What is HoloLens Device Portal?
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The Windows Device Portal for HoloLens lets you configure and manage your device remotely over Wi-Fi or USB. The Device Portal is a web server on your HoloLens that you can connect to from a web browser on your PC. The Device Portal includes many tools that will help you manage your HoloLens and debug and optimize your apps.
Turn on your HoloLens device.
Tab your wrist(HoloLens 2) or make a bloom gesture(HoloLens 1) to initiate Windows menu.
Open the Settings > Update & Security.
Select For Developers tab on the right hand panel.
Enable "use developer features" by toggling on/off button.
Scroll down at the For Developer settings to enable "Device Portal".
Go back to all settings page by clicking "Home" on the left hand panel and select "Network & Internet" settings.
Select "Wifi" tab on the left, if it is not already selected.
Select the wifi you are connected to and click on "Advanced Options".
Scroll down and write down the IPV4 address.
You will type in this IP address to your browser to reach to your device portal.
You might see a connection Alert as shown below:
Go ahead and click Advanced button and click Proceed to <your IP address>(unsafe).
Congrats, you made it to your device portal.
Click Views on the right hand panel and select "Live Preview" to see the camera view of your HoloLens.
You can turn off PV camera if you would like to share or record what you are seeing through your HoloLens but do not want to capture your environment.
You can see the videos recorded or screenshots you snapped by asking Cortana here, on the Videos and Photos section, if you enabled voice commands.
