Apple Vision Pro Future Generation Can Prevent Drunk Travel

Apple Vision Pro illustration (photo: x @TechDropsNetFR)

JAKARTA - Apple is developing a new technology to overcome motion fitness that is often experienced by Apple Vision Pro users while in mobile vehicles. This technology has the potential to be present through software updates or future generations versions of the headset.

Drunk travel is not new to device users like VR headsets. In fact, some users admit that they feel nauseous when using Vision Pro on the plane, especially if the sensor is interrupted by the aircraft's movement. This is similar to the symptoms you feel when reading your cellphone while in a car or bus.

To overcome this, Apple has previously introduced the Vehicle Motion Cues feature on iOS 18, which displays a series of moving points on the iPhone screen so that the user's eyes can receive a movement signal that suits what the body feels 'reduces perception mismatch and prevents nausea.

Now, the latest patents named "Immersive virtual display" suggest that a similar approach can be applied to the Apple Vision Pro. In the patent document, Apple explains that providing a fully VR experience in vehicles can cause motional motion sickness because users lose visual references to the real world.

The solution? Apple proposes real-time integration of vehicle movements into virtual experiences. For example, the system can synchronize visual effects, sounds, to the sensation of wind or heat from HVAC with vehicle movements.

In fact, Apple says that Vision Pro can monitor signs of user discomfort, then adjust the virtual display, such as slowing down visual movement if users appear nauseated.

Apple is also considering a personalization option, where users can choose a virtual display based on the level of sensitivity to travel drunkness. For example, users can see real environments enriched with AR content such as virtual objects or information labels, or choose a full VR experience equipped with visual markers from the real world, such as horizons.

Although this idea stems from the development of the Apple Car a smart car project that is now canceled Apple continues its implementation for Vision Pro, especially with an inclusive approach to users who have special accessibility needs.

This patent is credited to eight inventors, led by Mark B. Rober, who once described in 2022 virtual display technology to reduce drunkness in Apple Car who may now find a new home at Vision Pro.