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i’m sure eye tracking is a feature that will only be used for good! i can’t imagine any scenario where that would be a feature that would be used for something incredibly invasive.
 
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One could always ... "look out the window" ... "listen to music" ... "talk to others in the car" ...

I don't know... "live life" and not stare at your bloody device every nano second?

Just an idea..
As someone with terrible motion sickness as well. Many of us are in cars a lot of the time, and look out the window, listen to music and talk to others in the car throughout. But in the real world one often has to look at phone, such as a message coming, directions, or 100x other things. And for people with bad motion sickness reading even briefly can cause terrible motion sickness. Especially for passengers who love to read. Being able to read briefly or longer as needed noticeable less motion sickeness would be a godsend.
 
At last, scrolling through MacRumors while sprawled out on the back of an Uber is going to be an even better experience. 😎
 
I'm going to guess this will be available on iPhone 16 only. Pro Max only? Because rendering 6 dots on the screen requires even more processing power?
 
i’m sure eye tracking is a feature that will only be used for good! i can’t imagine any scenario where that would be a feature that would be used for something incredibly invasive.
Eye tracking is currently used on Apple Vision pro, and they have noted all the technical details how all that data remains on device, since of course others such as advertisers would give anything that have that valuable data. So when Facebook or Google offers a similiar functionality, I would also be worried about their particular implementation since unlike Apple, there businesses are based on advertising/tracking.
 
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Do you have an iPad Pro ?
The low response time of its LCD display induces motion sickness for me , I’m upgrading my M2 to M4 just because of that
I do. Admittedly when I purchased it I didn't think much of the pro-motion display, but it is noticeable when I go back to older devices.

So … staring out the window or listening to music is somehow considered "living", but staring at photos or watching a movie is not? Seems about the same to me.

There really isn't much "living" you can do while stuck in a car, IMO. Just pass the time until you get to the interesting part (probably the destination you're traveling to).
Agreed. Video games are another one. Some games are beautifully crafted and tell a story just as well (or better) than books. While I like to do a bunch of things with my spare time, I don't get how some can decide what living is and isn't.
 
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One could always ... "look out the window" ... "listen to music" ... "talk to others in the car" ...

I don't know... "live life" and not stare at your bloody device every nano second?

Just an idea..
My wife can't even use her phone for directions, while I'm driving, without getting sick. If this means that she can help look at a map or find a phone number then it will be amazing.
 
This is great. Usually I'm the one driving and not affected by this, but when I'm a passenger I have a hard time doing much of anything on the phone. 🤮

And to top it off the older I get the worse my motion sickness gets. 😄
I agree! Maybe this can eventually lead to helping Vertigo also :cool:..
 
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You don't have to wait for this feature. I already have the solution; two actually!
1) Put down darn iPhone (iPad). Look at the horizon.
2) Pull over until you finish messing with your screen. Or ask the driver to pull over before you puke in his vehicle!
 
Eye tracking is currently used on Apple Vision pro, and they have noted all the technical details how all that data remains on device, since of course others such as advertisers would give anything that have that valuable data. So when Facebook or Google offers a similiar functionality, I would also be worried about their particular implementation since unlike Apple, there businesses are based on advertising/tracking.
and i’m sure that’s something they’ll adhere to forever. because ultimately they care about me over profit.
 
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