iOS 18: Prevent Motion Sickness With Vehicle Motion Cues

[GrayFlannel]

That’s the wrong answer… If you’re not throwing your empty beer can at them you’re not going to teach them what they’re doing is bad 😂

Sometimes I make a snarling face and smoosh it against my window as I go by.

 

[bukalemun]

Anyone got a video of this in action?

Here is a video link. The explanation is in Turkish but you’ll see it in action. I haven‘t been able to test it conclusively yet though.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1800575937278595320

 

[contacos]

I tried it and it works for me as long as I don’t actually focus on the dots and just let them be, once I keep looking at the dots, the dots make me want to vomit instead of the text 😅😅😅

 

[ItachiSBT]

Please bring to Mac. I don't get motion sickness in cars on my phone but I do on my Mac.

It's not possible, the dots are not moving randomly, they use the sensors to "sense" the movement of the car and move the dots accordingly.
So it's not possible on mac, there are no sensors on macbooks.

 

[coolfactor]

Diagonal swipe? It works fine, but that’s not the correct gesture, per Apple. To open Control Center on an iPhone swipe down from the top-right corner of the screen if it has Face ID, or swipe up from the bottom of the screen, if the device has a Home button.

The Diagonal Swipe is actually a neat trick! Often, I've pulled straight down, only to realize I'm too far to the left. By thinking "diagonal", there should be fewer misses. Love it!

And hope this feature works. Is it an Apple-first?

 

[coolfactor]

Here is a video link. The explanation is in Turkish but you’ll see it in action. I haven‘t been able to test it conclusively yet though.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1800575937278595320

Whoa! That's totally different from what I was expecting. I thought the dots would "jiggle" in concert with the bumpy road.

 

[tennisproha]

really hope this works while i’m flying my robotaxi

 

[mdelvecchio]

Heaven forbid anyone look out the window

You’re failing to understand the value. As someone who gets motion sick while reading my screen in the car, preventing motion while enabling me to use my device is the value. You don’t just look up for a moment and all good. It develops as you read.

 

[bigheaddoug]

This is a timely post for me. This morning, I was talking to someone who had just returned from a cruise, and just hearing her talk about it made me nauseous. It will be interesting to see if this technology works for me.

 

[axantas]

I just tested it on the Beta. I guess, it is just like the "false colors" for colorblind people, you can have shown. If you do not need it, it irritates you, if you need it, it helps you.

The dots are irritating me personally, because I am not affected by motion sickness, but we should not judge and just understand, that it can be something very useful.

 

[russell_314]

Literally anything. Videos. Reading. Scrolling instagram.

I prefer to be the driver anymore since being passenger is worthless since I can’t be on my phone.

That sucks. I remember getting motion sickness when playing PC games. I would like the game so much I didn’t want to stop. By the time I did I had to really work to stop from vomiting. My phone doesn’t do that though

 

[neilw]

Here is a video link. The explanation is in Turkish but you’ll see it in action. I haven‘t been able to test it conclusively yet though.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1800575937278595320

Wow, interesting. My daughter will want to try that out when the time comes.

 

[Klae17]

heaven forbid I have to look up a restaurant as a passenger or help with using the maps app or want to play a song or receive updated information on an event I'm going to. I guess if I lacked imagination on the usefulness of this harmless feature, I too would stare out a window.

 

[Atomicow]

It's not possible, the dots are not moving randomly, they use the sensors to "sense" the movement of the car and move the dots accordingly.
So it's not possible on mac, there are no sensors on macbooks.

In theory, it could use the sensor data from a connected iPhone

 

[rickdollar]

Hey, look at the map (when we used maps) and tell me if were going the right way.
Do you want me to throw up?

 

[Rafagon]

If "motion sickness is commonly caused by a sensory conflict between what a person sees and what they feel," then how come we don't all experience it?

Plus, if it's that bad of a problem, I don't think these little dancing dots are going to fix it for you (hopefully I'm wrong). Get Dramamine Less Drowsy.

 

[svish]

Not sure whether this will work as advertised. If so, should be useful.

 

[dumastudetto]

Honestly, my most look forwarded to feature of iOS 18.

The older I get, the more I experience motion sickness and have to put my phone down while the passenger in a car.

It's the opposite for me. I'm fine when I'm the passenger, but driving and watching films on my iPad or iPhone and I start feeling sick like something terrible is going to happen.

 

[seinman]

It's not possible, the dots are not moving randomly, they use the sensors to "sense" the movement of the car and move the dots accordingly.
So it's not possible on mac, there are no sensors on macbooks.

At least some laptop models do, maybe they started putting them in for this feature? https://www.idownloadblog.com/2022/07/20/m2-macbook-air-accelerometer/

 

[neilw]

If "motion sickness is commonly caused by a sensory conflict between what a person sees and what they feel," then how come we don't all experience it?

What a bizarre and baffling comment.

 

[avheatherim]

Heaven forbid anyone look out the window

What app is that?