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In Focus: Software casts shadow over blue light lens thinking

Clinical Practice
Blue light has been a buzz topic in optics for a number of years now, but digital device technology, one of the main protagonists in blue light marketing, is fighting back. Is there a risk that the need to filter blue light from digital devices may soon disappear? Simon Jones reports

Data compiled by the Vision Council in America for its 2016 Digital Eye Strain Report has shown that 65% of more than 10,000 Americans surveyed had reported symptoms of digital eye strain, the physical eye and bodily discomfort felt after spending two or more hours in front of a digital screen.

Digital eye strain is still high on the agenda for the Vision Council.

In early January, the organisation launched the new report at the Consumer Electronics show in Las Vegas to raise awareness of the latest in computer eyewear technology. The 150,000 attendees and 3,500 exhibitors at the show were taught additional ways for individuals to minimise digital eye strain.

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