How do you choose the perfect blue light-blocking glasses?
If you've already visited our blog, you'll know about the dangers of blue light and how it affects vision problems, the sleep cycle, stress, and more. But you might be wondering exactly how it works.
Computer glasses are designed to optimize vision while looking at digital screens. They are specifically designed to reduce glare (the leading cause of eye strain), increase contrast, and maximize what you see through the lenses, helping to prevent eye fatigue when looking at a screen for extended periods of time.
There are three main features that computer glasses have in common:
- An AR (anti-reflective) coating: This coating reduces the glare from the screen and other light sources.
- Tinted lenses: Some blue-light-blocking glasses have slightly tinted lenses. In our case, the collections where this tint is most noticeable are the gaming glasses lines and the biohacker, which, in addition to offering protection against blue light, use this tint to help achieve better on-screen contrast and provide various features specific to each collection. For example, biohackers helps regulate circadian sleep cycles.
- Frame material: There are three main types of material used for eyeglass frames: acetate, TR90, and PC (polycarbonate or plastic). The differences between these three materials may seem minor, but when it comes down to it, they are key to a good visual experience. At Apricotte , we primarily use acetate, an extremelydurable materialthat prevents the frame from breaking easily while remaining lightweight. Acetate also has good shape memory, which means that if the frame becomes deformed, it can be easily repaired. For our line of gaming glasses, we’ve chosen TR90, which provides maximum lightness during endless gaming sessions. PC frames are much more fragile and of lower quality, so we never use this material (we’re plastic-free!).
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