Goggles To Help Air Sickness

Newly developed goggles were designed to give passengers a sense of balance while on a moving aircraft.

18:59 26 May 2015

The £300 goggles, which offer virtual world viewed on the headset, were designed to offset the motion nausea felt by some travellers. The new invention will be featured at a technology convention in the United States. 

 

Leon Codrington, the developer of the goggles, explained how they work: "By having the aircraft control the movement of the virtual world in the headset, what the body feels and what your eyes tell your brain become the same thing,"

 

"It's when you get a difference in those two that motion sickness is induced.

 

"It's a simple technique and one that we think a lot of airlines will want to take a closer look at."

 

British Airways doctor Mark Popplestone reacted to the invention saying: "Not very many people suffer from air sickness, but if you do get it and you are sick then it tends to carry on.”

 

"It can be a very unpleasant experience and if the sensation and the movement continue, then you will probably continue feeling sick."

 

Based on estimates, only 1per cent of travellers suffer from motion sickness.