, voice recognition and gaze implementation.
- It gives the developer access to the tools needed to fully customize AR application for the HoloLens.
- It reduces the build times for HoloLens applications from around 10 minutes to 2 minutes.
To get started using BDK, check out the getting started page. Make sure to include the BDK Essentials in your project to start building up your application.
We would be delighted if you would like to contribute to BDK. Have a look at the Contributors guide and feel free to browse through the wiki to learn the basics of how BDK works. You can start with the overview of the Software Architecture of BDK, or have a look at the Input Manager and Input Settings. We would also love to have more prefabs and functionalities added to the BKD Essentials If you want to get right into testing the BDK check out the description of the BDK HoloLens 2 Prefab.