Smartphones have become a part of our modern life. You can't deny it. We use them every day, regardless of the circumstances: at home, at work or in nature, and even in bed before bed. The last situation is probably familiar to every smartphone owner, as well as the fact that using it at night is uncomfortable due to the bright screen and the effect of blue radiation on our eyes. I have compiled a selection of the most convenient applications for filtering blue light. A nightly session of reading a book or VKontakte feed will no longer hurt your eyes.
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Color correction will help you see all the colors of the world
When color perception is impaired, a person feels a certain inferiority complex. Life in a dim world is really depressing and depressing. Therefore, the task of returning the brightness of colors is both purely practical and psychological. The programs are configured in such a way that they automatically change the “degree” of colors on the monitor. The load, especially in the evening and at night, is significantly reduced.
One of the most common and useful online products in this series, f.lux, works exactly like this. During the day, cool tones are selected: 6500K; and in the dark - warm: 2700K. The eyes get tired less and this has been proven experimentally.
Another subtlety: scientists have found that falling asleep accelerates when the eyes do not perceive blue color before going to bed. It’s the smart software that “transfers” it to daytime.
How to work on a computer to save your eyesight
For comfortable work, two programs are enough: for color correction (for example, F.lux) and for breaks. Exercise can help your eyes relax.
Even if you have programs installed to protect your vision, you should not work in the light of a monitor at night - turn on a table lamp or night light. If this is not done, your eyes will experience strain when you suddenly shift your gaze from a light screen to a dark one. Direct the light from the lamp away from the screen to avoid glare.
If you have problems - for example, vision has decreased or your eyes have begun to get tired - contact an ophthalmologist. He will conduct an examination and prescribe a vision correction method.
Free eye care programs
If your computer does not have such settings, use alternative programs. They can not only change the color temperature of the display, but also turn off the screen at certain intervals.
For color correction - F.lux
F.lux sets the appropriate screen brightness depending on the time of day. When installing the program, you need to specify your location - after that it will know the time of dawn and sunset and automatically change the settings. You can also choose a comfortable color scheme: use the recommended one or set the necessary parameters yourself.
The for fullscreen apps button blocks F.lux if you are using fullscreen mode. For example, if you're watching a movie, the color brightness will be saturated rather than "warm."
For a break from work: Eyes Relax
Eyes Relax locks the screen at certain intervals so that the user can take a break from work and give the eyes a rest.
You can set the time and duration of breaks, and select the type of sound signal. If the program warns you about a break, but right now you are busy with work and interruption is unacceptable, you can cancel the blocking.
Programs for training and vision correction: are they necessary?
On the Internet you can find many applications that claim to be a service for vision training. Ophthalmologists say that doing eye exercises while looking at a screen is like taking medication with alcohol. Use offline methods to relax your eyes.
The EyeLeo app combines a screen timer and gives eye exercise tips, but you don't have to look at the monitor.
EyeLeo can be configured: set the frequency and duration of breaks, select a sound signal. The screen will not turn off suddenly, but will warn you about the break in advance.
Why we decided to develop the Relax program
Patients often come to doctors complaining that their eyes hurt very unpleasantly. The symptoms in these patients are the same. These include redness, pain, burning, dryness, watery eyes, sensitivity to bright light and headache. Such symptoms often plague people whose work involves computers.
The third named symptom is the most common. It is accommodation that can be trained, thereby improving vision. In this case, training means special exercises that will help not only ordinary PC users, but also workers who often experience increased visual stress.
But for middle and junior schoolchildren, accommodation training is important. It is at school that a child can experience an increased load on accommodation. If the child’s body cannot cope with the load given to it, then myopia begins to develop. In this case, various exercises with prisms and lenses, acupressure of special zones, and exercises with laser glasses help well.
Give your eyes a rest
Sanitary standards in our country say that in order to reduce visual fatigue in the eyes, a schoolchild or student must take breaks between working on the computer, which will help relieve accumulated eye fatigue. However, everyone’s work-rest plan should be individual.
The named program is programmed to monitor user activity. With its help, a person does not have to keep track of his work and rest time. The program itself will remind him of this. In addition, the program can independently launch the visual stimulation of accommodation created in it.
The technique implemented in the Relax program is based on numerous experiments in which it was confirmed that computer stimulation has a positive effect on accommodation. The created vision gymnastics keeps pace with other known methods of vision restoration. It is very valuable that the Relax technique can be used everywhere: at work, at home, in computer classes (at school) and in all educational institutions.
Contraindications to the use of the Relax program
The method has its contraindications:
- convulsive readiness;
- persistent neurogenic spasm of accommodation.
When purchasing the program, the buyer will receive a product kit:
- distribution;
- license;
- electronic key (for protection);
- user guide;
- guarantee.
Having released the program, the manufacturer announced the following requirements for the computer on which the Relax program will be installed in the future:
- Minimum requirements for a video card, RAM and free hard drive space.
- IBM compatible.
- Processor, Pentium-166 and higher.
- The presence of a drive for reading CDs.
- Computer support USB device.
- Free USB port for installing an electronic security key.
- Operating system requirements: Windows XP/Vista/7/8.1/10 Russified.
The developer's official website is here.
We train, restore, improve vision
The largest group of electronic “tutors” was created directly to train the eyes and improve vision. Their list is impressive, let’s name at least some of the most frequently encountered ones:
- "Flower";
- Eyes Relaxing and Focusing;
- Eye-Corrector;
- Safe Eyes;
- Board;
- Vision corrector Light;
- Crosses;
- Super sirds etc.
Not only computer scientists, but also doctors and scientists worked on the creation of these online products, so they are carefully thought out, tested, and there is experimental evidence of their high effectiveness.
"Flower"
An interactive program with a playful nature, suitable for both adults and children. There are various objects on the petals of a flower, among them you need to find the one proposed. The tasks gradually become more difficult; there are four levels of difficulty. At the same time, we train attentiveness, reaction speed, and memory. Finally, this is simply a fun activity that helps you disconnect from everyday problems, calm down, and relieve stress.
This is how, just playfully, you can seriously improve your visual acuity, overcome myopia, and, to some extent, treat amblyopia.
Eyes Relaxing and Focusing
A free computer product for correcting the vision of any person, and especially protecting the eyes of those who spend a long time in front of a monitor. Eyes Relaxing and Focusing works in Russian, allowing simple training of the eye muscles by observing original images.
A serious advantage of the program is its wide range of settings, which allows you to set the duration of exercises, adjust the time of their appearance and “order” a number of additional options. There is also a special module “script maker”, with which you can create individual eye exercises that are convenient for you.
Vision corrector Light
Helps the eyes relax, relieve fatigue, and also helps restore visual acuity and even improve it. The functionality is based on the use of SIRDS pictures. Their positive effect on the quality of vision is a scientifically proven fact. By looking at such images, we initiate an intensive process of blood circulation in the organs of vision, and at the same time we train the muscles.
It’s not for nothing that such stereo images were given the semi-serious name “sport for the eyes.” What's the trick? The fact is that, looking at them, we automatically change the standard focus point. They are designed in a special way so that, by shifting the “accents,” we preserve our vision and help develop it.
Moreover, in addition to passive contemplation, the program includes a set of exercises and gymnastics according to Norbekov’s method, which is very effective for strengthening the eye muscles.
Eye-Corrector
A universal set of trainings for the prevention of eye diseases, restoration of vision, muscle relaxation. Functional is a selection of exercises that help with myopia, astigmatism, farsightedness, and color vision disorders. There is also a special option for checking the quality of vision. The Vision Corrector can work on both Windows and Android platforms.
Experts recommend activating this program every 4 hours of intensive work at the monitor. To relax and then strengthen the eye muscles, you need to fix your gaze on the motionless middle of the screen for about 30 seconds, and then move your eyes to objects located at a considerable distance.
preservation of vision, and ideally, improvement of this most important function of the body.
What helps vision: the full range of support
I would also like to draw your attention, dear readers, to one very interesting book. This is M. Norbekov’s bestseller “The Experience of a Fool, or the Key to Insight. How to get rid of glasses. Health for life."
You can order the book here. Try the famous alternative technique for yourself. Or maybe you already know her? Write your opinion in the comments.
I really hope that this information will help you, dear readers, to keep your eyes sharp.
