Apple Adds Vehicle Motion Cues to 3 Device Types to Cut Car Sickness
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Updated · Boing Boing · Jun 17
Apple Adds Vehicle Motion Cues to 3 Device Types to Cut Car Sickness
3 articles · Updated · Boing Boing · Jun 17
Summary
Vehicle Motion Cues places small animated dots around the screen edge on iPhone, iPad and MacBook, giving users a way to read or work in moving cars with less nausea.
The feature targets the sensory mismatch behind motion sickness: the inner ear feels turns and braking while the eyes see a static display, and the moving dots restore peripheral motion signals.
Apple added the setting in 2024 under Accessibility, where users can switch it on manually or have it activate automatically when the device detects vehicle motion.
The Verge's Thomas Ricker said the feature let him read for hours and write 1,000-word reviews during a two-month European road trip while riding in a camper van.