While there are plenty of things you can do to prevent computer eye strain, the main culprit is really tough to solve: blinking more often. It’s natural for your body to reduce its blink rate while focussing on the screen.
The low blink rate drys out the eye, which is a major contributor to computer vision syndrome. Sometimes you will find advice online to just blink more often. But that’s useless advice, as you can only control your blink rate as long as you focus on it. As soon as you concentrate back on your work, your blink rate will drop again.
That’s why I created Blinkr, an AI-powered blink reminder app. Blinkr uses your webcam to detect when you forget to blink. If the algorithm detects that too much time has passed without a blink, you will get a slide-in notification on your screen to remind you to blink. As soon as a blink is detected, the reminder goes away. That way, your brain gets rewired over time to blink more frequently, eleminating the root cause of computer vision syndrome.