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Can iOS 7 induce motion sickness?

Posted: 26 Sep 2013, 17:31, by Alan F.

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Can iOS 7 bring on motion sickness? Some users trying out the new parallax and zoom features are getting sick to their stomach, experiencing vertigo, headaches and nausea. Some are comparing it to getting car sick. The experience has been making some iPhone owners so ill, that they have resorted to downgrading back to iOS 6.

With the new parallax feature, iOS 7 users can have the screen appear as though they are head on, even if the screen is tilted in another direction. The zoom feature works when accessing applications. The zoom feature can not be disabled but the parallax feature can be shut off. Go to the Accessibility menu in iOS 7. Choose "Reduce Motion" and you should be able to eliminate that effect.

For those sensitive to such things, this is no joke. Some have complained about having to go home from work because of severe vertigo. The complaints are similar to what those who used the HTC EVO 3D used to report after viewing the stereoscopic screen for hours.

source: CNET via TheVerge

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posted on 26 Sep 2013, 17:35 2

1. tedkord (Posts: 13863; Member since: 17 Jun 2009)

Can't you turn parallax off in iOS 7?

posted on 26 Sep 2013, 17:39 3

4. PapaSmurf (Posts: 10457; Member since: 14 May 2012)

Yup..

posted on 26 Sep 2013, 19:29 1

26. darkkjedii (Posts: 24444; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)

Smurf what phone are you rockin now?

posted on 26 Sep 2013, 19:36 5

30. PhoneArenaUser (Posts: 5498; Member since: 05 Aug 2011)

darkkjedii, how are you? Do you feel vertigo, headaches or nausea? :(

posted on 26 Sep 2013, 20:00 2

36. PapaSmurf (Posts: 10457; Member since: 14 May 2012)

My T-Mo S3 running 4.3. Can't wait to get my Note 3 though. T minus 7 days! :')

posted on 26 Sep 2013, 17:40 2

6. rawbow (Posts: 428; Member since: 30 Mar 2012)

The author did mention that ..

Accessibility >Reduce Motion

posted on 26 Sep 2013, 17:42 1

7. kozza3 (Posts: 715; Member since: 17 Oct 2012)

yup, turned it off on my ipad mini... never worked right anyways but the transition animations are still too slow and annoying

posted on 26 Sep 2013, 17:47 3

9. PapaSmurf (Posts: 10457; Member since: 14 May 2012)

It really never worked on my cousin's iPhone 5 like Apple demonstrated it in the keynote of iOS 7.

posted on 26 Sep 2013, 21:22 3

55. tedkord (Posts: 13863; Member since: 17 Jun 2009)

The long transitions are to disguise lag. This was a big update for iOS, adding a lot of the features android had - especially multitasking with only 1gb of ram. It's an old trick Apple has used since the OG iPhone.

posted on 27 Sep 2013, 03:15 3

68. kabhijeet.16 (Posts: 813; Member since: 05 Dec 2012)

I agree. Im using it and its annoying coz the screen doesnt respond untill the animations are over. I have to wait for it to finish, then click on icon. + first time Im facing issues of lag...

posted on 27 Sep 2013, 11:23

71. kozza3 (Posts: 715; Member since: 17 Oct 2012)

yup that's very true, plus i've been noticing some battery drain. but my wife is the primary user, so i can't complain too much. I'm better off with a good ultrabook or convertible but those cost $$$$

posted on 26 Sep 2013, 19:17 2

22. PhoneArenaUser (Posts: 5498; Member since: 05 Aug 2011)

"The zoom feature can not be disabled but the parallax feature can be shut off."

posted on 26 Sep 2013, 19:31 11

27. frydaexiii (Posts: 1475; Member since: 01 Dec 2011)

Ya, you know this, but they don't...which is probably why iDevices are still popular.

iOS, built for people who can't even find the setting to turn off something that's making them dizzy...

posted on 26 Sep 2013, 17:38 2

2. PapaSmurf (Posts: 10457; Member since: 14 May 2012)

Wtf? What kind of joke is this?

posted on 26 Sep 2013, 20:23 2

44. Nathan_ingx (Posts: 4292; Member since: 07 Mar 2012)

I really don't understand how this could be happening.
Have they ever gone out for a 3D movie? What happens to them? Did they faint there? Did they puke?
I mean, how big is an iPhone that your entire head loses it's senses into it?
I have had head spins while playing computer games, but that is because i'm looking at a 15-20 inch screen. This is just too funny...

posted on 26 Sep 2013, 20:48

48. PapaSmurf (Posts: 10457; Member since: 14 May 2012)

Am I the only one that doesn't get sick from 3D movies?

posted on 26 Sep 2013, 21:52

61. Nathan_ingx (Posts: 4292; Member since: 07 Mar 2012)

Nope, there are more...but the glasses aren't comfortable. They're like slapping in a rubber band around your head.
Sometimes if it gets to intense, i remove it for some few seconds.
But it's not unbearable though.

posted on 26 Sep 2013, 21:24

56. tedkord (Posts: 13863; Member since: 17 Jun 2009)

I got really nauseous at an imax movie about flying once. Sat dead center in the theater, had to close my eyes.

posted on 26 Sep 2013, 21:57

62. Nathan_ingx (Posts: 4292; Member since: 07 Mar 2012)

It was Transformers 3. We reached late and had to sit second row from the front...couldn't leave it since i was so much into the movie. Damn!! Worst experience yet!

posted on 27 Sep 2013, 00:16

66. PapaSmurf (Posts: 10457; Member since: 14 May 2012)

Try watching the last Harry Potter movie in 3D.

posted on 26 Sep 2013, 17:39 1

3. ThePython (Posts: 901; Member since: 08 May 2013)

If you have a history with motion sickness problems and all that... Why the hell you would buy a device (not talking about iPhones, I'm talking about a smartphone, tablet, in general) that will probably contain strong visual effects?

Jesus...

posted on 26 Sep 2013, 17:40 1

5. PapaSmurf (Posts: 10457; Member since: 14 May 2012)

Which can be turned off through the settings menu.

posted on 26 Sep 2013, 17:53 4

12. rusticguy (Posts: 2828; Member since: 11 Aug 2012)

Now there's a new definition for them -- "tools" as per Apple. So use it like a "tool"

posted on 26 Sep 2013, 17:46

8. 1113douglas (Posts: 198; Member since: 04 Jul 2013)

ios7 u mean android?

posted on 26 Sep 2013, 17:48 5

10. PapaSmurf (Posts: 10457; Member since: 14 May 2012)

Are you trying to troll? Because if you are, you're doing a pretty terrible job at it.

Side note: post #2,800!

posted on 26 Sep 2013, 18:13

15. protozeloz (Posts: 5396; Member since: 16 Sep 2010)

Im really close to 5k comments

posted on 26 Sep 2013, 19:24

23. PapaSmurf (Posts: 10457; Member since: 14 May 2012)

I think I've posted over 1,000 comments since April of this year. I went from 2600 - 2800 in a week.

Congrats on the near 5K!

posted on 26 Sep 2013, 19:33

29. protozeloz (Posts: 5396; Member since: 16 Sep 2010)

I don't post as often As i usted to, I mean there is barely something worth arguing these days

posted on 26 Sep 2013, 21:30

57. DukeX (Posts: 327; Member since: 28 Aug 2013)

No idea how i have over 150. I've been here since August. I don't post that much to have that many so fast.

posted on 26 Sep 2013, 18:54

20. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)

No he's not! Just being honest!
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