SAN DIEGO, California, March 17, 2010 – GUNNAR Optiks, the leading manufacturer of digital performance eyewear, announced today that they have partnered with Revolution Eyewear to supply GUNNAR i-AMP3DTM lenses, a premium 3D polarized lens technology, for use in Revolution’s patented magnetic clip-on product line.
Sight and sound are the two most important senses when it comes to gaming, and digital performance eyewear designer GUNNAR Optiks have created glasses to enhance one without hindering the other. The official Major League Gaming licensed Legends glasses are both stylish — with their aviator-inspired design — as well as functional — with their i-AMP lens technology. They also include headset compatible temples that allow for you to wear your headphones and mic comfortably.
SAN DIEGO, California, March 8, 2010 – GUNNAR Optiks, the leading manufacturer of digital performance eyewear, announced today that they have partnered with Carl Zeiss Vision to co-develop, co-market and co-brand the next iteration of i-AMP prescription lens technology. This technology platform, originally developed by GUNNAR for those that live a digital life, enhances the human visual system when viewing digital devices.
People are spending an ever-increasing amount of time in front of computer screens as our lives become more intertwined with technology. This increase correlates to an increase in health hazards from repetitive motion injuries, neck and back problems, and eye strain. Gunnar has recognized this and has put together a diverse product line dedicated to mitigating the strain we are putting on our eyes with some of their special lens and optic technologies. They sent us over a sample pair of their Wi-FIVE digital performance eyewear from their Catalyst collection to see how effective we felt they were. For $99, if they work as advertised, they should be well worth the investment.
I wasn’t sure what to think of these at first. They were stylish. But for a guy who never wears glasses, what’s the point of wearing a pair now? So I tried them on for a good month, sporting them every day when I’m on the computer. Now I instinctively put them on whenever I need to stare at the screen for any period of time. To my surprise they really work. And here’s what did it for me.
The purpose of the Gunnar Optiks is to reduce eye strain for digital users. There is a small magnification to slightly enlarge font size on the computer. The glare of the screen is reduced. When relieving eye strain, migraines can be prevented.
For as long as I could remember I experienced eye strain, migraines, and even would get blood shot eyes when using the computer for long periods of time. Sometimes I would pass off my migraines thinking I was just dehydrated or didn’t have enough caffeine. Of course, this could have been true sometimes but I started to notice a pattern.
Instead of making people wear dorky looking 3D glasses, Gunnar Optiks has shown off stylish 3D glasses. Glasses that you wouldn’t mind being caught wearing outside. The other thing they have done right is making prescription 3D glasses. Instead of putting 3D glasses over your existing prescription glasses, why not just use one pair of glasses. It just makes sense.
For an increasing number of Americans, life’s a blur. That’s according to a population-based study published Monday showing that rates of myopia — difficulty seeing distant objects — are soaring. The trend is matched in many other countries, causing eye doctors to wonder what could be causing the decline in human vision.
Some suspect both an increase in our close-up work time (think computer use) and a decrease in time spent outdoors.
I’ve been wearing eyeglasses every day of my life for more than twenty years, and an uncounted but surely huge amount of that time has been spent in front of a computer. My non-blogger career is as a software engineer, so there literally is no way I can do my job without my eyes on the screen. I am a hard-core skeptic, and I’d tried out so-called “computer” glasses before, so I figured the Gunnar Optiks glasses wouldn’t have much of an effect on me. I was very pleasantly surprised, then, when the set they sent me worked like a charm.
An outfit called Gunnar Optiks is pleased to announce its new i-AMP specs “for the most widely used 3D platforms in gaming and video.” Apparently, this guy will become available in Q2 of 2010 (for iZ3D gaming systems and RealD video), at prices starting at $90 — with prescription eyewear to become available in Q3.
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