What is Motion Sickness?
Indeed, iOS 18 includes a function to reduce motion sickness by analyzing vehicle movement signals to help alleviate the factors causing this condition. According to Ameli’s definition: motion sickness results from an inappropriate response by the brain, caused by a conflict between the information received from the eyes and that provided by the vestibule (a balance organ located in the inner ear)
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Thus, while the eyes may detect movement (like the turn that prompts complaints from your passenger, to which you can only sadly respond “it’s not me, it’s the road turning” or some other variant), the vestibule records a sensation contrary to what the eyes perceive. This contradiction between the body position information prevents the body from adapting to the movement, as it usually does during travel, thereby causing motion sickness.
How to Set Up Your iPhone / iPad?
Like all accessibility features, everything is managed within the iPhone’s (or iPad’s) Settings app: Settings > Accessibility > Animation > Show Vehicle Motion Indicators (this option is off by default and must be enabled).
From there, iOS 18 gives you a brief overview of the strategies used to enhance user comfort. Indeed, dots will appear near the edges of the screen as soon as the iPhone is in motion, to provide the correct response to the brain. These are optimized to indicate the direction of travel. Once activated, the feature will turn on automatically (and stop when the vehicle comes to a halt).
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