Ha, the timing of your commentary could not be more propitious and helpful than right now. I ordered my first new iPhone (16) to replace my aged and infirm 6+. My last installed iOS is so ancient that when confirming my model, Apple informed me I own the "iPhone Obsolete." lulz.
Anyway, that truth places me in the difficult spot of getting up to speed on all the OS and app updates, enhancements, and improvements over the past many years. That said, I admit I am absolutely mystified what to make of the anti-carsickness dots. So the dots move, what of it? Do those moving dots prevent carsickness for the iPhone - or for me? Probably the iPhone because they do nothing for me. Out-of-date (or obsolete) refers more to me, I fear, than my iPhone.
Oh I hope you enjoy the upgrade! Quite a lot has changed since the 6+ years!
The dots move based on the accelerometer picking up changes in momentum from the car moving. My understanding, as a complete layman, is that the carsickness you feel is due to your eyeballs seeing something that is stationary (your phone or a book) which doesn’t match what the fluid in your ears is doing (responding to the motion of the car).
With the dots on the screen, your eyes see the motion that your ears are feeling and the credits match the debits and suddenly there’s no more carsickness.
When you get the phone in and have time to dig in, I’d love to hear which features you like the most and which ones you don’t!
Ha, the timing of your commentary could not be more propitious and helpful than right now. I ordered my first new iPhone (16) to replace my aged and infirm 6+. My last installed iOS is so ancient that when confirming my model, Apple informed me I own the "iPhone Obsolete." lulz.
Anyway, that truth places me in the difficult spot of getting up to speed on all the OS and app updates, enhancements, and improvements over the past many years. That said, I admit I am absolutely mystified what to make of the anti-carsickness dots. So the dots move, what of it? Do those moving dots prevent carsickness for the iPhone - or for me? Probably the iPhone because they do nothing for me. Out-of-date (or obsolete) refers more to me, I fear, than my iPhone.
Thank you for another excellent post.
Oh I hope you enjoy the upgrade! Quite a lot has changed since the 6+ years!
The dots move based on the accelerometer picking up changes in momentum from the car moving. My understanding, as a complete layman, is that the carsickness you feel is due to your eyeballs seeing something that is stationary (your phone or a book) which doesn’t match what the fluid in your ears is doing (responding to the motion of the car).
With the dots on the screen, your eyes see the motion that your ears are feeling and the credits match the debits and suddenly there’s no more carsickness.
When you get the phone in and have time to dig in, I’d love to hear which features you like the most and which ones you don’t!
Your explanation re the moving dots makes eminent sense. Thank you!