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Never knew this feature existed! I’ve gotten this type of motion sickness my whole life, so I’m excited to try it out. It would be nice if it’s effective for me

by 40four 4mo ago

Never knew this feature existed! I’ve gotten this type of motion sickness my whole life, so I’m excited to try it out. It would be nice if it’s effective for me. I get the same type of nausea described by the author. I can’t read a book or look at a screen for too long without a feeling awful. I can also get it just from sitting in a rear passenger seat, especially if vehicle has poor visibility, and even worse with a bad driver. I have to really focus on looking outside the vehicle at the moving world. Interestingly, I think there are people that have the opposite type of motion sickness. For example, my mom could never play arcade racing games without getting nauseous. The issue being focusing on a screen with rapidly moving objects and everything else in the peripheral being fixed, versus focusing on a fixed object and everything in the peripheral moving. She never had any issue reading a book in a moving car

fecal_henge 4mo ago
Maybe for christmas you could get your mom a multi axis driving simulation rig.
- xattt 4mo ago
  Any recommendations? I searched, but not sure if the results that come up are just white-boxed versions of the same thing.
  - throw2ih020 4mo ago
    I believe the commenter was being facetious; these are typically professional equipment for racing teams or eccentric multimillionaires. I've done actual motorsport for less than one of these rigs cost.
    - fecal_henge 4mo ago
      Eccentric, how dare you?
- madaxe_again 4mo ago
  Just get her a rally car, costs about the same and much more fun.
MBCook 4mo ago
They added it a few years ago. I tried it for about 30 seconds and was so annoyed by how distracting I found it I turned it off and never did again. I just don’t use the phone when a passenger in a car. If it works for you and doesn’t bother you as much as me, go for it! I wouldn’t be surprised that it works.
port11 4mo ago
It’s a great feature, I’ve been testing it while we drive in the Greek mountains. I don’t know why it’s buried so deep in Settings.
- nxobject 4mo ago
  At this point the Accessbility preference panes are just crammed full with tweaks and tools – good if you need them, bad for discovery!
- joshschreuder 4mo ago
  You can add it as a Control Center toggle as well which is useful for quickly enabling / disabling without digging through the settings
- gabeio 4mo ago
  You don't need to hide it so deeply, it can be added to your control panel add the control 'vehicle motion cues' and you can add a button which allows you to change it between on/auto/off. I highly recommend people look through apple's accessibility features every major release they seem to quietly release some real gems. They hid a whole app for sleep/chill/productivity/wellbeing sounds in there as well!
  - JumpCrisscross 4mo ago
    > you can add a button which allows you to change it between on/auto/off There is an automatic mode that works perfectly for me.
  - port11 4mo ago
    It’s even added automatically the first time you turn it on. But I had no idea the setting even existed, despite occasionally checking Accessibility. We need a “What’s New” for Settings :D
dhosek 4mo ago
I have the same issue your mom does. First-person shooters give me motion sickness (which is why I never got past the first level of Wolfenstein back in the day). Maybe the newer FPS games would be better for my brain, but I don’t have much interest in trying.
- 40four 4mo ago
  Yeah that makes sense, rapid onscreen movement, but your surroundings are fixed. I feel like you hear of that version less often, but it interesting it basically the inverse of the other kind.
  - NetMageSCW 4mo ago
    I only get it watching other people play, playing myself and being in control of the motion doesn’t seem to bother me.
- ebbi 4mo ago
  > Maybe the newer FPS games would be better for my brain It might do. I recently had a bout of nostalgia and wanted to play GTA4 again (as a Uni student I only played part-way through without being able to finish the story). I ended up buying a used PS3 to play it, but I couldn't get through 30 mins of it before feeling nauseous. The low FPS on the PS3 just wasn't sitting right with me. I ended up getting an Xbox Series S. The constant 60fps on this console was a game changer for me.
- ok_dad 4mo ago
  My wife calls it sim sickness, because she can’t do any POV type games like racing or fps, too. She can play WoW or third person games if they’re zoomed out enough. She also got motion sickness until she turned on the Apple dots.
- dillutedfixer 4mo ago
  I started getting nausea from FPS games around the time I got into my 30s. It was when Fallout 4 came out and I just had to play that game. So I did some research and found out about sea-bands. Theyre for morning sickness that pregnant women get. They worked wonders for my FPS nausea. I was able to play through many games after that without getting sick. Put them on about 10 mins before playing and wear them for the duration. edit: clarity
JumpCrisscross 4mo ago
It really works. Just put it on auto and let the phone’s accelerometer control when it turns on. The crazy thing is if I focus on the dots (versus the text behind them), my nausea comes back.
King-Aaron 4mo ago
Yeah I have a similar issue to you. If I look at my phone screen for a few minutes on the bus, I feel like I'm going to vomit. In fact most days that I commute on the bus I feel dreadful the entire way. Strap me into my race car on the weekend and pull G's in the corners... no problems at all. Sit me back on the bus, I want to throw up. The dots on the iPhone do help a little bit. I wouldn't say it cures me, but I can at least check messages on the ride without immediately feeling like death.
- MichaelRo 4mo ago
  Didn't know there's a "car sickness" strictly related to reading the phone while in transit, I knew there's those people that can barely survive riding a car but that was it. I do get the "reading phone motion sickness" a couple of days after heavy drinking. The hangover has worn off but there's this weird after-effect which gradually fades over a few days until it completely disappears. At first I thought how the hell do I get car sickness until eventually correlated with reading the phone and having to stop or else. Based on my manifestations being chemically-induced, wonder if that's also valid in general. Some level of Gaba or something, which is normally lower in most people, gets elevated by drinking and then (hopefully) cleared.
  - King-Aaron 4mo ago
    > Based on my manifestations being chemically-induced, wonder if that's also valid in general. Interesting observation. I only drink on one day of my weekends these days, so I don't think mine would be correlated to alcohol. But sugar maybe? It's an interesting thought that it might be related to some kind of metabolic process that's influencing that feeling.
    - MichaelRo 4mo ago
      >> But sugar maybe? Interesting observation back at you! :) Never thought of this but recently I started being a bit more careful with my sugar and carbs intake, after a blood test has shown an elevated level of glycated hemoglobin. Could be it's not alcohol per se but disruption of blood sugar after a binge drink, thanks for making the connection. Darn it, first no sugar, then no carbs now I have to cut down on alcohol too, getting old sucks :P
orangepanda 4mo ago
The dots do help a little, but not much. I wouldnt use my phone for long while in a vehicle, though at the very least I no longer dread having to briefly read a text message if I have to. I found your note on bad drivers interesting. For me, it's the quick acceleration, braking and turning that's the worst. A bit anecdotal, but I also experience car sickness less with women drivers. Maybe because they're usually easier on the acceleration and brakes?

by 40four 4mo ago

fecal_henge 4mo ago

Maybe for christmas you could get your mom a multi axis driving simulation rig.

xattt 4mo ago
Any recommendations? I searched, but not sure if the results that come up are just white-boxed versions of the same thing.
- throw2ih020 4mo ago
  I believe the commenter was being facetious; these are typically professional equipment for racing teams or eccentric multimillionaires. I've done actual motorsport for less than one of these rigs cost.
  - fecal_henge 4mo ago
    Eccentric, how dare you?
madaxe_again 4mo ago
Just get her a rally car, costs about the same and much more fun.

MBCook 4mo ago

They added it a few years ago. I tried it for about 30 seconds and was so annoyed by how distracting I found it I turned it off and never did again. I just don’t use the phone when a passenger in a car. If it works for you and doesn’t bother you as much as me, go for it! I wouldn’t be surprised that it works.

port11 4mo ago

It’s a great feature, I’ve been testing it while we drive in the Greek mountains. I don’t know why it’s buried so deep in Settings.

nxobject 4mo ago
At this point the Accessbility preference panes are just crammed full with tweaks and tools – good if you need them, bad for discovery!
joshschreuder 4mo ago
You can add it as a Control Center toggle as well which is useful for quickly enabling / disabling without digging through the settings
gabeio 4mo ago
You don't need to hide it so deeply, it can be added to your control panel add the control 'vehicle motion cues' and you can add a button which allows you to change it between on/auto/off. I highly recommend people look through apple's accessibility features every major release they seem to quietly release some real gems. They hid a whole app for sleep/chill/productivity/wellbeing sounds in there as well!
- JumpCrisscross 4mo ago
  > you can add a button which allows you to change it between on/auto/off There is an automatic mode that works perfectly for me.
- port11 4mo ago
  It’s even added automatically the first time you turn it on. But I had no idea the setting even existed, despite occasionally checking Accessibility. We need a “What’s New” for Settings :D

dhosek 4mo ago

I have the same issue your mom does. First-person shooters give me motion sickness (which is why I never got past the first level of Wolfenstein back in the day). Maybe the newer FPS games would be better for my brain, but I don’t have much interest in trying.

40four 4mo ago
Yeah that makes sense, rapid onscreen movement, but your surroundings are fixed. I feel like you hear of that version less often, but it interesting it basically the inverse of the other kind.
- NetMageSCW 4mo ago
  I only get it watching other people play, playing myself and being in control of the motion doesn’t seem to bother me.
ebbi 4mo ago
> Maybe the newer FPS games would be better for my brain It might do. I recently had a bout of nostalgia and wanted to play GTA4 again (as a Uni student I only played part-way through without being able to finish the story). I ended up buying a used PS3 to play it, but I couldn't get through 30 mins of it before feeling nauseous. The low FPS on the PS3 just wasn't sitting right with me. I ended up getting an Xbox Series S. The constant 60fps on this console was a game changer for me.
ok_dad 4mo ago
My wife calls it sim sickness, because she can’t do any POV type games like racing or fps, too. She can play WoW or third person games if they’re zoomed out enough. She also got motion sickness until she turned on the Apple dots.
dillutedfixer 4mo ago
I started getting nausea from FPS games around the time I got into my 30s. It was when Fallout 4 came out and I just had to play that game. So I did some research and found out about sea-bands. Theyre for morning sickness that pregnant women get. They worked wonders for my FPS nausea. I was able to play through many games after that without getting sick. Put them on about 10 mins before playing and wear them for the duration. edit: clarity

JumpCrisscross 4mo ago

It really works. Just put it on auto and let the phone’s accelerometer control when it turns on. The crazy thing is if I focus on the dots (versus the text behind them), my nausea comes back.

King-Aaron 4mo ago

Yeah I have a similar issue to you. If I look at my phone screen for a few minutes on the bus, I feel like I'm going to vomit. In fact most days that I commute on the bus I feel dreadful the entire way. Strap me into my race car on the weekend and pull G's in the corners... no problems at all. Sit me back on the bus, I want to throw up. The dots on the iPhone do help a little bit. I wouldn't say it cures me, but I can at least check messages on the ride without immediately feeling like death.

MichaelRo 4mo ago
Didn't know there's a "car sickness" strictly related to reading the phone while in transit, I knew there's those people that can barely survive riding a car but that was it. I do get the "reading phone motion sickness" a couple of days after heavy drinking. The hangover has worn off but there's this weird after-effect which gradually fades over a few days until it completely disappears. At first I thought how the hell do I get car sickness until eventually correlated with reading the phone and having to stop or else. Based on my manifestations being chemically-induced, wonder if that's also valid in general. Some level of Gaba or something, which is normally lower in most people, gets elevated by drinking and then (hopefully) cleared.
- King-Aaron 4mo ago
  > Based on my manifestations being chemically-induced, wonder if that's also valid in general. Interesting observation. I only drink on one day of my weekends these days, so I don't think mine would be correlated to alcohol. But sugar maybe? It's an interesting thought that it might be related to some kind of metabolic process that's influencing that feeling.
  - MichaelRo 4mo ago
    >> But sugar maybe? Interesting observation back at you! :) Never thought of this but recently I started being a bit more careful with my sugar and carbs intake, after a blood test has shown an elevated level of glycated hemoglobin. Could be it's not alcohol per se but disruption of blood sugar after a binge drink, thanks for making the connection. Darn it, first no sugar, then no carbs now I have to cut down on alcohol too, getting old sucks :P

orangepanda 4mo ago

The dots do help a little, but not much. I wouldnt use my phone for long while in a vehicle, though at the very least I no longer dread having to briefly read a text message if I have to. I found your note on bad drivers interesting. For me, it's the quick acceleration, braking and turning that's the worst. A bit anecdotal, but I also experience car sickness less with women drivers. Maybe because they're usually easier on the acceleration and brakes?