Motion sickness, how to fight it with the iPhone

It is commonly called car sickness or, on a boat, seasickness. Many will have felt it at least once in their lives, but few probably know its real name. There motion sickness or motion sickness is a neurological disorder that can occur during travel on means of transport such as ships, planes or cars, on a carousel or swing and which generates symptoms such as nausea, vomitsensation of malaise abdominal but also sweating cold, dizziness And headache. It happens when the eyes observe something static but the rest of the body perceives a movement: not surprisingly, its onset is very frequent when one is aboard a vehicle as a passenger and not as a driver, precisely because the gaze could focus on smartphone and computer screens or the pages of a book, for example.

Apple’s solution

In addition to some small measures to be adopted and pharmacological proposals to alleviate the disorder, in this case too technology tries to meet and among the various innovations introduced by iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 there is one dedicated to limit, or why not, maybe solve this problem.

Baptized as Vehicle Motion Cuetranslatable into Italian in movement indicators in vehiclesthis function shows animated black dots along the side edges of the screen of iPhones and iPads that represent and follow the movements of the vehicle without hindering the activities taking place on the device, resulting in a useful attempt to reduce the user’s sensory conflict. In this way then, too the sight will be able to perceive the movements indirectly while focusing on the display: obviously it is important to specify that the function should not be used by drivers or in other situations that require attention to safety but is intended for those who are on board a vehicle as a passenger and are not driving.

How it is activated

To use it you need to access the device settings, in the section Movement present in Accessibilityand touch Show motion indicators in vehicles then choose one of the proposed options: selecting Automaticthe device will automatically show indicators when it detects use in a car or another vehicle while, by choosing Yesthe points will remain visible until the option is manually deactivated. Alternatively, it can also be activated through the Control Center by touching the dedicated button depicting dots and a slash.

The alternatives

Users with an Android device can also obtain a similar function but by using some apps available in the Play Store: KineStop And Motion Cuesfor example, could be some valid alternatives to Apple’s proposal. And if during your next trip you start to experience the first symptoms of car or air sickness, don’t forget to use this useful innovation.