Apple announced new accessibility features that will come to its devices towards the end of this year. One of these features will be Vehicle Motion Cues, which aims to prevent motion sickness, also known as motion sickness, when looking at iPhone and iPad devices, which is common among vehicle passengers.
According to Apple, research shows that motion sickness is often caused by a sensory conflict between what a person sees and what they feel. This may prevent some users from using their iPhone or iPad comfortably while driving in a moving vehicle.
Vehicle Motion Signals are designed to avoid this sensory conflict by using visual elements that show real-time changes in movement on the screen. Here’s Apple’s description: “With Vehicle Motion Cues, animated dots at the edges of the screen represent changes in vehicle motion to help reduce sensory conflict without interfering with the main content. Vehicle Motion Beacons use sensors built into iPhone and iPad to detect when the user is in a moving vehicle and respond accordingly. This feature can be set to show up automatically on iPhone or can be turned on or off from Control Center.”
Apple will also introduce an eye-tracking feature that will allow users to navigate their devices with only their eyes. CarPlay voice control and new Music Haptics will also debut later this year. Music Haptics will allow deaf or hard-of-hearing users to experience music by using the Taptic Engine on iPhone to play out taps, textures and refined vibrations in the sound of music.
We can expect Apple to introduce the new features with iOS 18, which is expected to be released in September.
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