retail founded 2007 1 founder joe croft jennifer michelsen headquarters carlsbad california u.s. area served united states products specialty eyewear website gunnars.com gunnar optiks is a company founded in 2007 specializing in treated eyewear designed specifically to be safety glasses and protect eyes from computer vision syndrome . 1 gunnar eyewear has received considerable attention in technical media reviews including pcworld 2 lifehacker 3 huffington post 4 and gizmodo . 5 the company sells its eyeglasses online on its website as well as at retail stores including best buy . 6 7 the company makes marketing claims that the eyewear improves contrast and comfort while reducing eye fatigue and visual stress especially for people who spend many hours staring at digital displays . 8 a pacific university research study of 36 participants did in fact find significant differences in irritation or burning of the eyes tearing or watery eyes dry eyes and tired eyes that were each improved by gunnar lenses versus placebo lenses . 9 the study also never tested the alternative method of simulating the effect of gunnar lenses by simply adjusting the computer monitor s parameters such as brightness contrast and color temperature . it is used to protect from led artficial light . in a 2008 follow up study the team was not able to reproduce the results of the first study finding no difference in burning of the eyes tearing or watery eyes with gunnar optiks compared to placebo glasses . 10 the study found no scientific evidence for a change in accommodation focusing tear volume or electromyography of the eyelid squinting and blinking . 10 references edit a b about gunnar optiks about gunnar . how to eliminate eyestrain from your big beautiful pc david murphy 5 july 2012 pcworld pcworld.com gunnar optiks prescription eye strain reducing glasses jason chen 21 november 2011 lifehacker lifehacker.com overworked eyes will your computer make you go blind robert joyce o.d. 5 july 2012 huffington post huffingtonpost.com lightning review gunnar optiks eye strain reducing computer glasses jason chen 8 september 2008 gizmodo gizmodo.com best buy gunnar optiks gunnars are now available at all best buy locations meet jennifer michelsen the phenomlist entrepreneurial moms http www.gunnars.com what are gunnars kundart james ; john r. hayes ; yu chi tai ; jim sheedy 2007 . gunnar optiks study accommodation and symptoms 2007 . pacific university oregon common knowledge . retrieved 2012 07 28 . a b kundart james ; john r. hayes ; yu chi tai ; jim sheedy 2008 . gunnar optiks study electromyography and tear volume 2008 . pacific university oregon common knowledge . retrieved 2014 04 23 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title gunnar optiks & oldid 742600853 categories eyewear brandseyewear retailers of the united statesamerican companies established in 2007companies based in san diego county californiamanufacturing companies of the united states navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 4 october 2016 at 17 19 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view