Hands-free navigation of touch-based operating systems

1. A computer-implemented method for hands-free navigation of a head-mounted computing device, the method comprising:

initializing, by the head-mounted computing device (HMD), a hands-free interaction mode, wherein the hands-free interaction mode enables hands-free interaction with a user interface of a touch-based operating system of the HMD;

based on the hands-free interaction mode being initialized, detecting, by the HMD, an initial position of the head-mounted computing device based on sensor data received from a set of sensors coupled to the HMD;

based on the initial position being detected, displaying, by the HMD, a first instance of a user interface of the touch-based operating system on a display of the head-mounted computing device, the first instance of the user interface being displayed while the HMD is in the detected initial position;

determining, by the HMD, that a first displacement of the HMD is greater than a defined first threshold displacement relative to the detected initial position, wherein the first displacement is determined based on additional sensor data received from the set of sensors;

converting, by the HMD, the first displacement to a corresponding set of touch-based inputs for communication to the touch-based operating system based on the determination that the first displacement is greater than the defined first threshold displacement.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving a first audible input associated with the user interface of the touch-based operating system and converting the first audible input to another corresponding set of touch-based inputs.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the user interface is associated with an electronic document in the touch-based operating system.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , wherein the set of touch-based inputs comprises a scrolling instruction having a fixed number of scroll units.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the defined first threshold displacement corresponds to a minimum angular displacement of the head-mounted computing device relative to the initial position.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the set of sensors comprise at least one of a camera, accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer first displacement is detected by one or more sensors of the head-mounted computing device.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein detecting the first displacement comprises determining a duration of the first displacement.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising displaying, by the HMD, a second instance of the user interface of the touch-based operating system on the display of the head-mounted computing device in response to the converted first displacement.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8 , further comprising:

detecting, by the HMD, a second displacement of the head-mounted computing device, the second displacement being above a defined second threshold displacement;

converting, by the HMD, a second instruction based on the detected second displacement, wherein the second instruction corresponds to the one or more touch-based inputs; and

displaying, by the HMD, a third instance of the user interface of the touch-based operating system on the display of the head-mounted computing device.

10. A system for hands-free navigation of a head-mounted computing device (HMD), the system comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more computer storage media storing computer-useable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, implement a method comprising:

initializing a hands-free interaction mode, wherein the hands-free interaction mode enables hand-free interaction with a user interface of a touch-based operating system of the HMD;

displaying a first instance of a user interface of the touch-based operating system on a display of the HMD;

detecting, while the first instance of the user interface is being displayed, a first hands-free input comprising one or more of:

a first displacement of the head-mounted computing device based on sensor data received from a set of sensors coupled to the HMD, the first displacement being above a defined threshold displacement, or

a first audible input corresponding to a touch-based control dialogue included in the displayed first instance of the user interface;

converting the detected first hands-free input to a corresponding set of touch-based inputs for communication to the touch-based operating system; and

displaying a second instance of the user interface of the touch-based operating system on the display of the HMD.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the first hands-free input comprises the first displacement and the first audible input.

12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the implemented method further comprises:

detecting a second hands-free input;

determining a second instruction based on the second hands-free input, wherein the second instruction corresponds to the one or more touch-based inputs; and

displaying a third instance of the user interface of the touch-based operating system on the display of the head-mounted computing device.

13. The system of claim 10 , wherein the implemented method further comprises detecting a hands-free initialization input and generating an instruction to initialize the hands-free interaction mode on the head-mounted computing device.