try flux first, pretty much the same effect

Another vote for f.lux here. Works really well.

just keep in mind that f.lux does it automatically, and dont freak out when your fps drops to 6 for a few seconds around 7 pm

just make it transition over an hour instead of 20 seconds

Flux is great and all, it just doesn't work on games while fullscreen. That said I'd still try it out with windowed borderless.

I've been using both (Flux and Gunnars). I'd get eyestrain/migraines during the day, my Gunnars seemed to have helped a lot with it. Might be placebo but I have a hard time looking at my screen for even an hour without them.

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I've never had an issue with it not working on games in fullscreen personally.

redshift is another app that does the same thing as f.lux but is still being activly updated, it might not have some of the issues f.lux has.

I have gunnars, and they seem to help. Besides the subtle tint they also have a little bit of magnification.

Ok thanks everyone. I'm definitely installing f.lux/redshift, I guess if that doesn't fix it completely I'll go for some glasses as well.

Thanks for the f.lux recommendation, it's pretty much exactly what I wanted without knowing I wanted it in the first place.

u need gaming mittens for frosty hands while hitting cool airshots

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UGJrCYYgDg

I don't use flux because it turns my stream orange.

I bought gunnars on a Woot sale a couple years ago and tried them out for 4-6 weeks. It has a slight magnification that made me a little dizzy at first because I do not normally wear glasses. However, after your eyes adjust to the magnification, you'll find that reading text on screen is slightly easier than it was before.

The tint also has an interesting side effect as well. Because it is off-colored, when you look at your monitor, the colors will be off (duh). However, after you've been gaming for 30-45 minutes, you won't even notice it. You'll notice it once you take off your glasses, but it's easy to walk around and go to the bathroom wearing them and forget. I've even heard stories of people driving with Gunnars. I would liken the effect to wearing tinted Ski Goggles -- the snow is yellow at first, but after a while you don't even notice a difference. In addition, if you have your screen on an all white page, for example, it can be really bright and make your eyes hurt. The glasses will help to reduce that effect.

I stopped wearing the Gunnars for two reasons:
1. The Woot Gunnars I bought were not stylish. I looked like a dork (on stream and in front of my college roommates).
2. While wearing the glasses, I felt that it helped my eyes out. However, I stopped wearing them and didn't really notice a difference. Thus, without any scientific backing at all, I determined that any benefit derived from the glasses was the result of a placebo effect.

I don't think Flux is a perfect substitute though. You don't get the magnification, and Flux is primarily used to dim the lighting on your monitor to put you to sleep. Gunnars are supposed to be used at all times.

Tyvm slin

I have had a very similar experience to Slin with my Gunnars as well. It has pretty much progressed to the point where the only way I can successfully go to the rest room is with my gunnars on. In my town pretty much all the snow is yellow to begin with because everyone (men and women) urinate on the snow. Don't know why, don't ask. Finally cool people have informed me that I look like a dork in any case so the glasses don't really lessen my visual appeal any more than they already are. Kind of like fat people who lose a couple pounds but it doesn't really make much of a difference anyways they are still very fat.