![]() ![]() “Your eyes always get the reality of the movement and get a signal that is consistent with the balance system perception,” Jeannin says. With the Boarding Glasses, the liquid moves with the movement of the boat or vehicle, creating an artificial horizon. “Motion sickness comes from a sense of conflict between what your eyes can see and what your balance system and your inner ears can feel,” says Antoine Jeannin, CEO of Boarding Ring, the company that makes the glasses. The Boarding Glasses look like swim goggles for some four-eyed alien species, with two round lenses in front and two on the side, the hollow rims each half filled with blue liquid. Recently, a French company has begun selling a pair of glasses it says can reduce motion sickness in 95 percent of cases. Many people become less susceptible with age, while others (hello) become more. Women report more and worse sickness, as do migraine sufferers. Almost everyone is susceptible to some degree-about 5 percent of us are severely affected, while another 5 percent are relatively immune. Reading in a car on a winding road? Not unless you want to see what I had for breakfast.Īs a sufferer of motion sickness, I’m not alone. These days, simply sitting on a park swing makes me queasy. ![]() A full day of loop-de-loop roller coasters at a nearby amusement park was the highlight of the summer. As a kid, I could read for hours in the back of a car zigzagging through the mountains, no problem.
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