The frames, comprised of two round lenses on the front and two on the side, are hollow and partially filled with a blue liquid. Though that sounds complicated, the science behind the patented eyewear is surprisingly simple. Image Credit: īoarding Glasses attempt to alleviate motion sickness symptoms by "recreating the horizon" so that all the user’s senses relay the same message. A more recent hypothesis argues that they may be caused by the human body’s inability to keep still in a moving environment.
One plausible theory, suggested in the 1970s, is that the symptoms are an evolutionary adaptation to the body-eyes signal conflict - something that may in the early days be the result of eating toxic plants. Researchers are not sure why the conflict between the inputs results in dizziness, nausea, and even vomiting. For example, when you are looking at your phone on a moving bus, your inner ear detects the motion but your eyes, focused on the screen, thinks you are static. However, if the French company Boarding Ring has its way, motion sickness sufferers will soon have nothing to worry about, provided they are willing to wear the goofy-looking Boarding Glasses!Īlso called seasickness or car sickness, the affliction is believed to be the result of the brain receiving mixed signals from the sensory systems, which include the eyes, inner ear, muscles, and joints. This includes long-distance airplane travel, road-trips, carnival rides, and, in the more severe cases, even certain movies and video games. They can be worn over prescription glasses.Ĭitroën Lifestyle Boutique sells them for €99 ($112).The hundreds of thousands of people who suffer from motion sickness have a long list of activities they dread - and often avoid altogether. There are no lenses in the glasses, so they can be shared with traveling companions. Seetroën glasses can be used only by adults and children aged over 10 because only after this stage will the inner ear have finished growing. The glasses then can be removed for the remainder of the journey. Then, after 10 to 12 minutes, the glasses should allow the mind to resynchronize with the movement perceived by the inner ear while the eyes are focused on an immobile object such as a smartphone or a book. Initially developed for sailors, Citroën has adapted the technology so that it can be used on any means of transport.Ĭonsumers are recommended to don the glasses as soon as initial symptoms of motion sickness are experienced. The rings that surround the eyes both along the frontal axis (right/left) and sagittal axis (front/back), feature a colored moving liquid. The Seetroën glasses contain a colored liquid that simulates the line of a horizon to resolve conflict between the senses that can cause kinetosis, commonly referred to as chronic travel sickness.ĭeveloped by Boarding Ring, a start-up company based in Var in southern France, the technology is a patented and tested paramedical solution that it claims has an effectiveness rating of 95%. In a digital world of high technology, simple tubes of colored fluids could solve one of the most common issues facing passengers on long car journeys: motion sickness.įrench automaker Citroën is marketing pairs of glasses it claims will eradicate a problem suffered by more than 30 million people in Europe.
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