15 inch retina macbook pro graphical issue

I noticed yesterday that i started getting a pixelated "flicked" across my screen. typically it's the lower half and it tends to go across the screen in a rectangular bar shape mainly. . it does happen when im not using video, but it does appear more often when im using a video. it's very very worrysome to me, but happens so fast it's really hard to describe. I'm most afraid that it could be a hardware glitch, since it started yesterday out of the blue. is there any other people reporting this problem? if so is it covered under warruenty?

no it appears for a very short time and goes away without any particular ryme or reason. it does NOT show up near the eages or when im scrolling (safari in particular can look glitchy when scrolling). it appears right across my screen from one side to the other. it appears so fast that the pixels might have color, but i can't tell because then it's gone. as i said its shape tends to be a rectantgular pattern going across the entire screen, and i have not noticed it before. quiet odd to say the least.

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