Not-internet of maybe-shit
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These Magical Sunglasses Block All the Screens Around You
Had enough of the TV, the computer, the phone, the billboard, and the iPad? Slip on some IRL Glasses and be done with all of it.
Seem to work suspiciously well, but I could see how something like this could be quite neat. (Not that the pubs around here are that overrun with TVs and screens, but still.)
Edit: Or, apparently they are just using polarization, in which case they are shit.
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@cvi said in Not-internet of maybe-shit:
Edit: Or, apparently they are just using polarization, in which case they are shit.
Yep, not going to do a thing against OLED and most advertising large-format screens because they don't have polarisers.
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@Cursorkeys Yeah, probably not. Guess that falls into the category of too-good-to-be-true.
Even if it were frequency-based (which the article mentions), I doubt it could be made to work well. I don't know how narrow the R/G/B bands on screens are typically, but considering how very different technologies (different backlights, OLED, ...) screens are based around, I would think that you need to block rather wide swaths of the spectrum. Which is not very useful if you want to see something of the rest of the world.
(I'd be happy to proven wrong on that point. Just not holding my breath.)
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That is not new, polarizer glasses (or a polarizer addon you put on your glasses) are used to reduce eye strain when driving - because when light reflected off the road is partially polarized.
In addition, polarized lenses may reduce the visibility of images produced by liquid crystal displays (LCDs)
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@cvi While I'm not going to part with the Peril-Sensitive Sunglasses that came with my copy of the Hitchhiker's Guide game, I think you could make a replica that accomplishes the goal of screen blocking.
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@Cursorkeys It won't even do that much for LCDs unless all manufacturers align their polarisator / analysator layer in exactly the same direction.
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@Adynathos From your article:
Light usually scatters in all directions; but when it's reflected from flat surfaces, it tends to become polarized — meaning it travels in a more uniform (usually horizontal) direction. This creates an annoying and sometimes dangerous intensity of reflected light that causes glare and reduces visibility.
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@boomzilla I'm disappointed neither the title nor alt attributes of that image are "OBEY".
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@Rhywden said in Not-internet of maybe-shit:
@Cursorkeys It won't even do that much for LCDs unless all manufacturers align their polarisator / analysator layer in exactly the same direction.
You gotta just keep your head tilted sideways for those TVs. God, do I have to come up with easy solutions for everyone?!
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