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

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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.

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

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@kirk212016 · in “CoeLux: Artificial Sunlight That’s Real Enough to Trick Your Camera and Brain”

In this video ( [VIDEO] ) they talk about the usage for underground buildings. It could be for underground buildings what the lift is for high buildings (eg make it practical). This was on Product Hunt a while ago: [LINK]

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@internaut2016 · in “World's Largest Solar Plant Sets Itself Ablaze Due to Misaligned Mirrors”

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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@edoo2019 · in “Rooms can be as bright as the outdoors”

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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@amai2020 · in “Building an artificial sun that looks realistic [video]”

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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