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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.

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.

Specific acoustic frequencies can gently influence the balance system via the inner ear (sacculus) and dampen overreactions. Viativity has integrated such a 100Hz generator directly into the app, which you can easily use with your own headphones.

Research: Current studies show that a 100Hz vibration stimulates the sensory cells in the ear (otolith organs) and improves vestibular balance. This reduces the sensory conflict in the brain and significantly lowers susceptibility to travel discomfort.

The 4-2-6 paced breathing (inhale for 4 seconds, hold for 2 seconds, exhale for 6 seconds) is a proven method to immediately activate the resting nerve during inner restlessness or emerging nervousness on a plane. In Viativity, gentle haptic signals guide you blindly through this rhythm.

Why this helps: Controlled, slowed breathing stimulates the vagus nerve and increases heart rate variability. This significantly dampens physical arousal, which has proven highly effective for gentle support during restless travel and in stressful situations.

If you left your acupressure band at home, you can easily create the soothing effect manually. Viativity illustrates exactly where to find the Nei-Kuan point (P6) on your wrist with an infographic, and provides a built-in timer for the perfect massage duration.

Scientifically explained: Systematic reviews confirm that manual stimulation of the P6 point can significantly reduce the occurrence of a queasy feeling during motion sickness. The positive effect on the stomach is comprehensively documented.

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: Research showed 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.

According to 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 significantly improves posture control. Studies prove that higher stability (less swaying) 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.

This is due to strict technical limitations of the app stores. If Viativity were offered for free and features only unlocked via an in-app purchase, sharing within the family would be blocked, as in-app purchases often cannot be added to the Family Library.

To guarantee a fair offer, the app relies on the classic premium one-time purchase. This way, you only pay once, and thanks to Family Sharing, it can immediately be installed for free by the whole family.

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 fear of flying, 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 - for about the price of a coffee at the airport - covers merely the ongoing development and hardware costs. In return, you get a unique application that bundles various scientifically based tools and over 50 curated travel tips in a single place.