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andrei12:07:21

Has anyone tried glasses for programming/gaming or in general glasses that protect your eyes from monitors? like: 1. https://gunnar.com/gaming-glasses/ 2. https://www.gammarayoptix.com/ 3. https://www.hyperxgaming.com/germany/us/landing/eyewear 4. https://www.pixeleyewear.com/ 5. https://www.cyxus.com/ As far as I see, some claim to make the screen more sharp, some pixel optics augmentation, and some are purely blue light blockers, sometimes I do feel quite a bit of a strain on my eyes, and I am interested if these glasses are worth it. -- some of these glasses, like gunnar, are advertising adding diopters to the lens, for "focus", that too me feels like unnecessary far-sightedness treatment.

dominicm19:07:42

If you're hesitant, you might find that your monitor has a blue filter option. Generally I recommend lowering your brightness.

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sogaiu22:07:59

i have found this site to provide interesting perspectives and have benefitted from some bits from it: https://ledstrain.org/

lilactown15:07:12

I have prescription glasses w/ a blue filter and honestly couldn’t tell you if my eyes feel better or no

andrei06:07:10

thanks all for your feedback

sogaiu07:07:59

as far as specifics are concerned, my understanding is that there are a variety of different things that can affect people in various ways. in my specific case i found that using amoled screens (e.g. certain tablets) noticeably helped compared to ones that were using more run-of-the-mill(?) displays (e.g. ipads). i also found that e-ink devices were quite a relief. i would guess they probably are way easier on one's eyes in the appropriate lighting conditions (photons are only reflecting off at you), though they are slow and expensive. the following thread at blurbusters had some rather interesting info that gave me a sense of why blue filters might be of some help to some folks: https://forums.blurbusters.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&amp;t=5361&amp;start=0 (scroll down to the first image that shows some interesting curves) -- it seems it would depend on one's condition as well as specifically what the characteristics of the display under consideration are.

sova-soars-the-sora21:07:48

got an anti-blue light monitor recently. it glows orange. it's pretty nice. usually i prefer color temp higher... have you used F.Lux?

dpsutton22:07:23

http://grep.app's cert has expired. unfortunate as this is an extremely amazing resource