The latest Apple update iOS7 had revamped the user-interface with various digital effects and animations. However, most iPhone and iPad users find them unpleasant, causing headaches and nausea. Fox News interviewed a medical expert to find out if the sickness people complain about is really related to the new iOS 7.
“The zoom animations everywhere on the new iOS 7 are literally making me nauseous and giving me a headache. It's exactly how I used to get car sick if I tried to read in the car,” wrote one iPhone user on Apple’s support forums. These are just some of the many posts about carsick and nausea experienced by iOS users in the thread that gained more than 15,000 worth of views.
Dr. George Kikano, the division chief in Family Medicine from UH Case Medical Center-Ohio, said that he agrees with the users that the iPhone most likely is causing those carsick and nauseous symptoms. He explained that the problem was not caused by the new zoom animations but the "parallax" function which allow subtle movement in the phone's background. This actually creates a feeling that is very similar to carsickness.
He also compared it to the effect of watching in the IMAX cinema. "The inner ear is responsible for balance, the eyes for vision. When things are out of sync you feel dizzy, nauseous. Some people get it, some people don't, and some people get used to it."
Kikano is also using an iPhone 5S and has a son working at Apple. He said that when the parallax feature was introduced, Apple also included new settings for turning it off.
In the Menu settings, an Apple user can also turn off the parallax feature for the icon and alert effects by reducing motion. Go to Settings, and then press Accessibility Section under General Settings.
Another option for iOS7 users is to trade in the iPhone5 with a new one running on the earlier iOS6.
