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by 93po 874 days ago
You don't get motion sick on a treadmill because you're not wearing a VR headset. There's no forward motion of your head captured with your eyes to mismatch what your vestibular system is feeling.
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To add to your point, there is a somewhat unpleasant sensation once you get off the treadmill, i.e., even if you are standing in place, it feels like you are moving forward.
This reminds me of the similar weird sensation of phantom movement after jumping on a trampoline.
I actually do get a bit of motion sickness when I get off a treadmill. It takes me a couple minutes to get my bearings after stopping.
This is incorrect. You don’t get motion sick on a treadmill because the small accelerations and decelerations match what your eyes are seeing. There is motion.
I agree there's motion, I'm saying there isn't a mismatch with what your eyes are seeing, which is what causes the motion sickness