Auresta
Auresta

Gaming Glasses

A gaming glass earns its keep in two places: the tint and the coating. Auresta lenses are warm amber, which absorbs the 400–500 nm blue that a monitor pushes out hardest, and every lens carries a nine-layer anti-reflective coating that stops your screen and your RGB from bouncing back at you off the glass.

The frames are acetate, around 19 g, with slim straight temple arms — the shape that survives six hours under a headset cushion instead of digging into the side of your head.

What we will not claim: that they make you play better, or that they cure the headache you get at 2am. The evidence for blue-light lenses and eye strain is weak and we are not going to pretend otherwise. Glare, contrast and getting to sleep afterwards — those are the real arguments.

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Ash Blue Light Glasses — Frosted Grey Square Acetate, Amber Lenses
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Willow Blue Light Glasses — Olive Round Acetate, Tortoise Temples, Amber Lenses
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Hazel Blue Light Glasses — Round Tortoise Acetate, Amber Lenses
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Raven Blue Light Glasses — Round Black Acetate, Amber Lenses
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Olive Blue Light Glasses — Olive-Green Acetate, Amber Lenses
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Ember Blue Light Glasses — Black Square Acetate, Amber Lenses
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Questions

Straight answers

What do gaming glasses actually do?

Two things you can verify. The amber tint absorbs blue light in the 400–500 nm range — the part of a monitor’s output that is hardest and coldest — and the nine-layer anti-reflective coating cuts the reflections that bounce off the lens from the screen and the lights behind you. The result is a calmer, higher-contrast picture. What they do not do is improve your aim.

Amber or clear lenses for gaming?

Amber absorbs far more blue light than a clear coated lens, at the cost of a warm cast to the picture. If you play competitively and colour accuracy matters, that cast is a real trade-off — most people stop noticing it within a session. If you are grinding late at night, amber is the one that helps you sleep afterwards.

Will gaming glasses stop headaches after a long session?

Sometimes, but be sceptical of anyone who promises it. The 2023 Cochrane review found no reliable eye-strain benefit from blue-light-filtering lenses. Glare and dry eyes from not blinking are the usual culprits behind a post-session headache; an anti-reflective amber lens helps with the first, and the 20-20-20 rule helps with the second.

Are these comfortable for a six-hour session?

That is what the acetate build is for. Each frame is about 19 g with sprung, straight temple arms designed to sit under a headset cushion rather than fight it.

Can I wear them over a headset?

Yes. The temple arms are slim and straight, which is the shape that survives a gaming headset. Thick, curved arms are what create the pressure point behind your ear.

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