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Re: Transitions causing motion sickness - WCAG failure and how to handle?

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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Dec 21, 2016 6:33AM

Here are a couple of resources I noted on my TWitter feed:
REduced motion setting in WebKit
https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/442
Helpful twitter user:
https://twitter.com/nattarnoff/status/788154206867849216
I am curious myself to see how these are coming along.

On 12/21/16, Tim Harshbarger < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> I think the best approach is to provide the client with information and let
> them decide how they want to proceed.
>
> You could just tell them that you experienced motion sickness from the
> transition. Another option is to try out the transition on other people or
> propose they try it out on a wider potential audience before they start
> incorporating the transition into their design more widely. A last option I
> can think of is to do some research on visually induced motion sickness and
> perhaps something in that research is something you can explain to the
> client to give them more information.
>
> I am totally blind myself so I have never experienced this. However, I do
> have family and friends who have complained in the past about visually
> induced motion sickness--typically after watching 3D films or playing video
> games. That makes me think that this kind of effect is likely significant
> enough that someone somewhere might have written about the causes. If you
> can find that, it might help you explain why the transition could cause
> motion sickness to other people as well--and possibly provide solutions for
> how to avoid that effect.
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