Devices, methods, systems, and media for an extended screen distributed user interface in augmented reality

A method comprising:

• displaying, on a two-dimensional (2D) display device, a primary distributed user interface (DUI) screen including graphical user interface (GUI) information of a first software application instance;
• displaying, on an augmented reality (AR) display device, a secondary DUI screen including GUI information of a second software application instance, the secondary DUI screen being displayed at a secondary DUI screen virtual location relative to a physical location of the 2D display device;
• detecting user attention directed to the second software application instance;
• and
• swapping the primary DUI screen and the secondary DUI screen to displaying the GUI information for the second software application on the primary DUI screen on the 2D display device and to display the GUI information for the first software application on the secondary UI screen on the AR display device.

A system for displaying a distributed user interface (DUI), comprising:

• a processing device;
• and
• a memory storing machine-executable instructions thereon which, when executed by the processing device, cause the system to:
• display, on a two-dimensional (2D) display device, a primary DUI screen including graphical user interface (GUI) information of a first software application instance;
• display, on an augmented reality (AR) display device, a secondary DUI screen including GUI information of a second software application instance, the secondary DUI screen being displayed at a secondary DUI screen virtual location relative to a physical location of the 2D display device;
• detect user attention directed to the second software application instance;
• and
• swap the primary DUI screen and the secondary DUI screen to displaying the GUI information for the second software application on the primary DUI screen on the 2D display device and to display the GUI information for the first software application on the secondary UI screen on the AR display device.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having machine-executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a processing device of a system, cause the system to:

• display, on a two-dimensional (2D) display device, a primary distributed user interface (DUI) screen including graphical user interface (GUI) information of a first software application instance;
• display, on an augmented reality (AR) display device, a secondary DUI screen including GUI information of a second software application instance, the secondary DUI screen being displayed at a secondary DUI screen virtual location relative to a physical location of the 2D display device;
• detect user attention directed to the second software application instance;
• and
• swap the primary DUI screen and the secondary DUI screen to displaying the GUI information for the second software application on the primary DUI screen on the 2D display device and to display the GUI information for the first software application on the secondary UI screen on the AR display device.