Stroboscopic Goggles for Reduction of Motion Sickness
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas
Tuesday, March 01 2005
The view is presented to wearer in snapshots to suppress retinal slip.
A device built around a pair of electronic shutters has been demonstrated to be effective as a prototype of stroboscopic goggles or eyeglasses for preventing or reducing motion sickness. The momentary opening of the shutters helps to suppress a phenomenon that is known in the art as retinal slip and is described more fully below.
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