Scientists have identified a condition called 'cybersickness', which they say is the digital version of motion sickness.

 

The phenomenon, which affects up to 80 per cent of the population who own smartphones or tablets, leads to feelings of nausea² and unsteadiness.

 

It is caused by seeing fast motion on a screen and covers anything from a car chase in a film to scrolling³ through web pages on your phone.

 

The more realistic the visual content is, the higher your chances of getting cybersickness.

 

The condition was identified in a piece in the New York Times in which British and US experts said that it needed addressing.

 

Cyriel Diels, a cognitive⁴ psychologist and human factors researcher at Coventry University's centre for Mobility⁵ and Transport, said: 'It's a fundamental problem that's kind of been swept under the carpet in the tech industry.

 

'It's a natural response to an unnatural⁶ environment.'

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