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Apple's weird anti-nausea dots cured my car sickness

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Re: Apple's weird anti-nausea dots cured my car sickness

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Post by thejokeisonme »

jerlam wrote: post #23
advisedwang wrote: post #14

Seems like there's a few android equivalents: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.panshen.mo... https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.urbandroid... And even one that claims to work with sound: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.samsung.a1... EDIT: Actually there's an enormous number of apps like this, many released very recently with similar style etc. Weird.

It's been rumored that Google would build it into Android for years: https://www.androidauthority.com/google-motion-cues-pixels-n... I've tried some of those Android equivalents and they seemed to work on any motion, not on acceleration like the Apple one.

That's physically impossible.

Re: Apple's weird anti-nausea dots cured my car sickness

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Post by robocat »

nancyminusone wrote: post #94
VorpalWay wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Does this mean that those of us who don't get motion sickness regardless of reading or looking at a phone in a vehicle are less good at handling poison as well? (I have also been on bumpy flights, no issues whatsoever, even when reading a book at the same time.)

perhaps it means you are more immune to poison, so you don't need to vomit

I have a friend who absolutely loves getting the spins from excessive drinking. She liked to lie down and watch the room spinning.

I would need to ask her if she gets motion sickness.

Re: Apple's weird anti-nausea dots cured my car sickness

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Post by ummonk »

c-hendricks wrote: post #104
sowbug wrote: post #29

You might ask why motion sickness even exists in the first place. Why do nausea and vomiting make sense when your body is in a car or on a boat? Nobody knows for sure, but there's a convincing theory. Zillions of years ago, we were foragers. We ate what we found. And if we ate something bad, like a poisonous berry, we could die. One of the first symptoms of neurotoxin ingestion is that your eyes lose their tracking a…

I figured it was more if (areEyesDetectingMotion != isBodyDetectingMotion) vomit() If it was just eyes and ears it doesn't seem like VR motion sickness would be such a thing.

I don’t follow. Are you under the misapprehension that ears was referring to auditory perception, rather than vestibular sense of motion?

Re: Apple's weird anti-nausea dots cured my car sickness

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Post by ncallaway »

AndriyKunitsyn wrote: post #122
Groxx wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's wild to me that "internet access" is not revokable or even displayed in the Play Store in stock Android. It's such a huge security and privacy concern, even if most apps semi-legitimately need it. Or, it would be wild, if it weren't fairly obvious that this is just Google protecting their mobile ad revenue.

There's basically zero apps without some sort of analytics nowadays.

That's fine. The OS should still let me turn off all outbound network connections for an app.

Apps that are solely relying on analytics still tend to function when the analytics are unreachable.

Re: Apple's weird anti-nausea dots cured my car sickness

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Post by joekrill »

I've been using an app on my Android called KineStop. It definitely works.

I also recently picked up an EmeTerm wristband - it's basically a mini TENS machine for you wrist. I was super skeptical, but my sister recommended it so I tried it and it absolutely helps with (though doesn't always total eliminate) nausea I get from motion sickness. I'm not entirely sure how it works, but it seems like it may have an accelerometer and use that to decide when (and at what strength/duration?) to send a mild shock.

Re: Apple's weird anti-nausea dots cured my car sickness

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Post by Groxx »

AndriyKunitsyn wrote: post #122
Groxx wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's wild to me that "internet access" is not revokable or even displayed in the Play Store in stock Android. It's such a huge security and privacy concern, even if most apps semi-legitimately need it. Or, it would be wild, if it weren't fairly obvious that this is just Google protecting their mobile ad revenue.

There's basically zero apps without some sort of analytics nowadays.

More than half of the ones I have installed have no internet access. Most because they don't have the permission (thanks, F-Droid!) and the rest because I've rejected that permission (thanks, GrapheneOS!)

Re: Apple's weird anti-nausea dots cured my car sickness

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Post by JumpCrisscross »

40four wrote: post #16

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…

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.

Re: Apple's weird anti-nausea dots cured my car sickness

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Post by JumpCrisscross »

gabeio wrote: post #128
port11 wrote: post #93

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

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!

> 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.

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