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iOS 7 nausea and cybersickness: What causes it, and why its a sign of things to come
- It seems that Apples new iOS 7 is so advanced that its actually causing cybersickness nausea caused by the combination of a high-resolution screen, the parallax effect on the Home screen, and the zooming in and out of apps. There hasnt been an official response from Apple yet, but judging by comments from various iOS 7 users around the web, the nausea caused by iOS 7 can be rather serious.
- Some victims say that using iOS 7 is like trying to read in a car, causing the same associated symptoms: dizziness, headaches, and even that nasty feeling of needing to vomit.
- The iOS 7 nausea can be partially mitigated by changing some settings, which well discuss below, but with downgrading to iOS 6 now disabled Apple has left many customers high and dry.
- The iOS 7 nausea cybersickness is the same kind of deal as carsickness or motion sickness. Just like motion sickness, cybersickness is caused by disagreement between your eyes and the movement perceived by your balance system (the vestibular system in your inner ear).
- Historically, cybersickness is most commonly associated with huge IMAX cinema screens or 3D cinema where your brain thinks youre moving but youre not but it can also apply to smaller displays as well, such as the iPhone or iPad.
- As it stands, the effects of iOS 7-induced nausea iNausea, if you will can only be partially mitigated by heading into your iDevices Settings > General > Accessibility, and then enabling Reduce Motion. This disables the Home screen parallax effect, but theres currently no way to turn off the zoom effect when you open, close, or switch apps.
Reference
- iOS 7 nausea and cybersickness
Code:
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/167717-ios-7-nausea-and-cybersickness-what-causes-it-and-why-its-a-sign-of-things-to-come - IOS 7 users Discussion
Code:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5322295?start=0&tstart=0