| Getting an anti-reflective coating applied to your | | | | headlights and streetlights. |
| lenses is a smart choice. The plastic lenses | | | | - It reduces eyestrain for people who use |
| generally used in glasses or sunglasses usually | | | | computers often by decreasing glare from the |
| transmit only 90% of the available light to the | | | | computer screen. |
| eyes. The remaining 10% of light is often | | | | - It reduces eye fatigue for people who work in |
| obstructed by reflections on the lenses. | | | | offices by lessening overhead glare that can be |
| Anti-reflective coating is an optical coating that is | | | | caused by unnatural lighting often found in offices. |
| applied to the surface of the lens of glasses or | | | | - It enhances the quality of a lens and also |
| sunglasses to improve efficiency where light | | | | lengthens its lifetime by providing durability and |
| would normally be lost due to reflections. It was | | | | resistance to water, dirt, heat, and scratches. |
| originally created to reduce reflections on camera | | | | There are different types of anti-reflective |
| lenses and is now also used to improve the vision | | | | coating. The best quality anti-reflective coatings |
| of millions of people who wear glasses or | | | | are water-resistant because of a hydrophobic |
| sunglasses. | | | | layer that prevents water spots from developing |
| A few of the many reasons people have decided | | | | on the lens. This same hydrophobic layer makes it |
| to have an anti-reflective coating applied to their | | | | easier to clean lenses without damaging them. |
| glasses or sunglasses are: | | | | Another layer anti-reflective coatings may include |
| - While it improves transparency, it also reduces | | | | is an oleophobic layer. The oleophobic layer makes |
| the reflections in the glasses or sunglasses | | | | lenses resistant to the oil that is naturally |
| improving their appearance. | | | | excreted through your skin or any moisturizers |
| - It makes it easier for a glasses or sunglasses | | | | you may wear. This layer also makes it easier to |
| wearer to have direct eye contact with another | | | | clean smudges off your lenses. |
| person without his or her view being obstructed | | | | Getting an anti-reflective coating applied to your |
| by reflections. | | | | lenses is a great choice because they reduce |
| - By reducing glare, it makes vision more crisp | | | | reflections on your glasses or sunglasses and |
| and clear than would be possible if the lenses | | | | improve the durability of your lenses. Additional |
| were not coated. | | | | advantages are: less eyestrain, less eye fatigue, |
| - It improves driving safety by allowing drivers to | | | | better vision, better eye contact, and safer |
| focus on the road without distractions from | | | | driving. |