Does computer eyewear really work for games?

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I'm receiving a free pair of these glasses in the near future but I have to question if they really work or are they just a bunch of marketing hoopla and big words thrown around

Anybody have any experience? Also 20% off coupon is attached...in case anyone else is interested.

 

sure, they work. they don't make any concrete claims as to what they do. they fit on your face, so they function as glasses. it looks like they filter out some blue light. you could literally do the same thing by changing your color options in your graphics driver. I'm not sure why you wouldn't want to see all the colors, though.

The only comment they make in the ad is:

"Stay focused, play longer, and protect your eyes."

The first two may just be suggestions, entirely unrelated to the glasses. As far as protecting your eyes, it does at least provide physical eye protection, as do all glasses.

 

It should reduce the stress on your eyes similar to looking at the ocean with some glare and trying to use your laptop at the same time, not fun.

Normal computer users would need to push 6+ hours of staring at the screen to get real benefits from it. The yellow tint is similar to yellow sniper glasses and does illuminate the area you are viewing on screen or in nature so leaving your eye muscles more relaxed + it blocks some wind from fans directly on your eyes giving a longer time before drying out or becoming agitated.

Does it improve your game ? likely yes as you have more play time available, less tired eyes / headaches and so more body resources during the specific time you spend playing, also if more relaxed and less stress you should use less or consume less or need less coffee / red-bull or other stuff to make you function optimally.

It is essentially weak viagra for your eyes and head related to game play.

You can test it by something stupid like how long game play does it take for you to start typing "ahve" instead "have" in sentences then when wearing it measure the same time and you might have a longer time before reaching the same mental tiredness point.

It might even reduce radiation or uv cooking of your eyes on 12 to 18hours pc sessions. Programmers sometime suffer from this.

Is this specific brand better than cheap yellow glasses = no clue only serious testing would be able to tell. I can use a pair at this moment.

 

your eyes will be less fatigued. I know people that swear by them

 

you could adjust the colors using your graphics card driver control panel. If the goal is to block blue light, you could just turn down the blue. I'll try it for a bit.

 

Looks like a gimmick from what the description is claiming.

If they gave an absorption spectrum for them then I'd be a little more convinced but things like "improving contrast" is just complete rubbish. The best it will do is reduce colours which have a tendancy to over stimulate your eyes.

 

You can tell from their advertisement that they don't believe in their product. They know they are selling overpriced junk. Whether or not they are right, that's what they think. They don't give any specifics as to what the glasses do. If they make a general statement that describes the purpose of the glasses, they certainly don't make any quantifiable claims.

I think "Do they work?" isn't the right question.

 

I would have to say that these are most likely overpriced junk, especially at $100. Perhaps at $5 they could be slightly useful, but paying 99 dollars for a color filter that you don't need is absurd. If you have your monitor and room lighting calibrated properly you shouldn't have eyestrain; some days I use my monitor quite a bit but I never experience eyestrain even when I am coding or writing a paper for hours on end.

 

It's hard to really quantify the benefits of something like this any further than what they've already said in the ad. Beyond that you start getting into shaky territory where you're promising things that are hard to measure and prove, at which point you have to start worrying about false advertisement lawsuits. When the commodity that your product is supposed to benefit is something like eyesight, a lucky litigant could get a lot of money out of you with the help of a persuasive lawyer.

I can say from personal experience that eyewear can really benefit a heavy computer user. I personally used to get terrible headaches from staring at computer monitors, and then I got glasses for computer use. The glasses actually degrade my vision slightly, but if I wear them consistently while using computers I experience almost zero eye strain. Granted, that's different from a non-prescription gaming eyeglass, but while I suspect that they're over-promoting their product with extra stuff like the dry-eye thing, I bet that you'd see some real benefits from wearing these things if you gamed a lot. Whether or not you could get the same benefit from calibrating your monitor to certain specifications I don't know, but that they're a good (if overpriced) product for hardcore gamers I don't doubt.

 

The three things they have (which they've disguised under a load of ridiculous marketing jargon) is 1. slight magnification 2. amber (or other colored) tint 3. anti-reflective coating.

Anyone who's bought glasses before knows there's nothing special about any of that. So yes, they technically do help because of those three things, but you can find cheap shooting and sports goggles that offer the same benefits.

It's deceptive marketing, but then again so is what Razer, Steelseries and Monster Cables usually do, as well as a bunch of other computer products. A much easier solution for most people with eye fatigue is to install f.lux and use artificial tears.

 

the promotion is now over for the 20% off, but if you're still interested in getting a pair with a discount, I just got this email:

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