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Viativity is a play on words: It combines "Via" (Latin for way) with vitality and activity.

The name represents the core goal of the app: Not just enduring the trip to your destination, but being able to experience the journey itself as an active, positive part of your vacation again.

Many people know this: Kinetosis is the technical term for the phenomenon mostly known in everyday life as motion sickness or travel sickness. It arises when the eyes, the muscles, and the balance organ in the inner ear send conflicting movement signals to the brain – for example, when reading a book in a moving car or being below deck on a rocking ship.

The science behind it: This sensory conflict triggers a misinterpretation in the brain that disrupts the autonomic nervous system, leading to a strong queasy feeling and general travel discomfort.

Viativity is strictly a wellness app and not a medical device. It does not provide diagnoses and does not replace medical treatment. However: Nothing in the app is invented.

All integrated digital tools and methods are based on established findings in travel medicine and balance research. The curated travel tips combine proven home remedies with the official recommendations of international health organizations like the WHO and the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).

Viativity simply translates this complex knowledge into easy-to-use companions for your wellbeing on the go.

Perhaps you've experienced this yourself in the car: With motion sickness, a sensory conflict arises in the brain. Modern smartphones offer simple motion points (Motion Cues) directly in the operating system for this: Activatable dots that appear on the screen and shift in sync with the vehicle's movements (accelerating and braking) to provide orientation for the eyes.

Viativity goes a major step further as a smart companion app: It bundles various scientifically described tools like a visual horizon simulation, soothing audio frequencies, and guided breathing techniques in a single, clear application. This way, you have the right tool at hand for every situation to specifically support you to make the journey more pleasant.

Kinetosis is extremely individual, and every person reacts differently to the various mechanisms of action. What helps one person immediately might be less effective for another.

That is exactly why Viativity bundles different approaches in a single app: From visual horizon simulation to soothing audio frequencies and breathing techniques. This allows everyone to easily try out which tool helps them personally best on the go.

Yes, absolutely. Every person reacts differently on the go, and kinetosis is highly individual. The app is designed so that you can use different companions simultaneously.

For example, you can look at the artificial horizon on the screen or perform breathing exercises while the soothing audio methods play in the background. Find exactly the combination that best supports your wellbeing.

Specific acoustic frequencies can gently influence the nervous and balance systems. Viativity offers you four different audio methods tailored to your current state.

A deep 100 Hz focus tone, for example, helps to gently reduce conflicting movement stimuli during motion sickness. Special stereo effects (binaural beats), on the other hand, specifically promote relaxing brain waves to consciously find calm during flight anxiety, inner restlessness, or mental exhaustion. Additionally, you can seamlessly add a gentle pink noise in the app to block out disturbing background noises.

Research: Current studies prove the positive effects of acoustic stimulation. A study on 100 Hz vibrations showed a reduction in sensory conflict, while meta-analyses on binaural beats show how the brain relaxes through auditory rhythms (entrainment).

Viativity offers you four different, well-founded rhythms for on the go under the "Breathing Techniques" tool. The most important thing first: You cannot make a mistake with your selection!

No matter which rhythm you choose – the biological basic principle is identical for all of them: They slow down your breathing rate and focus on a consciously prolonged exhalation. This specifically stimulates the vagus nerve (your body's "resting nerve") and noticeably switches your nervous system from stress to relaxation.

The four rhythms in the app are fine specializations for specific moments. While the calming basic principle remains the same, scientific studies prove the special benefit of these specific rhythms for very concrete situations:

• 4-2-6 Rhythm (Nausea): Studies show that this slow diaphragmatic breathing strengthens the heart's adaptability and reduces nausea during kinetosis.
• 4-7-8 Rhythm (Flight anxiety): Clinical tests prove that this pattern helps you consciously find calm during flight anxiety or tension states through the extra-long exhalation.
• 4-4-4-4 Box Breathing (Inner restlessness): Research proves the reduction of physical stress while maintaining full attention and alertness.
• 3-1-8 Sigh (Feelings of panic): Studies prove that a double breath with a deep sigh relaxes the autonomic nervous system rapidly and supports the short-term regulation of stress and tension.

You could, of course, stimulate the soothing P6 pressure point without an app or use special acupressure bands. But extra equipment is rarely at hand on the go, or it gets forgotten in the suitcase. The smartphone, on the other hand, is almost always within reach. Viativity bundles this knowledge in one place and makes you aware of this option in an acute situation in the first place. The app illustrates exactly how to find the point on your wrist yourself using an infographic, and provides you with a timer for the perfect massage duration.

Scientifically explained: The manual stimulation of this point is an established method. Even though the study situation regarding motion sickness in particular is mixed, many people successfully use this gentle pressure technique to relieve general discomfort on the go.

This is exactly why many people feel significantly worse below deck: In a windowless inner cabin, the eye reports a standstill, while the balance organ feels the pitching and rolling of the waves. This sensory conflict is one of the main causes of seasickness. Viativity helps you make the missing horizon visible again. Quite simply, based on the sensor data of your smartphone, the app uses the gyroscope to display the real ship movement exactly in sync on the screen.

The science behind it: The display of an earth-referenced line provides the brain with the missing visual movement information (inertial cues). This resolves the sensory conflict and dampens the queasy feeling in your stomach.

A trained spatial imagination helps your brain process movement data more efficiently during motion sickness. Viativity offers a playful training for this, where you have to recognize rotated or mirrored 3D objects. Ideal for preparing yourself calmly weeks before your vacation.

Studies: A study reported that a two-week spatial vision training (visuospatial training) can reduce susceptibility to travel discomfort by over 50%. The brain learns to resolve conflicting signals faster.

Based on the theory of postural instability, kinetosis is often preceded by an insecure stance. Those who stand more stably travel more relaxed. With the "Body Stability" function in Viativity, you can train your core stability on solid ground with closed eyes via audio and haptic feedback.

Background: Biofeedback training improves posture control. Studies show that higher stability correlates directly with a higher resistance to travel discomfort.

Distraction is a proven approach to gently fade out disturbing movement stimuli. The focus game in Viativity requires high concentration to keep a small dot exactly in the center of the screen. This task binds your attention and effectively distracts from emerging motion sickness.

Why this helps: Visual fixation of a stable point suppresses the reflex that links eyes and balance (vestibulo-ocular reflex). This mitigates the sensory conflict, which is considered the main cause of travel discomfort.

In addition to digital tools, Viativity offers a curated collection of over 50 travel tips combining scientific findings and proven home remedies. These cover specific means of transport such as car, train, airplane, ship, and cable car.

Whether it's choosing the right seat, dealing with fresh air, or small nutritional tricks before departure: The app explains in detail which behaviors really support you during motion sickness and delivers the knowledge for optimal preparation directly to your smartphone so you arrive calmer.

Yes, absolutely. Viativity is structured so intuitively and understandably that even children get along with it immediately. The tools are easy to use and were developed so that older children can also use them without any problems to achieve the same positive effect on the travel experience. Since Viativity is completely ad-free and collects no user data, the application is completely safe.

Did you know? Viativity is available to your family for free after purchase, provided you use Apple Family Sharing or Google Play Family Library. Buy once, the whole family travels with it.

There is a very pragmatic reason for this: When discomfort or stress suddenly arises while traveling, you shouldn't have to click through paywalls or trial subscriptions in an acute situation. The features must be readily available without detours. In addition, the classic premium one-time purchase enables clean, cross-system app development. This ensures that Viativity functions as a single, robust app that can be easily shared via the official family sharing features of Apple and Google – entirely without hidden technical hurdles.

Sharing works easily and securely via the official family features from Apple and Google. Important: You do not need to buy Viativity multiple times for this.

For Apple (iPhone): Go to your iPhone settings, tap on your name at the very top, and select "Family Sharing". Once you have invited your family members there, they can download Viativity completely free of charge onto their own device from the App Store under your purchases.

For Android (Google Play): Open the Google Play Store app, tap your profile picture at the top right, and select "Settings" > "Family" > "Sign up for Family Library". After that, all added members can install the app at no extra cost.

Viativity is an independent project developed in Switzerland. With sensitive topics like discomfort or flight anxiety, intrusive advertising or hidden data trading have absolutely no place. The app is completely ad-free, 100% usable offline, saves no user data (local data protection), and strictly avoids ongoing subscriptions. The fair premium one-time purchase is a conscious decision for full transparency and supports the independent further development of the app.