Apple's weird anti-nausea dots cured my car sickness(theverge.com)
843 points by neilfrndes 1 day ago | 250 comments
tl;dr: Apple's Vehicle Motion Cues, an accessibility feature introduced in 2024 for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS, displays moving dots around the screen's periphery that shift in sync with a vehicle's acceleration, braking, and turning to combat motion sickness. The author reports it effectively eliminated nausea while reading and writing in a moving car. It can be toggled via Accessibility settings, and mapped to a Back Tap gesture on iPhone for quick activation.
HN Discussion:
  • Excited to try the feature after suffering from lifelong motion sickness
  • Feature works remarkably well to combat car sickness
  • Tried the feature but it failed to prevent nausea
  • Sharing alternative remedies like Android apps, special glasses, or mental tricks
  • ~Motion sickness is a serious overlooked problem needing better solutions than this implementation