Dancing dots: The motion-sickness cure hidden in iPhone settings

The article examines Apple’s “Vehicle Motion Cues,” an iPhone accessibility setting that displays moving dots on the screen to help reduce motion sickness while using a phone in a vehicle. It explains possible scientific reasons the feature may work, includes mixed user reactions, and notes similar options for Android devices. The piece also raises a broader concern that such features may encourage even more screen use in situations where people might otherwise put their phones away.

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