Tiltable user interface

A system to provide a tiltable graphical user interface, the system comprising:

• a display including a graphical user interface, the display having a planar arrangement defined by an X-axis and a Y-axis, a Z-axis being orthogonal to the X-axis and Y-axis;
• an accelerometer to detect a tilt of the display, the tilt including a component of rotation around at least one of the X-axis or the Y-axis;
• an orientation module in communication with the accelerometer, the orientation module configured to receive an input from the accelerometer indicating the tilt and to calculate an amount of tilt to be applied to a first view in the graphical user interface;
• and
• a user interface module in communication with the display and the orientation module, the user interface module configured to generate a tilted view based on the amount of tilt applied to the first view, wherein:
• the display is configured to display the tilted view in the graphical user interface and depict a parallax effect between a first element with a first Z component on the Z-axis and a second element with a second Z component on the Z-axis as the graphical user interface changes between the first view and the tilted view;
• the first element exists in a background layer;
• the second element exists in a foreground layer;
• and
• the parallax effect is depicted between the background layer and foreground layer.

A computer-readable storage medium storing instructions executable by a computing device to tilt a graphical user interface within a display for a device, the display in a planar arrangement defined by an X-axis and a Y-axis, a Z-axis being orthogonal to the X-axis and Y-axis, and the instructions being executable to perform a method comprising:

• displaying a first view of a foreground layer and background layer in the graphical user interface;
• receiving an input indicating a tilt of the display, the tilt including a component of rotation around at least one of the X-axis or the Y-axis of the display;
• applying the tilt to the first view to generate a tilted view in response to the input;
• and
• displaying the tilted view in the graphical user interface, wherein:
• a parallax effect is depicted between a first element with a first Z component on the Z-axis and a second element with a second Z component on the Z-axis as the graphical user interface changes between the first view and the tilted view;
• the first element exists in the background layer;
• the second element exists in the foreground layer;
• and
• the parallax effect is depicted between the background layer and foreground layer.