07/29/2025
Ever noticed how some screens look black or weird when you’re wearing sunglasses? 🤔 That’s not your eyes playing tricks on you — it’s polarization! 🕶️
Here’s how it works:
Light bounces off flat surfaces like roads, water, and car hoods in a way that creates harsh, blinding glare. Polarized lenses (like the kind in Maui Jim sunglasses) have a special filter that blocks this type of glare by filtering out horizontal light waves.
✨ So instead of squinting through that brightness, polarized sunglasses give you:
• Sharper, more vibrant colors 🌈
• Reduced eye strain 👀
• A more comfortable view all day 😎
That “screen blackout” you see? Some digital displays also use polarized filters — and when two polarized filters overlap at certain angles, they can cancel each other out!
