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Get Started with Looking Glass Portrait
This page will guide you through all the steps needed to get started with your Looking Glass Portrait.
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When you unbox your Looking Glass, you'll find a few extra items along with the Portrait itself. These include:
- 1x USB-C Power Adapter
- 1x USB-C Cable
- 1x HDMI Cable
- 1x Microfiber Cleaning Cloth
- 1x Holographic Sticker ✨
Looking Glass Portrait has five buttons on it. Two round buttons, and three rectangular haptic buttons.
The haptic buttons control playback in Stand Alone Mode.
The large round button is the power button, tapping this button will power the Looking Glass on when connected to power.
The smaller round button controls the edge light on the frame of the Looking Glass, each tap will change the brightness level of the edge frame.
Once you've got your portrait out of the box and packaging, remove the base plate from the back, it's magnetically attached, which is super convenient for when you need to travel with the portrait.
Slide the base plate onto the feet of the portrait, like so:
Looking Glass Portrait has two primary modes you can use the device in. Stand Alone Mode, and Desktop Mode.
Plug the USB-C cable and power adapter into a power source, then into your Portrait. If the portrait is receiving power you should see the status LED above the power button breath white. Tap the power button to turn the device on. Enjoy seeing holograms we've curated from our awesome community of creators.
You can learn more about the holograms that come with Looking Glass Portrait below:
In order to use Standalone Mode, you must use a USB-C to USB-C cable. A USB-A cable will not work to power the device in Standalone Mode.
Desktop mode allows you to use your Looking Glass with your Mac, Windows, or Linux computer and use software like Looking Glass Studio, Liteforms and Blocks, as well as integrations with tools like Blender, Unity, Unreal Engine, WebXR and more.
To use any software with your Looking Glass Portrait when connected to your computer, you'll need to install Looking Glass Bridge.
Plug the HDMI cable into the Looking Glass and your computer. If the device is off you should see the status LED above the power button breath blue, tap the power button to turn the device on. You should then see your computer screen on your Looking Glass Portrait.
There are a few requirements for desktop mode, make sure your computer can output a 4K video signal to HDMI. You can use adapters, like USB-C -> HDMI and Display Port -> HDMI adapters.
Follow the guides below to ensure that your display settings are correct.
In order to use your Looking Glass in Desktop Mode you'll need to install Looking Glass Bridge, you can download it from the link below:
Your holographic journey is just starting out, choose your own adventure.
Want to learn more about holograms? Check out Holograms 101, a comprehensive guide on all the different kinds of holograms you can make:
Want to discover some holograms creators in our community have made? Check out Blocks and see what happens when holograms meet the internet.
Liteforms are holographic AI characters that will revolutionize how we interact with computers — bringing to life ChatGPT in the form of a converwational AI being.
Have a favorite 3D tool you want to use with your Looking Glass? You can get started right away:
Interested in experiments and other community-made tools? Check out
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