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LATERAL_

PROJECT 002 / EXPERIMENTAL ANDROID WORKSPACE

LATERAL_

Keep the phone in your hand. Put the workspace in your glasses.

A dual-display workspace that makes an Android phone the control surface and VITURE Beast glasses the place where apps live.

Nubia NX789J · Android 15 · VITURE Beast · device-specific

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THE IDEA

Two displays, one working space.

LATERAL_ is an experimental personal Android workspace. PhoneUI stays on the phone with a touchpad, launcher, task navigator, and input controls. BeastUI keeps an ordered horizontal strip of app tasks on the external display.

Android task IDs keep separate instances of an app distinct. You can move between tasks, minimize a card, use fullscreen, or close the exact task without force-stopping the whole app.

IN USE / DEVELOPMENT CAPTURES FROM THE ANDROID EMULATOR

See the workspace at work.

LATERAL_ BeastUI showing Termux, Chrome, and Android Settings in separate app cards above a taskbar.
BeastUI presents Termux, Chrome, and Android Settings as separate task cards, with an ordered taskbar below.
LATERAL_ BeastUI app launcher overlaying a Termux workspace.
The launcher opens over BeastUI so a new app can join the current workspace.
LATERAL_ PhoneUI with a task strip, touchpad, and embedded keyboard during a Chrome text session.
PhoneUI keeps the touchpad and task controls on the phone, including an embedded keyboard for a hosted text session.

THE WORKFLOW

Connect, launch, steer.

01 / Connect

Connect the glasses and start the privileged helper through Android Wireless debugging for third-party app hosting.

02 / Arrange

Launch apps or select existing Android tasks. BeastUI tracks them in an ordered horizontal workspace.

03 / Control

Use the PhoneUI touchpad and task controls to navigate, minimize, fullscreen, or close an individual task.

When the external display is absent, PhoneView can run BeastUI fullscreen on the phone in landscape with an external keyboard and mouse.

STATUS / HARDWARE BOUNDARY

Built for a specific setup.

LATERAL_ is tested on a Nubia NX789J running Android 15 with VITURE Beast glasses. Other phones, Android versions, external displays, and firmware combinations are untested.

Hosting third-party apps needs the Wireless debugging helper. Device firmware and display behavior can affect input and hosting, so the privileged path should be rechecked after system updates.

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