Leverage Azure Object Anchors to automatically anchor your guide content to real-world objects (preview)
Important
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| Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
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| Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | 
Jul 27, 2021 |
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Business value
With Azure Object Anchors, it's easier and faster to anchor guide content to the real world.
Feature details
Azure Object Anchors is a service developed by Microsoft that takes advantage of spatial mapping in HoloLens to recognize specific objects in the environment. When an author or an operator goes to their work area and opens a guide, the holographic content is automatically anchored. They don’t have to manipulate a hologram or scan a printed marker to anchor the guide.
To anchor a guide with Azure Object Anchors, the author uses the PC app to select the anchor method and assign the appropriate object anchor to the guide. To create the object anchor, the author can convert a 3D model of a real-world object through the Guides model-driven app. Existing anchoring methods remain available in addition to Azure Object Anchors.
See also
Anchor a guide in Dynamics 365 Guides by using Azure Object Anchors Preview (docs)