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The artificial skylight that you won't believe isn't real

Lux Magazine · 1.8M views · 2014-10-07 · 5:09

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Overview

A short look at CoeLux, an artificial skylight that recreates the scattering process that makes the sky look blue, producing a convincing illusion of distant sun and depth.

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HN points to it as a demonstration of artificial daylight, especially for windowless or underground rooms, and to date the technology to 2014.

Recommended by 1 HN people across 1 months · HN mentions 2016–2020

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Everyday physics & science demosVisual arts, photography & architecturePower grid, heating & buildings
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coeluxskylightrayleigh scatteringarchitectural lightingled

What people said

internaut · 2016-05 · Recommendation

If anybody wants to see a cool artificial light that mimics natural light well take a look at coelux: [VIDEO] It is imperfect (costs too much) but it'll give a good idea of why I think heliostat/optic cable/natural light is something more people need in their lives.

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amai · 2020-11 · Reference

This is not new. See this video from 2014: [VIDEO] This light is sold by [LINK] . They might also hold the patents on this technology.

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edoo · 2019-11 · Reference

They are using these underground to help simulate the true daylight experience. Basically a smart led version of a traditional roof sunlight: [VIDEO]

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