In Real Life Glasses

[Ben]

Glasses that block video screens. When I saw the headline, I was like, "WTF?" on what their use would be. From the GIF (I couldn't get the video to play), I guess if you, sadly, lived in a place like NYC, they might be of use to you. I guess if nothing else, it makes me glad I don't live in a big city, where people have to come up with stuff like this.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ivancash/irl-glasses-glasses-that-block-screens

[Perd Hapley]

At least it would block the propaganda messages from They.

[AJ Dual]

LOL... what a ripoff.

They're just polarized sunglasses. The only difference is that they are vertically polarized. Most/all sunglasses that are polarized are horizontaltally polarized to cut down glare from low-angle sunlight.

Vertical polarization will make LCD screens in the common landscape orientation look black. Regular horizontal polarized sunglasses will make LCD screens turned 90 degrees into the tall/portrait orientation look black.

And none of this will work on CRTs, LEDs, OLEDs, Plasma, DLP or laser based video projectors.

[brimic]

LOL... what a ripoff.

They're just polarized sunglasses. The only difference is that they are vertically polarized. Most/all sunglasses that are polarized are horizontaltally polarized to cut down glare from low-angle sunlight.

Vertical polarization will make LCD screens in the common landscape orientation look black. Regular horizontal polarized sunglasses will make LCD screens turned 90 degrees into the tall/portrait orientation look black.

And none of this will work on CRTs, LEDs, OLEDs, Plasma, DLP or laser based video projectors.

For that reason, they would be absolutely worthless to me. I use polarized prescription sunglasses, because sun glare gives me horrible headaches.