Dual mode presentation of user interface elements
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media including instructions for enabling user interface display mode toggling. Enabling user interface display mode toggling includes presenting information in a first display region having predefined boundaries, the information being manipulatable via a user interface in the first display region; presenting, via a wearable extended reality appliance, a second display region beyond the predefined boundaries of the first display region; providing a control for altering a location of the user interface, wherein in a first mode, the user interface is presented in the first display region while the information is presented in the first display region and in a second mode, the user interface is presented in the second display region outside the predefined boundaries of the first display region while the information is presented in the first display region; and enabling toggling between the first mode and the second mode via the control.
1. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing instructions that when executed by at least one processor cause the at least one processor to perform operations for enabling user interface display mode toggling, the operations comprising:
presenting information in a first display region, the first display region having predefined boundaries, wherein the information is manipulatable via a user interface presentable in the first display region;
presenting, via a wearable extended reality appliance, a second display region beyond the predefined boundaries of the first display region, wherein the second display region is visible via the wearable extended reality appliance;
providing a control for altering a location of the user interface, wherein in a first mode, the user interface is presented in the first display region while the information is presented in the first display region and in a second mode, the user interface is presented in the second display region outside the predefined boundaries of the first display region while the information is presented in the first display region;
receiving image data captured using an image sensor associated with the wearable extended reality appliance;
analyzing the image data to determine a suitability of a physical environment of the wearable extended reality appliance to a second mode;
when the physical environment is suitable for the second mode, enabling toggling between the first mode and the second mode via the control; and
when the physical environment is unsuitable for the second mode, avoiding toggling to the second mode via the control.
2. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the predefined boundaries are associated with a physical screen and the display of the information occurs via the physical screen.
3. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein in the first mode the user interface is presented in a two dimensional form and in the second mode the user interface is presented in a three dimensional form.
4. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the predefined boundaries are associated with a physical object and the display of the information is performed by the wearable extended reality appliance by overlaying the information in virtual form, on the physical object.
5. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein in the first mode the user interface has a first appearance, and in the second mode the user interface has a second appearance different than the first appearance.
6. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 5 , wherein the first appearance is a minimized version of the user interface, and the second appearance is an unminimized version of the user interface.
7. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein in the first mode, an unminimized version of the user interface is presented in the first display region and in the second mode, the unminimized version of the user interface is presented in the second display region outside the predefined boundaries of the first display region while a minimized version of the user interface is presented in the first display region.
8. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein activation of a particular User Interface (UI) element in the first mode causes a predetermined action within the predefined boundaries, and activation of the particular UI element in the second mode causes the predetermined action outside the predefined boundaries.
9. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein activation of a particular user interface (UI) element in the first mode causes a first action, and activation of the particular UI element in the second mode causes a second action different from the first action.
10. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise providing an additional control for presenting a minimized version of the user interface in the first display region or in the second display region.
11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the control is configured to receive an input to enable the toggling between the first mode and the second mode.
12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the input is received from an image sensor associated with the wearable extended reality appliance.
13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the input is received from a pointer associated with the wearable extended reality appliance.
14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the wearable extended reality appliance is paired with a physical keyboard, the keyboard enables insertion of textual content to the information, and the input is received from the keyboard.
15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein, in the first mode, manipulation of the information in the first display region is enabled from within the first display region, and in the second mode, manipulation of the information in the first display region is enabled from the second display region.
16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein, in the first mode, the information in the first display region is presented at a first size, and in the second mode, the information in the first display region is presented at a second size greater than the first size.
17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein, in the second mode, a volume of information presented in the first display region is greater than a volume of information presented in the first mode.
18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise: receiving image data captured using an image sensor associated with the wearable extended reality appliance; analyzing the image data to detect a physical object; based on the detected physical object, selecting a position outside the predefined boundaries of the first display region for the presentation of the user interface in the second mode; and in the second mode, enabling interaction with the user interface through interaction with the physical object.
19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
analyzing the image data using a visual motion detection algorithm to determine a level of movements in the physical environment;
when the level of movements is above a selected threshold, determining that the physical environment is unsuitable for the second mode; and
when the level of movements is below the selected threshold, determining that the physical environment is suitable for the second mode.
20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the suitability of the physical environment to the second mode is based on an illumination level associated with the physical environment.
21. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the suitability of the physical environment to the second mode is based on whether the physical environment includes people in a selected region.
22. A method for enabling user interface display mode toggling, the method comprising:
presenting information in a first display region, the first display region having predefined boundaries, wherein the information is manipulatable via a user interface presentable in the first display region;
presenting, via a wearable extended reality appliance, a second display region beyond the predefined boundaries of the first display region, wherein the second display region is visible via the wearable extended reality appliance;
providing a control for altering a location of the user interface, wherein in a first mode, the user interface is presented in the first display region while the information is presented in the first display region and in a second mode, the user interface is presented in the second display region outside the predefined boundaries of the first display region while the information is presented in the first display region;
receiving image data captured using an image sensor associated with the wearable extended reality appliance;
analyzing the image data to determine a suitability of a physical environment of the wearable extended reality appliance to a second mode;
when the physical environment is suitable for the second mode, enabling toggling between the first mode and the second mode via the control; and
when the physical environment is unsuitable for the second mode, avoiding toggling to the second mode via the control.
23. A system for enabling user interface display mode toggling, the system comprising:
at least one processing device configured to:
present information in a first display region, the first display region having predefined boundaries, wherein the information is manipulatable via a user interface presentable in the first display region;
present, via a wearable extended reality appliance, a second display region beyond the predefined boundaries of the first display region, wherein the second display region is visible via the wearable extended reality appliance;
provide a control for altering a location of the user interface, wherein in a first mode, the user interface is presented in the first display region while the information is presented in the first display region and in a second mode, the user interface is presented in a second display region outside the predefined boundaries of the first display region while the information is presented in the first display region;
receive image data captured using an image sensor associated with the wearable extended reality appliance;
analyze the image data to determine a suitability of a physical environment of the wearable extended reality appliance to a second mode;
when the physical environment is suitable for the second mode, enable toggling between the first mode and the second mode via the control; and
when the physical environment is unsuitable for the second mode, avoid toggling to the second mode via the control.