Guide to Computer Gaming Glasses (old)
Guide to Computer Gaming Glasses
If you are a gamer or desk jockey you’ve probably come to realize that staring at a screen becomes uncomfortable after a while, especially when it’s done for hours on end. After spending prolonged periods of time in front of a screen, many people tend to experience headaches, fatigue, blurred vision, eye strain, dry eyes, and more. This comes as no surprise considering you are being exposed to blue light.
Video gamers spent about eight hours and 27 minutes each week playing games, which is an increase of 14% over 2020, according to a new worldwide survey. Limelight Networks also found that 44% play more than seven hours per week and 25% clock more than 12 hours per week (https://www.techrepublic.com/article/8-hours-and-27-minutes-thats-how-long-the-average-gamer-plays-each-week/). Extended periods of time spent in front of electronic devices leads to a multitude of health problems that affect your daily life. Fortunately, for those of us who are passionate about gaming, there is a way to lessen the adverse effects of screens with blue light filtering gaming glasses.
What is Blue Light?
Blue light is one of the many colors on the light spectrum visible to the naked eye. Each color in the visible light spectrum has a different wavelength and energy level. Blue light has shorter wavelengths and higher energy than other colors. Research shows a link between eye damage and short-wave blue light with wavelengths between 415 and 455 nanometers. Most of the light from the LEDs used in smartphones, TVs, and tablets has wavelengths between 400 and 490 nanometers (https://www.webmd.com/eye-health/blue-light-health).
Exposure to blue light for long periods of time can cause many side effects, such as the ones listed above. Blue light can also cause harmful long term effects like sleep deprivation, impaired vision, macular degeneration, and cataracts. The obvious solution to preventing the harmful effects of blue light would be to spend less time exposed to screens, but in this world every aspect of our daily lives is smothered in technology. From work to recreation, we are exposed to blue light, making it nearly impossible to not be exposed every day. That’s where blue light filter gaming glasses come into play.
What are gaming glasses
Blue light filtering gaming glasses are built to counteract the harmful effects caused by your laptops, TVs, phones, and tablets. Computer screens, iPads, and mobile phones emit HEV light (high-energy visible light), a high-energy, high-frequency light in the blue band of the visible spectrum. Between social media, work, and gaming, most people spend approximately 10 hours a day exposed to harmful blue light while consuming digital media. Gaming glasses minimize the damage and reduce the effects of blue light.
How do they work?
Gaming glasses are designed with a blue light filter which blocks a certain percentage of the harmful effects of blue light. Yellow or amber tinted lenses on gaming glasses counter the hue of blue light to a degree; some more than others depending on what glasses you get. For example, Visualites’ blue light filtering gaming glasses block out approximately 55% of the 400-440nm range of Blue Light. Blocking all blue light leads to a slew of problems like difficulty waking up, hindered reason and decision making, lowered alertness, and more. Access to blue light upwards of 475 nanometers is essential for eye health and exposure in the upper range helps with the production of melatonin.
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