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Re:How to improve your WFH lighting to reduce eye strain by stevenAthompson on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @05:09PM (#42798056)
How did you go about that? Can you just take your prescription someplace and have them made?
Re:How to improve your WFH lighting to reduce eye strain by zhengyi13 on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @06:09PM (#42798502)
Tell your optometrist you want that, and they'll write the prescription.

Last I went, they wrote me two different prescriptions: one with an up-close focal point for books/screen work, and a second one with the focal point further out for driving.

Re:How to improve your WFH lighting to reduce eye strain by DavidVoid on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @05:38PM (#42798264)
Not OP but look into "computer glasses". Usually they're optimized for distances a bit closer than 1.5 meters, but I'm sure that can be changed.
Re:How to improve your WFH lighting to reduce eye strain by bongodongobob on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @07:41PM (#42799184)
I used to work in the optical industry, that's not what computer glasses are, they are just blue blocker lenses.
Re:How to improve your WFH lighting to reduce eye strain by walterbell on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @08:27PM (#42799587)
Any lens can be customized for desired focal length, including distance, intermediate (e.g. computer) or closeup/reading.
Re:How to improve your WFH lighting to reduce eye strain by bongodongobob on Thursday January 23, 2025 @09:30AM (#42804361)
Right. It's an industry term though and doesn't have anything to do with focal length.
Re:How to improve your WFH lighting to reduce eye strain by walterbell on Friday January 24, 2025 @05:56PM (#42817743)
Consumers develop their own interpretations and usage of industry terms used in marketing to consumers.
Re:How to improve your WFH lighting to reduce eye strain by mattclarkdotnet on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @09:50PM (#42800121)
The magic words I think are “occupational multifocals”, which have a small area at the top for distance vision and the remaining 75% set for whatever your occupation is. You need to be very specific on the distance setting
Re:How to improve your WFH lighting to reduce eye strain by neves on Thursday January 23, 2025 @09:25AM (#42804326)
Yes. This is the better solution.

Some expensive lenses like Zeiss, Varilux, and Hoya make you an extra pair when you by one. I tought that the extra pair must be equal the first one, but it isn't necessary. I could have asked for a general one and one with a greater area for medium distance.

Re:How to improve your WFH lighting to reduce eye strain by neves on Thursday January 23, 2025 @09:29AM (#42804354)
Yes. You can have reading lenses or lenses for medium distance. Measure the distance from your seat to the screen. Get a max, minimum and most common distance in your different seating positions.