Gestures and Interactions

A lookup reference for operators and authors on the physical interactions Altoura Frontline uses on the HoloLens 2.

Pointing and Selecting

Interaction	How to do it	What it does
Hand ray	Point your hand at a distant control; a ray extends from your palm.	Puts the control in focus — the “Say ‘select’” tooltip appears.
Head-gaze cursor	Turn your head so the gaze cursor rests on a control.	Same as the hand ray: puts the control in focus.
Air-tap	With the control in focus, pinch your index finger and thumb together.	Activates the control — the standard “click”.
Direct touch	Move close to a panel and touch the control with your finger.	Activates the control, same as an air-tap.
Hover + “Select”	Focus a control with ray or gaze, wait for the “Say ‘select’” tooltip, then say “Select”.	Activates the control by voice. See the Voice Command Reference.

Raising either hand with your palm facing toward you opens a hand-anchored menu. Which menu appears depends on where you are:

Context	Menu that appears	Options
On the Home screen (not in a procedure or session)	Floating Side Menu	Procedures, Remote Expert, Profile
Inside a procedure (Operator or Author mode)	Procedure Side Menu (contextual)	Rescan, Reposition Panels, Exit Procedure

See Panels and Side Menus for what each menu contains, and First Launch and Navigation for a guided walkthrough.

Panels can be manually moved in space; manually moving a panel automatically turns off Follow Me for it.
Say “Follow me” / “Unfollow me” to have a supported panel reposition itself in front of you as you move, or stay fixed.
Use Reposition Panels on the in-procedure side menu to bring the step, media, and 3D Model panels back directly in front of your current view.

Model behaviour is set by the author; operators cannot change model settings or spawn new models. See Work with 3D Models and Media.

Interaction	Requires	What happens
Grab and move a model	The author enabled Interactable for that model	The model can be repositioned in physical space. Movement affects only the current session.
Ghost placeholder	Interactable Ghost enabled by the author	When you move the model, a shadow remains at the original authored position for reference.
Reset control	An interactable model has been moved	A reset control appears to return the model to its authored position.
View only	Interactable disabled	The model is fixed in space and cannot be grabbed or moved.

Authors place and manipulate models directly in the space. See Add 3D Models and Media.

Interaction	How to do it	What happens
Show the bounding box	Click/tap the placed model once	A bounding box appears; you can resize and rotate the model using its handles.
Hide the bounding box	Click/tap the model again	The bounding box disappears.
Open the Edit menu	Select the Edit (pencil) button that appears near the model	Opens options: Interactable, Animation, Duplicate, Copy Position, Paste Position, Delete.
Move a model	Grab the model and place it where needed	Repositions the model in the physical space.

Every interaction on this page also works by voice: focus the control or tile and say “Select”. See the Voice Command Reference.