I kept seeing a billboard with glasses on it, so finally I was able to
read the website name and check it out:
http://www.gunnars.com/technology/
Turns out these are some type of lenses that help for computer glare
and fluorescent lighting. It seems like they have a lot of similar
properties to the Irlen filters, except that I doubt they have as many
tints available. I was noticing however, that in addition to tinting
they also had an anti-glare coating.
Can Irlen filters have an anti-glare coating as well? Glare on the
lenses is a huge problem for me. When I'm driving at night the lights
from behind will shine and hit my lenses and then I see it. Even when
I used to go to Wal-Mart for my frames they would always ask me why I
didn't have the anti-glare coating if glare was such a big problem. I
didn't know why I didn't, but I finally got sick of arguing with them
about the tinting and I no longer purchase my frames at Wal-Mart. But
this other site got me to thinking that maybe both the anti-glare
coating and the tints can be on the same lenses.
It seems like maybe more people have this problem than we think. At
least, mildly. I actually don't have as many problems myself with the
computer as I do with reading on physical paper. But that's probably
because I adjust monitor settings, the font is huge, and half the time
the computer is reading for me.