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Steam Deck plugin to reduce motion sickness when playing in cars/etc (github.com)

submitted 3 months ago by Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz to c/steamdeck@sopuli.xyz

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An experimental steam deck plugin that works similarly to an iOS anti-motionsickness feature. Basically it shows dots on the edges of the screen, and moves those dots based on the deck's internal gyroscope to help your eyes have a movement reference.

The dev is also looking for feedback on how well it works, if you try it out you can submit feedback here or email the dev at astro@n0t.space

This is kinda niche, but it's the kind of thing that could be a big improvement for people with bad motion sickness issues, so I'm curious if it will work.

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[-] woelkchen@lemmy.world 67 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The MuteMotion Core Engine algorithms, binaries, and mathematical transformation logic are PROPRIETARY ASSETS of MuteMotion Tech / Adriano Neto and are NOT governed by this license. Access to the Core Engine is restricted and requires separate licensing.

Booooohhhhh!

I tried out the Apple version of that feature on an old iPad I have lying around. It’s cool but really not rocket science to implement. Copying an Apple feature and then acting like they invented it and need to keep the PROPRIETARY ASSTES a secret is beyond lame.

[-] xthexder@l.sw0.com 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

How is this the first time I've heard of a feature like this... It's really cool. This basically seems like technology from VR research determining what makes people motion sick and how to work around it. It makes perfect sense it could apply to other screens as well.

Edit: I wish there was more info on it... the implementation seems like it's proprietary and I can't find any research papers about it. MuteMotion also seems to be a name used by some sign language translation software.

[-] ComradePedro@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 months ago

I love the feature on iPhone and wanted it to be on SteamOS so bad! Didn’t think someone would actually do it, this is great!

[-] Kojichan@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Im interested in this. I may give it a shot. I need something similar for my phone.

[-] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 8 points 3 months ago

iOS has it built in as an accessibility setting apparently, on Android there are multiple apps like KineStop that offer some version of it.

[-] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Awesome, downloaded Kine for the next time I might need it

[-] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

WARNING: Do not simulate driving while sitting on the couch with this by bouncing your phone around. I started getting motion sickness. 😭

[-] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I also now wonder... could some sort of smart glasses with AR functionality maybe do the same thing for sea sickness.

[-] pory@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Analog and gravity-based ones exist and only make you look slightly more like a tool than Smart Glasses

[-] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

... slightly you say lol

[-] sheogorath@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

+1 on Kinestop. It having a horizon line helped with my motion sickness immensely.

[-] iamthetot@piefed.ca 4 points 3 months ago

Any instructions? Do you just download the whole repo in desktop mode then run the install script?

[-] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I think you just need the install script, and then it will download the plugin.

The dev recommendeds using the command:

curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MuteMotion-Tech/MuteMotion-SteamDeck-Shim/main/install.sh | bash

Which just downloads the install script (readable here) and runs it. The script downloads

https://github.com/MuteMotion-Tech/MuteMotion-SteamDeck-Shim/releases/latest/download/MuteMotion-SteamDeck.tar.gz

And extracts it to a new folder in your decky plugin folder, then sets permissions for it, and restarts decky.

this post was submitted on 18 Apr 2026

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