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Reading, watching films, and playing games can help passengers pass time on long journeys. However, concentrating on a screen can also cause discomfort. Apple’s Vehicle Motion Cues is designed to reduce motion sickness while using an iPhone or iPad in a moving vehicle (Apple, 2024). “a sensory conflict between
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In Cars are getting dumber, Drew Gooden (2024) questions design changes that make ordinary vehicle functions harder to understand. His most useful example begins with his own mistake. While trying to avoid a closing gate, he pressed the reverse button, accelerated, and moved forward. He accepts responsibility and offers a
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Meta's Ray-Ban Display glasses combine a small visual display, cameras, microphones, and AI assistance. A wristband translates muscle activity into commands, allowing the wearer to control functions through small finger movements (Meta, 2025). I think of these devices as accessories to the senses. They add information to
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Ambient lighting provides low-level illumination around features such as door handles, cupholders, consoles, and footwells. In Ambient Lighting Makes Drivers Feel Safer, Bird (2018) discusses research by BMW and Ilmenau University of Technology examining how this lighting changes the perception and usability of an interior. Drivers perceived illuminated interiors
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In Crossmodal Interactions in Human Learning and Memory, Murray and Shams (2023) discuss how our senses work together when we learn and remember something. Everyday experiences can involve sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. The reading focuses especially on sight and sound, and how experiencing them together can affect what