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Client: i'd like to develop for this particular device named the hololens. And i want 2 of those to communicate over LAN as well (holo lense specific data)
Dev team: If you can provide us with 2 holo lenses to try some stuff out, we can do that.
Client: Well i only got one but i need that for my presentations to my clients. Can't you just research something and make it happen without the hardware?

And that is the story of how we now have to do something for hardware we do not have any of. FML.

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  • 11
    8y
    @thmnmlst probably. Also these holo things are hard to come by in the first place. Let alone have 2, let alone try to sell a product involving the damn thing. But hey as long as he pays our hours, i don't mind wasting time on dev rant instead of making the impossible happen.
  • 5
    8y
    Just say "No."... Or say, "For the additional cost of the devices plus a fee upfront, we'll start work."
  • 1
    8y
    Be a nice person and use the emulator while building. It is understandable that you don't want to spend $6000 and he doesn't want to spend $3000 more.
  • 3
    8y
    @starless @ygtgngr the issue isn't really the hardware. It's the damnd to build something to test on hardware, an edge case if you will, when not being able to actually run on hardware. We all know emulators and their limitations. It's hell and slow and painful.
  • 2
    8y
    @Bacontaskmaster still, a huge part of his value prop will be the hardware connectivity-- that'll be something that makes him money if this works. It's silly to see him not investing in that.
  • 2
    8y
    Well the hololens emulator works 1:1 like a real device so you could theoretically use the emulator to develop the whole thing and then test it there and after milestone 1 you meet the customer and test it on the real device.
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